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Grand Rapids Ballet Lays Off Executive Director And Eliminates Position
“Grand Rapids Ballet has dismissed executive director Mary Jennings after less than two years in the role, replacing her with an interim CEO as...
California City Reports $1.5 Million Embezzled From Its Arts Funding Agency
“The statement from (Fresno Arts Council), which handled public grants set aside by the local parks and arts tax for the past few years,...
Algeria’s Most Famous Author Faces Legal Cases For Misusing A Terror Victim’s Story
Kamel Daoud's Goncourt-winning novel Houris is about a woman whose throat was slit at age 5 during a terrorist massacre and who can now...
Another San Francisco Institution Cancels Its Next Show Due To Money Troubles
Lamplighters Music Theatre, the Bay Area’s Gilbert and Sullivan specialists, has called off its spring 2026 production of Patience. Company leaders blame not only...
Saudi Arabia Commissions World’s Largest Mural, Which It Hopes Will Be Visible From Space
The job — to create a painting 50,000 square meters large, roughly the size of nine football fields, in the Saudi capital, Riyadh —...
Louvre’s No. 2 Official Says Ticket Fraud Is “Inevitable” At Large Museums
“Which museum in the world, with this level of attendance,” said Louvre general administrator Kim Pham, “would not at certain moments have some issues...
How Will Academy Voters Decide Which Movie Should Win Best Casting Oscar?
“Yes, casting directors are finding the right person to carry the weight of the movie, but they are also responsible for nearly every face...
Oscar-Nominated Co-Writer Of “It Was Just An Accident” Released From Iranian Prison
Mehdi Mahmoudian, who wrote the screenplay for the Cannes-winning film alongside director Jafar Panahi, has been released on bail after 17 days. He was...
Actor Shia LaBeouf Arrested In New Orleans After Alleged Mardi Gras Fistfight
He is charged with two counts of simple battery following incidents in the midnight hours of Tuesday morning. This is, of course, by no...
Architect Oscar Niemeyer’s Final Building Was A Diner In Leipzig
The great Brazilian modernist, best-known for the futuristic government buildings in Brasilia, had recently turned 103 when he drew the first sketch for what’s...
A Rare Edition Of Shakespeare’s First Folio Was Stolen And Damaged. Now That It’s...
When in 2010, Durham University got back the Folio which had been stolen in 1998, the book’s leather cover, boards and end papers were...
A Verbatim Play Reimagines One Of The Most Notorious TV Debates Of The AIDS...
In Kramer/Fauci, director Daniel Fish stages a transcript of the 1993 C-SPAN debate between Larry Kramer, the legendarily combative writer and AIDS activist, and...
“Train Dreams” And “Adolescence” Lead 2026 Independent Spirit Awards
Train Dreams, Clint Bentley’s feature about an isolated logger in the early-20th-century Pacific Northwest, led the film categories with three wins. In the television...
At 85, Choreographer Lucinda Childs Is Still Busy
“I’m not, um, young,” she says. “And I do have help. I don’t go in without somebody there who can help to translate and...
Head Of Arts At London’s Barbican Centre Is Out After Only 18 Months
Devyani Saltzman was named director of arts and participation in February 2024; she was one of seven senior leaders installed after the Barbican replaced the managing...
San Antonio Philharmonic Cancels Remainder Of Its Season
“After the loss of its musical director, the cancelation of multiple concerts and a dispute locking it out of what was touted to be...
Chicago Symphony Is Deemed “World’s Busiest Orchestra” — What Exactly Does That Entail?
Basically, it means the CSO shows more scheduled performances than other orchestras in the comprehensive concert listings on the classical-music website Bachtrack. However, both...
Warner Bros. Will Let Paramount Submit Another Bid To Buy It
“Warner Bros Discovery Inc. has agreed to temporarily reopen sale negotiations with rival Hollywood studio Paramount Skydance Corp., setting the stage for a potential...
Frederick Wiseman, Dean Of Documentary Filmmakers, Has Died At 96
“Among the world’s most admired and influential filmmakers, … with subjects ranging from a suburban high school to a horse race track, his work...
Actor Robert Duvall, 95
“(The) Oscar-winning actor … disappeared into an astonishing range of roles — lawmen and outlaws, Southern-fried alcoholics and Manhattan boardroom sharks, a hotheaded veteran...
“Vinegar Valentines” — Send A Token Of Your Sentiment To The Ex You Despise
The name was given by present-day collectors and dealers; in their Victorian heyday, they were usually called mock or mocking valentines. They were very...
Coffee Poets: The 16th-Century Muslim World’s Culture War Over The Brew Was Fought In...
In the medieval period, poets had used “coffee” as a symbol (or euphemism) for wine (forbidden in Islam), so praising coffee in a poem...
For The First Time, A Male Dancer Plays The Evil Fairy In New York...
In 2023, principal Taylor Stanley asked management if they’d permit a male-identifying dancer to play Carabosse; they said no. This year, they said no...
How Minneapolis’s Theater Community Has Been Dealing With The ICE Occupation
It hasn’t been easy: some artists are scared to come to the theater, as are many audience members, and some shows have had to...
Is An Organized Ring Running Online Smear Campaigns In Hollywood?
“This clandestine smear machine seemingly connects some of the most talked-about scandals of recent years. … (Figures are) targeted by mysteriously operated websites that...
