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If The Actors In SAG-AFTRA Go On Strike Next Week, This Is Why
"Despite tensions, guild leaders said that talks with the studios have been 'extremely productive.' But key differences remain, and the union is under heavy...
As The Legislative Session Ended, Oregon Lawmakers Shortchanged The Arts
"A 2023 session that began hopefully for the state's arts and cultural industries ended in deep disappointment, with many requests rejected outright or funded...
For The Second Time This Year, British Museum Workers Will Go On A Weeklong...
"Visitors services and security staff in the Public and Commercial Services union have announced that they will walk off the job July 11-16. The...
Union Accuses Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Management Of Reneging On Pay Raises In Contract
"Less than a year after a bitter, nearly three-week long strike, the (museum) and its workers are again locked in a dispute — this...
Going Virtual During COVID Turned Into A Major Success For Dallas Black Dance Theatre
"(Executive director Zenetta) Drew said the theatre's (online) programming has continued to net six figures each year and has also brought in new audiences...
Why Wisconsin’s Arts Funding Is So Low
"Arts groups say Wisconsin ranks last in the nation in per-capita funding for the arts and want to see some of the state budget...
Jeremy O. Harris Gets 36 Minutes On “Fresh Air”
The playwright talks about producing Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, the awkward conversation with a straight guy that inspired Slave Play,...
Fledgling San Antonio Philharmonic Appoints Its First Executive Director
The new chief of the orchestra — formed last year by the musicians of the defunct San Antonio Symphony — is Roberto Treviño, a...
With San Francisco Art Institute Bankrupt And Closed, Its Diego Rivera Meta-Mural Is For...
SFAI attempted to sell the work, titled The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City, in 2021, hoping to save the...
David Richards, Former Theater Critic For The Washington Post And New York Times, Is...
"He covered cultural news stories and profiled stage luminaries such as director Jose Quintero, playwright Edward Albee and actors Julie Harris and Carol Channing....
Theater Development Fund Executive Director Victoria Bailey: The Exit Interview
"A few months after she took the job, the booth was shut down because of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and in the time since...
New York Public Radio Has An $8 Million Deficit
"As its fiscal year comes to an end on June 30, New York Public Radio is facing an $8 million deficit, which is causing...
National Geographic Has Laid Off The Remainder Of Its Writing Staff
"The cutback — the latest in a series under owner Walt Disney Co. — involves some 19 editorial staffers. … Article assignments will henceforth...
Painter At Center Of Old Master Forgery Ring Is Arrested — Again
"Once again, Italian authorities have arrested Pasquale 'Lino' Frongia, the artist suspected of forging a string of Old Master paintings that have appeared at...
Folger Shakespeare Library Director Michael Witmore Will Depart Next Year
"The announcement comes during a period of dramatic change for the research center, which houses the largest Shakespeare collection in the world and is...
College Librarians Under Siege In Ron DeSantis’s Florida
"Lots of librarians have wasted a ton of time cleaning up files in their OneDrives; removing their names from projects, committees; taking down …...
Why Ayodele Casel Did An Autobiographical Tap-Dance Show With Voiceover
"When I got to do While I Have the Floor, that was me really saying, okay, I can be in control of the narrative....
TKTS, Times Square’s Famous Half-Price Ticket Booth, Marks 50 Years
"Some 68.6 million tickets have been sold from the booth during its 50 years, with more than $2.6 billion going back to the shows....
Fox News’s Late-Night Insult Comic Is Actually Outdrawing “The Tonight Show”
"After decades of cultural dominance by left-leaning late night, … (Greg) Gutfeld's striking inversion is a hard-won victory for the right. Like The Daily...
Britain’s State Schools Are Robbing Kids Who Aren’t Rich Of Arts Education
V&A director Tristram Hunt: "This is a real problem, and there's a social inequity here because the private sector is not closing its theatres...
Argentine Court Assigns The Rights To Jorge Luís Borges’s Works
"Borges's wife, Maria Kodama, had devoted much of her life to fiercely protecting his legacy and it surprised many in Argentina's literary circles that...
What Happens When Opera Singers Get Pregnant? Sometimes They Lose Roles, Sometimes They Gain...
"The science behind the phenomenon is still poorly understood, but it is such a noticeable and common occurrence that it has become something of...
In Song Recitals, The Way The Performers Move Their Heads Matters: Study
"The new study used 24 subjects who were advanced piano and vocal students (in) Vienna. The researchers specifically wanted to look at how musicians'...
The Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold In Europe: Gustav Klimt’s Last Portrait
Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan) — said to have still been on the easel when Klimt died — was sold at Sotheby's...
Actor Julian Sands Confirmed Dead At 65
Best known for roles in The Killing Fields, A Room with a View and Leaving Las Vegas, he worked steadily in films and television...
