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Nathalie Stutzmann, Atlanta Symphony Music Director, Takes On A Second Position
Next September, the French contralto-turned-conductor will begin a four-year term as music and artistic director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo in Monaco. She...
“The Sistine Chapel Of The New Deal” In Danger Of Demolition By Trump Administration
The Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in Washington, D.C. contains perhaps the most important New Deal-era murals in the city — works by Philip Guston...
The Muny In St. Louis To Get $9.5 Million Renovation Next Fall
The beloved outdoor theater will replace all 11,000-odd seats and make structural improvements to protect against flooding, which caused serious damage after a torrential...
Performance At La Scala Ends Early After Conductor Riccardo Chailly Falls Ill
During the second intermission of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk on Wednesday evening, a very weak Chailly was taken to a Milan hospital and...
Royal Ballet Star Matthew Ball Is Moving Into Choreography
And he’s not going to be a rule-breaker, trying to revolutionize the art form: “There’s nothing wrong with organic movement. … There’s a reason...
A.A. Milne, Author Of Winnie-the-Pooh, Also Wrote Romance Novels
“For the next fifty years, females of all ages both delighted and troubled him. He was not sure he ever understood them, but …...
Frank Lloyd Wright Also Designed Typeface Fonts
What’s more, those fonts have been adapted for digital use. - Artnet
Historic Movie Palace Is Remade Into Palm Springs’ New Performing Arts Center
The Plaza Theatre had a star-studded opening in 1936, with the premiere of the Greta Garbo vehicle Camille. But it fell on hard times...
Philly Fringe Returns To Regular-Season Programming
“The legendary festival, known for experimental and boundary-pushing theater, previously offered year-round programming before the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. In recent years, it has...
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.” -...
