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Why The American Youth Symphony Orchestra Collapsed So Suddenly
"This is a cautionary tale of performing-arts nonprofits, of board burnout, of soaring costs in a post-COVID world, of the precarious state of philanthropy....
From The American Youth Symphony’s Ashes, A New Orchestra Quickly Arose
"Conductor Anthony Parnther and the Musicians at Play Foundation speedily formed a new training orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Los Angeles, and scheduled an inaugural...
U.S. House Committee Begins Hearings To Investigate NPR For Alleged Bias
"NPR CEO Katherine Maher was a no-show today (at the hearing) but she will 'testify on a date in the near future that works...
UCal Davis Gets $20 Million Gift To Beef Up Arts Programs
"San Francisco philanthropist Maria Manetti Shrem has promised UC Davis the largest gift ever to arts at the school — $20 million to create...
Washington National Opera Offers A New Ending For Puccini’s “Turandot”
Puccini died before composing the final scene, and many find the standard ending by Franco Alfano unsatisfying. This alternative by composer Christopher Tin and...
AI Helps Identify Forgeries Of Monet, Renoir On eBay
"Dr. Carina Popovici, a specialist in authenticating artwork, said she applied cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology to pictures advertised on the online platform and was...
John Waters Briefly Hospitalized After Car Accident
The 78-year-old filmmaker/artist/author's car was struck near Baltimore by a driver running a red light. "Since it hurts when I laugh," he said in...
The Kids’ Show “Bluey” Can Make Grownups Cry. What’s Its Secret? Classical Music, That’s...
Musicologist Sarah Caissie Provost lays out the evidence. - Slate (Yahoo!)
When ESPN Meets Mark Morris Dance Group
"The new ESPN+ series 'Tryouts,' … tracks some of the country’s most intense tryouts and auditions. Rather than focusing exclusively on traditional sports, many...
Why Yan Lianke Would Prefer That You Not Call Him “China’s Most Censored Author”
"Several years ago, a Chinese author spent hundreds of thousands of yuan bribing the Chinese publishing industry (to) criticize and ban his works," so...
A Play About Sexual Assault Is Being Used To Train Judges
Playwright Suzie Miller's Prima Facie, a one-woman show about a defense attorney in sexual assault cases who is then raped by a colleague, starred...
Museum That Was Court-Ordered To Admit Men To Its Women-Only Exhibition Finds A Work-Around
Kirsha Kaechele's installation Ladies Lounge at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Tasmania will be made into an actual ladies' lounge...
After Eight Years Of Work, Broadway’s Palace Theatre Has A Beautiful, New, Very Blue...
"The venue, owned and operated by the Nederlander Organization, will house Ben Platt: Live at the Palace for a limited engagement beginning May 28,...
Met Opera Had Only Four Female Conductors In Its First 133 Years. Last Month...
From the company's opening in 1883 to eight years ago, there were only Sarah Caldwell (1976), Simone Young (1996), Jane Glover (2013), and Susanna...
Canada’s Screenwriters Agree To New Contract With Independent Producers
"The Writers Guild of Canada and the Canadian Media Producers Association, representing local indie film and television producers, have agreed terms for a new...
Kevin Spacey Will Face A Civil Trial In London For Sexual Assault — And...
Earlier this year, the judge in the case delivered a default judgment in favor of the plaintiff because Spacey's attorneys failed to submit their...
Minnesota Passes “Taylor Swift Law” Protecting Online Ticket Buyers
"The law, prompted by the frustration a legislator felt at not being able to buy tickets to Swift’s 2023 concert in Minneapolis, will require...
The Art Vandals Who Threw Soup At Mona Lisa Strike The Hall of Mirrors...
These aren't climate-protesting art vandals, exactly; they're anti-inequality and agriculture protesters from the group Riposte Alimentaire (Food Counterattack). They threw orange-colored clay powder around...
Nikolaj Hübbe To Step Down As Artistic Director Of Royal Danish Ballet
Hübbe, who became a major star during his 18 years as a principal at New York City Ballet, returned to his homeland in 2008...
Tests Of Beethoven’s Hair Indicate Astounding Levels Of Lead And Arsenic
It's not clear that the toxins (which likely came from wine, food, and ointments) were enough to kill the composer, but they were certainly...
Art Vandals Tag Courbet’s “Origin Of The World” With “MeToo” Graffiti
The stunt at the Pompidou Center Metz was organized by performance artist Deborah de Robertis (the one who was arrested in 2018 for getting...
The Prado Confirms That The Painting Rescued From Auction In 2021 Is A Caravaggio
"(The Madrid museum) said in a statement the work, titled Ecce Homo (Latin for 'Behold the Man') by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio will go...
State Of The Arts In The US: Post-Pandemic, Do Organizations Have Enough Working Capital?
"To explore how organizations’ bottom line and working capital have fared over the last few years, we analyzed data from FY 2019 to 2023...
Fans Of Utah Symphony Fear That Its Concert Hall Could Be Torn Down
"The suggestion that the 45-year-old Abravanel Hall could be demolished or altered has been floated as Smith Entertainment Group — the company ... that...
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Artistic Director Resigns; Musicians Vote No Confidence In Managing Director
Kyu-Young Kim cited "recent organizational decisions and shifts in priorities" for his decision, though he will continue as concertmaster. Subsequently, the 28 members of...
