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Composer Lalo Schifrin, Who Wrote Iconic “Mission: Impossible” Theme, Has Died At 93
The Argentine-born musician, who had long performing experience in both classical and jazz, wrote memorable music for an impressive list of feature films and...
KQED, San Francisco Public Radio/TV, Faces Big Deficit, Buyouts, Possible Layoffs
The station’s current budget is predicted to end up $12 million in deficit. This latest round of cuts comes after workforce reductions in 2024, when...
After 53 Years, Manhattan Theater Club Director Lynne Meadow Is Retiring
“Meadow, 78, has served as artistic director of Manhattan Theater Club since 1972, and by her own count has produced or presented more than 600 shows”...
Bill Moyers, Dean Of American Public TV Journalism, Dead At 91
His career ranged from Baptist minister to LBJ’s press secretary to publisher of Long Island’s Newsday to a decade at CBS News, but it...
What Was Van Gogh’s Thing For Sunflowers About? And He Was Hardly The Only...
“Unlike many other symbols in art history, the sunflower is relatively new. … (Yet it has) set aflame the imagination of countless artists and...
Jamie Lloyd, The Unorthodox Director Storming The West End And Broadway
He’s the guiding hand behind Tom Hiddleston’s offbeat Rome, Nicole Scherzinger’s revelatory, Tony-winning Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, and Rachel Zegler singing “Don’t Cry...
Léon Krier, New Urbanist Architect Who Designed King Charles’s Model Town, Has Died At...
“Poundbury is Krier’s most substantial built legacy, a project that was widely ridiculed when it began in the 1980s, but which time has vindicated....
Philharmonia Baroque, US’s Only Full-Time Period-Instrument Orchestra, Names Its Next Music Director
Peter Whelan, a keyboard player, bassoonist, singer and conductor who currently directs the much-acclaimed Irish Baroque Orchestra, begins his initial term at Philharmonia Baroque...
Another Goodreads Problem: Authors Hit With Negative Reviews Before Anyone Gets Review Copies
“Authors are reportedly being hit by negative reviews on the book review site Goodreads before proof copies are even circulated, with the review site allegedly failing...
“South Park” Creators Accuse Paramount Global’s Buyer Of Illegally Meddling In $2.5 Billion Extension...
While purchaser Skydance has the right to approve any major contracts Paramount enters into before the acquisition is complete, “gun-jumping” — actively taking part...
Even C-SPAN Is Getting Hammered By Viewers’ Switch From Cable To Streaming
“The not-for-profit network … which reached around 100 million homes in 2015, is now down to 51 million households. The contraction has led to...
Chicago’s Contemporary Dance Hub, Links Hall, Throws Itself A Marathon Goodbye Party
“Artists were reaching out to us asking us if they would have one last chance to perform,” said executive director SK Kerastas. “We wanted...
Over Two Dozen Unknown Works By Satie Appear On New Recording
The pieces, for solo piano, were jotted down by the composer in the sketchbooks he carried with him everywhere. The recording, by pianist Alexandre...
Britain’s Tate Galleries Launch Campaign For US-Style Endowment
The effort, publicly launched on Wednesday at Tate Modern in London, has already raised £43 million of its £150 million goal. Meanwhile, the Tate...
A New International Arts Festival At A Superfund Site In Brooklyn
The three-month series, called Powerhouse: International, will take place at a former electricity station alongside Brooklyn’s notorious Gowanus Canal, whose neighborhood is gentrifying. The...
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Krystian Zimerman And New York Phil Tour South Korea This Week
The orchestra is performing in the Republic for the first time in 11 years. More notably, it’s the first time they’re playing with Zimerman...
1960s Teen Idol Bobby Sherman Is Dead At 81
“Sherman was a squeaky-clean regular on the covers of Tiger Beat and Sixteen magazines, often with hair over his eyes and a choker on...
A Brief Travel Guide To Traditional Dance On Three Continents
“For those communities willing to share this with visitors (through ceremony or education at cultural centers), don’t neglect the opportunity. And if you’re asked...
After Months Of Domestic Pressure, Italy’s Government Slashes VAT On Art By 77%
“On Monday, the Italian government announced it will cut the country’s VAT on art sales from 22% — the highest in the European Union...
What Are “Italian Brain Rot Animals” And Why Are Young Adults Obsessed With Them?
They are memes generated by artificial intelligence and adored by Gen Alpha and the youngest of Gen Z — and if you’re older than...
Spain’s Supreme Court Orders Franco’s Heirs To Return Medieval Statues To Santiago De Compostela
The statues, from the city’s cathedral, became the city’s property in 1948 and were subsequently moved to Franco’s summer palace at his wife’s request....
American Conservatory Theater Executive Director Jennifer Bielstein Is Moving To Houston’s Alley Theatre
“Jennifer Bielstein is leaving her role after seven years on the job, opening one of the top leadership positions in Bay Area theater as...
How A Library Of Congress Specialist Wooed Stephen Sondheim To Donate His Papers
“When Stephen Sondheim visited the Library of Congress in 1993, he saw something that stopped him in his tracks. Mark Horowitz, a senior music...
Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” Is Pretty Much Always Timely. Why Isn’t It Staged More Often?
A military hero turned civilian leader, a rigid strongman, weaselly senators, demagoguery, class dynamics (not to mention an interfering mother) — these things are...
Inside BBC World Service’s First Experiment With AI Translation
The broadcaster has just launched the website BBC News Polska, for which a team of four native Polish speakers is curating material on global...
