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“I’m Going To Lead The Biggest Transformation of Any Museum In The World,” Says...
Nicholas Cullinan: “Physically, our masterplan is a huge project. But intellectually, too, it’s an enormous challenge. Yes, fixing the roof is urgent. But if...
More Turmoil And Staff Departures At New York’s 92NY Over Gaza War
Last October, the entire staff of the organization's poetry center quit after an author's live talk was canceled after he signed a petition calling...
San Francisco Symphony Chorus Authorizes Strike Ahead Of Thursday’s Season Opener
"According to AGMA, 100% of the paid choristers voted in favor of the authorization, with 98% of eligible members participating. Additionally, 81% of the...
Even More Cuts At New York Public Radio
Out of 302 staffers, 14 were laid off and 12 left voluntarily; programming cuts are being made on WNYC, classical station WQXR (including the...
San Antonio Philharmonic Plagued By Board And Staff Turnover
"The resignation, on the day before the opening concert of the season, of CFO Sylvia Romo, hired by Executive Director Roberto Treviño in January,...
With “Oscar,” Christopher Wheeldon Brings Explicit Same-Sex Love Into Classical Story Ballet
While same-sex pairings aren't unusual in contemporary dance or in abstract ballets, they're almost never seen even in new narrative ballets. With this new...
Cultural Tourism Barely Existed In Australia 40 Years Ago. Now It’s A Billion-Dollar Industry.
Here's a look at the enormous development in the field since the 1980s, including the spread of cultural tourism far beyond the big cities,...
All About Pedro Almodóvar’s Mother
She earned money by writing and reading letters for illiterate neighbors in their village, and Pedrito noticed that what Mama said aloud didn't always...
Alan Cumming Is Taking Over A Theatre In His Native Scotland
The Emmy- and Tony-winning actor will become artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre, a well-regarded company located near his birthplace in the highlands of...
The Breakdancer Who Got Zero Points At The Olympics Is Now Ranked No. 1...
Yes, Raygun (civilian name: Dr. Rachael Gunn), the Australian academic whose singularly odd performances and (ahem) perfect score made her one of the viral...
Just Like The Old Days: Russian Books That Would Be Banned At Home Are...
"The StraightForward Foundation ... acts like a pro bono literary agency. It connects Russian authors, writing about sensitive topics, to publishers abroad, who publish...
Judge Throws Out City Of Portland’s Lawsuit Against Oregon Public Broadcasting
In October 2023, OPB's environmental reporter filed a public records request for documents about Portland's Clean Energy Fund. City officials denied it, and she...
Longtime San Francisco Symphony Chorus Director Calls Budget Cut “Deeply Insulting”
"Vance George, who led the Chorus for 23 years, called the Symphony’s proposal to slash up to 80% of the group’s budget 'simply awful,'...
Florida School District Must Restore Banned Books To School Libraries
Under a settlement agreement, the School Board of Nassau County (along the border with Georgia, about 35 miles northeast of Jacksonville) must restore access...
Who Will Succeed Glenn Lowry At MoMA? The Guessing Game Begins
One thing which these reporters seem confident of is that the Museum of Modern Art's next boss is unlikely to be a white man....
Francis Ford Coppola Sues Variety For Libel
The director filed suit against the trade magazine and two of its executive editors over a story posted in July which quoted anonymous sources...
War, Love, And Impressionism: The Story Of Eduard And Berthe
In an excerpt from his new book, Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism, Sebastian Smee writes about the partnership, both...
NaNoWriMo Suggested Using AI To Write Novels, And Actual Novelists Are Furious
The organization argued that AI helps disabled or marginalized writers who don't have industry connections. As one of many now-former members put it, "It’s...
New York Indicts Harvey Weinstein On New Rape Charges Ahead Of Retrial
"Prosecutors retrying Weinstein’s overturned rape conviction disclosed last week that they had begun presenting to a grand jury evidence of ... three additional allegations...
How Do You Make An Audiobook Out Of A Graphic Novel?
Often the adaptation is in the style of a radio play, with sound design providing context for the original's dialogue. Sometimes the original visuals...
Jesse Green On What Makes Classic Plays Classic
"There’s a reason, aside from name recognition, that they keep coming back. Though products of vastly different times and cultures, they dig so deep...
Milwaukee’s Arts Organizations Are Dangerously Dependent On Philanthropy, Finds Study
For most groups, the proportion of their budgets coming from earned income (mostly ticket sales) has fallen by a third to a half from...
Indianapolis’s Arts Agency Asks City Council To More Than Double Its Funding
For a decade until 2019, local lawmakers kept Indy Arts Council's budget stagnant at $1 million, and there were only small increases and some...
The Industry Told Gabriela Ortíz Her Music Was Too Exotic. Now It Seems To...
For most of the past 40 years, teachers told the 59-year-old Mexican composer her works were too exotic. Critics found it too big and...
Microsoft Announces Big Layoffs At Xbox
"Microsoft Gaming will lay off approximately 650 employees, or 3% of the Xbox owner’s global workforce, in a new round of eliminations following last...
