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Veteran Character Actor James Hardy Stabbed To Death
“The 81-year-old actor was found in the front yard of his home in Tarzana, California, at 9.30am on Wednesday. ... He was unconscious and had...
PBS In Arkansas Is Saved As Donations Reach Goal And Officials Back Down
“The state’s public television commission agreed Thursday to pay PBS dues and undo its effort to cut ties from the national network. Arkansas had been set...
Three Years After Crippling Strike, SAG-AFTRA Approves New Contract
“Television and movie actors on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to ratify a four-year contract with studios and streaming services, a month after their union leaders negotiated a deal...
National Symphony Is Paralyzed Because Kennedy Center Still Hasn’t Approved Its Budget
The National Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming season is in jeopardy because the Kennedy Center has not approved its budget, according to officials familiar with the...
Kennedy Center Staff Told To Remove Trump’s Name From Everything
“(An internal) memo states staffers must immediately change email signatures, letterhead, and other documents ‘to reflect the name as ‘The John F. Kennedy Center...
Venues In England Are Scared To Program South Asian Dance: Arts Council Report
Managers of smaller venues fear that they would lose too much money presenting unfamiliar performers in an unfamiliar genre, said the report, which also...
A Frequent Book-Prize Juror Explains How These Awards Actually Work
Rebecca Makkai has judged six major awards in the past eight years (a pace she does not recommend), and she shares some things she’s...
City Of Chicago Launches New Fund For Emerging Theater Companies
“The program, Next Stage Chicago, will provide a maximum of $50,000 to up to eight nonprofit theater companies that have been in business for...
The Leading AI Music-Generation Company, Suno, Has More Than Doubled Its Market Value To...
“The (latest) funding round” — a sale of stock which raised $400 million — “comes just six months after Suno previously announced a $250...
They’re Going To Extraordinary Lengths To Move The Bayeux Tapestry To London Safely
After two dry runs with facsimiles, France’s culture ministry is confident that the fragile 900-year-old textile will be fine. They’ve developed an ingenious container...
This Year London’s Serpentine Pavilion Is Actually Serpentine
“Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo (of Mexico City’s Lanza Atelier) have gone back to basics and produced one of the most literal Serpentine pavilions...
YouTube Now Has, On Average, More Daily Viewers Than Netflix
“Average daily usage per YouTube account (worldwide) rose from 87.2 minutes in 2024 to 99.1 in 2025, according to analysis conducted by the Digital...
New Jersey PBS Finally Finds Its New Operator: Montclair State University
“A consortium led by Montclair State University has won a competitive process to take over New Jersey’s public television station.” The move comes months...
Colorado Passes Landmark Law: Artists Can Now Protect Their Rights By Becoming Corporations
“Senate Bill 133 creates Colorado Artist Companies, or A Corps, a new subset of limited liability corporations that guides artists through the complexities of setting up a...
Artists Say They’ll Sue Venice Biennale If They’re Included In Public-Vote Prizes
“Dozens of artists participating in this year’s Venice Biennale contemporary art show are threatening legal action if their names are not removed from the ballot allowing...
Marjane Satrapi, Creator Of “Persepolis,” Is Dead At 56
She achieved international fame for the graphic memoir of her girlhood in Khomeini’s Iran, and then for co-directing the animated film adaptation. Based in...
The Composer-Conductor Who Pioneered European Opera In Japan
Manfred Gurlitt was reluctant to leave Germany when the Nazis came to power, but he ultimately had to flee and ended up in Tokyo....
Radio Station Says New Data Center Has Forced It Off The Air
“Rainey Broadcasting has told the FCC that development surrounding a massive data center and semiconductor manufacturing project forced gospel WFQY Jackson, MS (970 AM)...
A New Wave Of Women’s Ragebait Lit
"These books may have inspired more than their share of hot takes ... but the conversations around them allow us to question where we...
Second-Generation Cambodian-American, Trained Only In U.S., Becomes Skilled Teacher Of Khmer Classical Dance
Peter Veth has never studied in Cambodia — only in his hometown of Lowell, Mass., a center of the diaspora. But from sixth grade...
Painter Of Dallas Whale Mural Painted Over For World Cup Promo Sues FIFA
The 17,000-square-foot mural, one of artist Robert Wyland’s popular “Whaling Wall” series, had been on view in downtown Dallas since 1999. Wyland is suing...
Dito Von Reigersberg, Aka Martha Graham Cracker, Philadelphia Arts World’s Favorite Drag Queen, Is...
As Martha, he hosted a highly popular monthly cabaret and collaborated with, among others, the Philadelphia Orchestra and Opera Philadelphia. He also had a...
Brazilian Police Say They’ve Identified Mastermind Of Matisse Robbery In São Paulo
Last December, thieves stole 13 prints, including eight by Matisse, from the Biblioteca Mario de Andrade in São Paulo. Two suspects accused of the...
New York State Adds $150 Million To Theater Production Tax Credit — But Is...
“The program … faces criticism from budget watchdog groups, state lawmakers, and even theatrical insiders who say the tax credits don’t support shows most...
Trump Administration Wants To Judge Higher Ed Institutions On Graduates’ Earnings, Posing Dangers For...
“The Department of Education has proposed a new ‘accountability’ system that would judge higher-education programs largely by graduates’ earnings, ... a test that music, visual arts,...
