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Conductor Hannu Lintu Named Singapore Symphony’s Next Music Director
The 57-year-old Finn, currently music director of the Gulbenkian Orchestra and Choir in Lisbon and of the Finnish National Opera & Ballet, begins his...
Alt-Weekly Chicago Reader Is At “Imminent Risk Of Closure”
The paper, which was owned by the Sun-Times for six years before being sold to a not-for-profit in 2018, has continued to be plagued...
Bristol, UK City Council Poised To Eliminate Arts Grants And Cut Culture Budget By...
The city government is facing possible bankruptcy due to a £52 million budget gap over the next five years. Among the drastic measures being...
Can “The Conversation” Do For Local News What It’s Done For Academic Research?
"The nonprofit outlet has built a brand on connecting the knowledge of professors and researchers to both the news cycle and a general audience...
Former Theatre Company CEO Faces Trial On Multiple Sexual Abuse Charges
Timothy O’Connor, former chief executive of the Harvest Rain Theatre Company in Brisbane, Australia, faces charges from seven accusers aged from 12 to 29;...
Movie Audiences These Days Are Laughing At Some Pretty Intense Stuff
"(Chuckles) ripple through the crowd when Nicole Kidman laps up milk from a saucer on her hands and knees in Babygirl, when Lily-Rose Depp...
A Plan For Making The Arts “The Next Big Thing” In Downtown Chicago
"A group of civic, business and community leaders calling themselves 'Team Culture' wants to reimagine major parts of downtown — filling vacant, often shadowy...
A Proposal For Keeping The Wanamaker Organ Safe And In Regular Use
The instrument's landmark status only means that it can't be destroyed or moved without approval: a new owner or occupier of the soon-to-be-former Macy's...
New Research On Circulation Of Audiobooks At US Libraries
"Digital audiobooks accounted for 70 percent of adult audio circulation and 56 percent of youth audio circulation in libraries queried in the time frame...
How The Getty Villa Survived The Palisades Fire: An Inside Look
"Getty Trust CEO Katherine Fleming described the scene on the ground and how she and her staff worked from a conference center-turned-war room at...
“Persepolis” Author Marjane Satrapi Refuses France’s Legion Of Honor
"I can't continue seeing the children of Iranian oligarchs come to spend their holidays in France, even become naturalised," she wrote, "while at the...
The National Dance Project Is Ending (At Least In Its Current Form)
Since its founding in 1996, the regranting program has played a crucial role, supporting the creation of new dance works, funding touring, and fostering...
Calder Gardens In Philadelphia Announces Opening Date And Lead Curator
"The long-awaited showcase for one of Philadelphia’s most famous artists is starting 2025 with two major announcements: plans for a mid-September grand opening and...
No, The Academy Is Not Considering Cancelling The Oscars
The Sun, one of Britain's downmarket tabloids, posted a story Tuesday night saying that, due to the Los Angeles fires, there's a contingency plan...
Des Moines Art Center Will Pay Land Artist Mary Miss $900K And Remove Her...
"A nearly year-long legal battle between the (museum) and a New York-based artist has ended. The center will pay artist Mary Miss $900,000 to...
The Moral Decay Of One Of Post-Soviet Russia’s Finest Novelists
"At a time when many of his literary peers have fled Russia for political reasons, (Victor) Pelevin’s descent from dazzling young writer to misogynist...
Founder Of Ace Gallery Gets Two Years In Prison For Embezzlement
"(Douglas) Chrismas, 80, helped build the Los Angeles art scene of the 1970s and ’80s through ambitious exhibitions at his gallery, Ace. But he...
Ballet Memphis CEO To Step Down
Gretchen Wollert McLennon, a former student at the company's school who succeeded company founder Dororthy Gunther Pugh in 2020, will depart at the end...
“This American Life” Is Considering Layoffs
While the public radio favorite, which turns 30 this year, remains one of the most popular weekly audio shows in both radio and podcast...
Mohammad Rasoulof Explains How He Filmed “The Seed Of The Sacred Fig” In Secret
For example, the director himself was already persona non grata and anyone involved with him would be in danger, so the film was cast...
Prolific Young Producer Takes Over Off-Broadway Theater Left By Second Stage
Greg Nobile's Seaview Productions, which was behind such notable shows as Slave Play, Romeo + Juliet, Sea Wall/A Life (starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom...
Looters Use Electric Saw To Cut Historic Cave Paintings
"Archaeologist Yuri de la Rosa Gutiérrez investigated (the site at La Cueva Pinta in Mexico's Coahuila state) and found one painting had been stolen...
Author Neil Gaiman Accused Of Multiple Sexual Assaults
The week's issue of New York magazine features a cover story by Lila Shapiro detailing allegations of repeated assaults by the author on women,...
Arnold Schoenberg’s Publisher And Its Archives Completely Wiped Out In L.A. Wildfires
The Pacific Palisades fire destroyed the headquarters of Belmont Music Publishers, the sole publisher of Schoenberg's works. Lost were the complete inventory of sales...
San Francisco Girls Chorus Fires Executive Director For “Lewd Conduct”
Last week, 13 staff members received an email containing screenshots of WhatsApp messages, including images "pornographic in nature," between an unnamed individual and Executive...
