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This Chicago Symphony Musician Took Her Baby On An Orchestra Tour
Second flutist Emma Gerstein didn’t want to miss Klaus Mäkelä’s first tour with the CSO, which was to the East Coast last month. Neither...
“I Miss The Amateur Spirit” — Willem Dafoe On His Theatre Programming At The...
“His goal (is) to platform voices that many audiences won’t be familiar with — and to push back against a theater landscape he feels...
This Dancer Is Ending A 53-Year Stage Career With San Francisco Ballet — But...
“Since 1980, Val Caniparoli” — for decades SFB’s principal character dancer — “has dedicated most of his energies to a much-lauded choreography career, and...
Staff At Australia’s National Broadcaster On 24-Hour Strike As Network Airs BBC Programming
“At 11am, the ABC News channel switched to broadcasting the BBC News channel as staff walked out in protest. The ABC News channel filled the schedule...
Robert White, America’s Favorite Irish Tenor, Has Died At 89
“He built a serious and wide-ranging classical career, collaborating with major artists like Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein and Yo-Yo Ma, without stinting the traditional...
Tacoma’s Leading Arts Organization Shutters, Prepares To Sell Its Home
“Tacoma Arts Live has filed for receivership, a court process similar to bankruptcy. ... TAL announced earlier this year that it would close for good this summer...
How Iran War Is Disturbing Publishing Industry’s Global Supply Chain
Shipping costs are rising; freighters are being re-routed, interfering with schedules; one shipment was on a vessel struck by a missile. Perhaps worst: insurance...
Here’s The Winner Of The First-Ever Hilary Mantel Prize
“The newly established award, launched to honour the legacy of the late Booker Prize-winning novelist, aims to support unpublished and un-agented writers across the...
OpenAI Shuts Off Its Video-Generating App — And Disney Now Has A Problem
“OpenAI said it will discontinue Sora, the generative-AI video creation app it launched last year, without providing a reason for the decision. … The announcement comes...
Zurich Transfers Ownership Of All Its Benin Bronzes To Nigeria
Two of the 11 pieces have been sent back to Nigeria; the other nine will remain at Zurich’s Museum Rietberg on loan. - ARTnews
Brooklyn Museum Plans New $13 Million Galleries For African Art
“The institution’s new Arts of Africa galleries, … a 6,400-square-foot home for its 4,500-piece African art collection, … will open in Fall 2027, presenting 300 African...
“A Fiasco And A Miracle”: An Oral History Of The COVID Oscars In 2021
“It’s the story of an awards season unlike any other — one that stretched over 14 months and came to an end in, of all places,...
Using Tango As Therapy For Parkinson’s Patients In (Where Else?) Buenos Aires
“Once a week, about a dozen patients come to Ramos Mejía Hospital to dance — a session that uses the movements of tango to...
Chile’s New Conservative President Cuts Culture Budget, Avoids Cultural Policy
Reversing the pro-culture stances of his predecessor, left-leaning former president Gabriel Boric, new president José Antonio Kast has ordered a 3% reduction of the...
The “Turandot” Problem — Can A New Ending By Asian-Americans Solve It?
Puccini died without finishing the opera, and the standard completion by Franco Alfano is widely considered unsatisfactory. Not to mention, of course, that the...
A Court Ordered Voice Of America To Be Revived. Will That Actually Happen?
It certainly won’t happen fast. “Restoring the physical infrastructure is going to take a lot of money and some time but it can be...
Czech Culture Minister Fires Director Of National Gallery
“Within the Czech Republic, the dismissal has been viewed by some as a politically motivated gesture. (Alicja) Knast took up the position in 2021,...
Steppenwolf Theater Can Finally Restart Its New Play Program
“(A) grant (from the Stephen Sondheim Foundation) will go toward rebuilding Steppenwolf’s Scout program, which supports new works by emerging writers and was shuttered...
After 99 Years, CBS News Is Shutting Down Its Radio Network
“Today, CBS News Radio provides material to an estimated 700 stations across the country and is known best for its top-of-the-hour news roundups. The...
Merriam-Webster And Encyclopedia Britannica Sue OpenAI
“The lawsuit (by the American dictionary publisher and British encyclopedia) incorporates both the ‘mass-scale copying’ of their copyrighted content for training AI models and...
Jury Finds Bill Cosby Liable In Another Sexual Assault Case, Awards $59 Million
“After a nearly two-week trial in Santa Monica, jurors found Cosby, 88, liable for the sexual battery and assault of Donna Motsinger. They awarded...
Actress Valerie Perrine Dead At 82
“(Her) memorable film roles included a porn actress abducted by aliens in Slaughterhouse-Five, Lex Luthor’s secretary in two Superman films and an Oscar-nominated performance as the wife...
Could AI Help Decipher The Indus Valley Civilization’s Writing?
There’s nothing like a Rosetta Stone for the Harappan script (as it’s sometimes called), which developed in and around the ancient cities of Mohenjo-daro...
Behold Brisbane’s Shimmering New Performance Venue
The Glasshouse Theatre, a new extension of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Australia’s third-largest city, has a flexible 1,500-seat auditorium designed to accommodate dance...
Nova Scotia Gets Its First Professional Ballet Company
Port City Ballet Company in Halifax is currently in its first season, offering a full school program as well as professional performances (in the...
