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Emily Nussbaum Named The New Yorker’s Theatre Critic
“Nussbaum, a highly respected culture writer who received a Pulitzer Prize for her television criticism, has been a member of the New Yorker writing...
As Benin Bronzes Are Being Returned To Nigeria, There’s Nowhere Suitable Which Can Display...
When 100 of the restituted sculptures were exhibited last month in Benin City, there was no high-tech security and the labels were on paper...
People Over 70 Who Listen To Music Daily Face Significantly Lower Risk Of Dementia,...
“A major new study led by researchers at Monash University (in Melbourne) … found that daily musical engagement correlates with a marked reduction in...
A New Solti Conducting Competition Is Starting Up In Budapest
This one, which takes place next October, will involve the Hungarian Radio Symphony and Hungarian National Philharmonic and is being organized by Müpa, Budapest’s...
Baritone Jubilant Sykes, 71, Stabbed To Death
A Grammy-nominee (for Leonard Bernstein’s Mass conducted by Marin Alsop) who moved smoothly between classical, musical theater, and gospel, Sykes was found dead in...
2025 Turner Prize Goes To Nigerian-Scottish Artist Nnena Kalu
“Kalu, an autistic artist with learning disabilities and limited verbal communication, … (won) for her colourful drawings and sculptures made from found fabric and VHS tape, becoming...
Paul Taylor’s “Esplanade” At 50
How the landmark modern dance was created, whom it influenced, and why it’s still magical today. - The New York Times
Dallas Black Dance Theatre Makes Its Interim Artistic Director Permanent
Richard A. Freeman Jr. served on an interim basis for two seasons, including holding the company together through the turmoil following the firing of...
How A Crazy Musician Spent Six Months Teaching An Octopus To Play Piano
Did Mattias Krantz pull it off? Sort of. Here’s what he did, how well it worked, and why it didn’t work better. - ZME...
Gertrude Stein Knew She Was A Genius — And That The World Would Only...
“‘Those who are creating the modern composition authentically are naturally only of importance when they are dead,’ Stein once wrote. Accordingly, she spent a good...
Professors Are Giving Lectures In Bars — To Capacity Crowds
At Lectures on Tap, “attendees hear thought-provoking talks from experts on wide-ranging topics such as Taylor Swift's use of storytelling in her music, how...
The End Of Residuals? Netflix’s Purchase Of Warner Bros. Could End Up Costing Creatives...
“The streamer has set new parameters for making content, providing rich upfront fees, but diminished profit participation or residuals for producers, directors, actors and...
DC’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Appoints New Artistic Director
“Reggie D. White, whose résumé spans acting, directing and playwriting in addition to in-office leadership, will (succeed) Maria Manuela Goyanes, (who) announced her departure in...
Philadelphia Will Host A Five-Week Arts Festival For America’s 250th Birthday
“Dozens of Philadelphia artists across disciplines will present more than 30 original works, staged from late May to July 2026 in venues around Philadelphia,...
Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Released From Custody In Japan
“The Tony-nominated playwright and actor (was) released after spending three weeks in custody on suspicion of attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into the country....
Workers At Louvre Vote Unanimously To Strike
“The museum is in ‘crisis,’ with insufficient resources and ‘increasingly deteriorated working conditions,’ said the unions’ strike notice to Culture Minister Rachida Dati.” -...
Eight Matisse Prints Stolen In Brazil
“In a daylight robbery on Sunday, two armed thieves stole eight prints by Henri Matisse and at least five engravings by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari from the...
Where Drag Meets The Viola (There’s A Joke In There Somewhere)
Stuck at home in Palo Alto with two parents who teach in Stanford’s music department, Ezra Costanza created the drag character Obsidienne Obsurd, a...
Ex-Director Of Dance At Kennedy Center Says Her Firing Wasn’t A Surprise
Jane Raleigh: “There was definitely an overarching feeling of waiting for the shoe to drop. I was committed to staying until I was removed,...
Pathé Will Return To Making English-Language Films
“French production and exhibition giant Pathé is looking to ‘re-launch’ its English-language film business with the appointment of FilmNation president of motion pictures Ben Browning as co-CEO of...
CEO Of Waterstone’s And Barnes & Noble Says They Would Sell AI-Authored Books (If...
“We as booksellers would naturally and instinctively disdain it,” said James Daunt, but “maybe it's going to produce the next War and Peace. And...
Star Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Jailed In Japan On Drug Charges
The 36-year-old author of the multiple-Tony-nominated Slave Play and current creative director of the Williamstown Theater Festival was arrested at the airport in Okinawa...
US Federal Grants To Museums And Libraries Restored Following Court Case
“The Institute of Museum and Library Services is reinstating all grants that were previously terminated by the Trump administration. A short statement posted on the...
London’s Barbican Centre To Get An Overhaul That Might Just Make It Easier To...
It will be a mammoth task, and a necessary one. The 43-year-old Brutalist landmark in central London has never been renovated, and its physical...
Troubled San Antonio Philharmonic Cancels Its Holiday Concerts
While next weekend’s classical programs are still scheduled, the orchestra’s Holiday Pops shows for the weekend before Christmas and its New Year’s Eve Gala...
