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Charlotte, NC Adopts New Model For Arts Funding
"The City Council voted 8-2 on Monday to become part of a new governance system for distributing millions in arts grants that will also...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Has Voice of America And Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty In Its...
"Musk commented on a social media post by U.S. Special Envoy Richard Grenell, ... who said the radio networks are 'state-owned media' and 'are...
California’s Two Flagship Classical Radio Stations Will Merge
KUSC in Los Angeles and KDFC in California, both owned (as of 2011) by the University of Southern California, are merging their organizations into...
Court Throws Out Insurance Lawsuit Over Burned Monets Worth $45 Million
"A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over insurance payments for five artworks destroyed in a 2022 house fire in west Michigan, among them...
Filmmaker Lars Von Trier Moves Into Care Center For Parkinson’s Disease
The controversial Danish director announced in 2022 that he'd been diagnosed with the neurological disorder but that he intended to maintain his career. This...
Soprano Edith Mathis Is Dead At 86
On the opera stage, she was known mainly for Mozart, but she was particularly active as a recitalist and concert soloist, and she built...
“A New Identity”: When Dancers Switch To Choreographing Full-Time
"The transition ... involves more than just hanging up their (sometimes-proverbial) shoes. It can come with a new perspective on movement, a new relationship...
Missouri’s Two Largest Public Radio Stations To Split From University Of Missouri
"Public radio news/talk stations KWMU (90.7) St. Louis and KCUR (89.3) Kansas City have announced plans to separate from the control of and operation...
Her Title Just Begins To Describe What This Woman Does For Broadway’s “The Lion...
"The show is like a giant, kinetic jigsaw puzzle: It needs someone to ensure that all the pieces fit together, so that the narrative...
A Third Of The Observer’s Staff Is Taking Buyouts Before The Guardian Turns Over...
"More than 20 Observer journalists are believed to have taken redundancy rather than transfer over to Tortoise Media … following the sale of The...
“I Was Screaming Because Of The Pain”: Salman Rushdie Testifies In Attempted Murder Trial
"Rushdie, 77, is testifying for the prosecution against Hadi Matar, 27, the man accused of assaulting him with a knife as he was about...
Estranged Husband Of Art Dealer Brent Sikkema Charged With Hiring His Murderer
"On Tuesday, Daniel Sikkema was charged in New York for murder-for-hire, passport fraud, and conspiracy to murder a person in a foreign country. …...
Anonymous $60 Million Gift To Sarasota Orchestra For New Concert Hall
"The Sarasota Orchestra has announced a $60 million donation toward the planning and construction of its new music center. The donor wants to remain...
L.A. Unified School District Sued For Diverting Millions Earmarked For Arts Education
"Los Angeles Unified officials repeatedly violated Proposition 28 — a state law requiring the hiring of arts teachers — misusing millions in state funds...
Enormous Gift Of French Neoclassicist Works To Art Institute Of Chicago
"A wealth of Neoclassicist art has joined the holdings of the Art Institute of Chicago via collectors Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz, who have gifted...
L.A. Opera Calls Off Premiere Of Missy Mazzoli’s “Lincoln In The Bardo”
For the second consecutive season, Los Angeles Opera has cut costs by canceling a planned world premiere. After withdrawing Mason Bates’s The Amazing Adventures...
Suspect Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Egyptian Antiquities Into US
"Ashraf Omar Eldarir, 52, … pleaded guilty on Monday to smuggling hundreds of precious artifacts, including ancient Egyptian talismans, gold amulets and a sculpture...
Salomon Bausch On Maintaining The Legacy of His Mother, Pina
He had just finished law school when his mother suddenly died in 2009. Within two weeks, he was heading the Pina Bausch Foundation, where...
Ratings Chaos: How Many People Really See A Given TV Show? Nobody’s Sure.
"People now watch so many programs at so many different times in so many different ways — via antenna, cable, app or a website,...
France’s Arts Sector Alarmed By Double-Whammy Budget Cuts
"The budget cuts ... will axe €150 million in the Ministry of Culture's funding, leaving museums, theatres, and festivals reeling. And it’s not just...
To Fight Tik-Tok-Style Addiction, A TikTok-Style Algorithm For Wikipedia
"WikiTok, where users can swipe through an endless stream of Wikipedia article stubs in a manner similar to the interface for TikTok, (is) a...
Painter And Critic Walter Robinson, Founding Editor of Artnet Magazine, Is Dead At 74
"(His) art was known to many, ... and (his) writing was at one point read by just about anybody who mattered in the city’s...
Off-Broadway Stage Crews Unionize; Producers Worry
"Many workers see the unionization of stage crews as long overdue, noting that the sector has come a long way from its scrappy origins....
Cast Of Dolly Parton Musical Walks Offstage When Audience Member Shouts “Homophobic Abuse”
The incident happened last Wednesday at the Manchester Opera House in England during the musical Here You Come Again, currently on a national tour....
Court Throws Out Countertenor David Daniels’s Wrongful Dismissal Lawsuit
"A judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday by (the singer,) who sued the University of Michigan over his firing for what the school deemed sexual...
