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Arvo Pärt And Angélique Kidjo Win The 2023 Polar Music Prize
The 87-year-old Estonian, for many years the world's most-performed living classical composer, and the 62-year-old Beninese singer-songwriter, a five-time Grammy winner, take this year's...
What Does A Film/TV Choreographer Do? More Than Just Dance Numbers
For instance, anytime there's a scene in a club, a choreographer will suggest moves for the extras so they don't look awkward (which is...
The Suffering, Death, And Rebirth Of Professional Orchestral Music In San Antonio
After three decades of financial difficulties and musician-vs.-management strife culminated in a nine-month strike, the board threw up its hands and dissolved the San...
Resurrecting The Gargoyles Of Notre-Dame De Paris
Here's a look-in on the sculptors who are carefully restoring or, where necessary, reproducing the delightfully grotesque waterspouts (yes, they help drain rainwater from...
The New San Antonio Philharmonic Now Has A Proper Union Contract
"The musicians of the San Antonio Philharmonic have reached their first collective bargaining agreement with the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) union Local 23."...
Paradise For Young Playwrights: Jeremy O. Harris Leads A Residency In The Hills Of...
"(They're) eating gourmet meals in a medieval village turned boutique hotel with breathtaking views of the postcard-perfect Val d'Orcia countryside. With access to a...
Researchers May Have Just Found A “Lost” Shakespeare Sonnet Inside A Ben Jonson Play
"Beyond 'compelling' stylistic evidence, the sonnet, titled 'To the Deserving Author', is signed with the mysterious pseudonym Cygnus, after the mythical figure who was...
A Major Piece Of Gospel Music’s History Has Been Rediscovered In Pittsburgh
"Charles Henry Pace … was one of the first African American gospel music composers in the United States, and the owner of one of...
BET Is For Sale, And The Cable Network Has Several Bidders
"Tyler Perry's Black Entertainment Television? It could happen: The prolific producer/director/actor is one of several very famous, very rich businessmen who have signaled an...
How’s Ireland’s Basic-Income-For-Artists Scheme Working So Far?
Six months into a pilot program that pays 2,000 working artists €325 per week/€16,000 ($18,200) per year, the results look good: as one recipient...
Oklahoma Moves To Revoke License From Teacher Who Directed Students To Brooklyn Public Library’s...
State Superintendent Ryan Walters has filed paperwork to cancel Summer Boismier's teaching certificate — despite the fact that she's now moved to New York...
Florida School Principal Forced To Resign After Sixth-Graders Were Shown Michelangelo’s “David”
Hope Carasquilla was ousted from Tallahassee Classical School after several parents complained about the lesson in a Renaissance art class. (One parent called the...
The BBC Singers Are Saved: Decision To Dissolve Choir Is Reversed After Outcry
The decision to close the BBC Singers, announced in March, was expected to result in the loss of 20 posts, but was met with...
The Extraordinary Puppets Of Broadway’s “The Life Of Pi”
"Finn Caldwell, the production's puppetry director, and two of those Olivier-winning puppeteers, Fred Davis and Scarlet Wilderink, sat down at the Schoenfeld one morning...
Oscar Wilde’s Irishness (Which So Many People, Including Oscar, Seem To Forget)
Everything about the man said London, but he spent 20 of his 46 years in Ireland, including seven years at a grim Ulster boarding...
The Future For American Movies For Grownups Seems To Be In Microbudget Indies. But...
The equipment for making professional-looking films has never been more inexpensive or accessible. There are people writing creative scripts; there's always an abundance of...
Is Melbourne’s Arts Centre On The Brink Of Financial Disaster? Depends On Whom You...
An alleged internal document was reported by the city's biggest tabloid to reveal that the complex is short $223 million (Aus), due to the...
She’s A Swing, An Understudy, And the Dance Captain For “+ Juliet,” One Of...
"(Brittany Nicholas is) responsible for knowing the 12 ensemble tracks and all of the dancing for eight principals. She also acts as an extension...
Here’s What The New, Animal-Free Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Will Look Like
"The 75 performers from 18 countries will include performers on a triangular high wire 25 feet off the ground, crisscrossing flying trapeze artists, a...
Is Hollywood Worried About ChatGPT-Style AI? Of Course It Is.
"(Many in the industry are ambivalent), acknowledging the power of AI to help a screenwriter overcome writer's block or an editor to skip mundane...
Raid On Suspected Art Smugglers Turns Up An Unknown Jackson Pollock Painting
Bulgarian officers working under Europol staged a raid in Sofia to break up a Greek-Bulgarian art-trafficking ring. They found what curators at Bulgaria's National...
More Evidence That Monet And J.M.W. Turner Were Inspired By Air Pollution
A new study has been published by climate scientists who examined paintings from throughout the two artists' careers and found that the works provide...
Book-Banning Attempts In The US Soared To A New Record Last Year
"More than 1,200 challenges were compiled by the association in 2022, nearly double the then-record total from 2021 and by far the most since...
When Violence Damages Jerusalem’s Medieval Al-Aqsa Mosque, These Skilled Craftsmen Repair The Damage
"The artisans there — including a gold-leaf specialist, coppersmiths and wood carvers — fear that their meticulous work will be destroyed, as has happened...
