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Hamline University Tries To Walk Back Its Criticism Of Professor Who Showed Image Of...
"Ellen Watters, the board chair, and the school’s president, Fayneese S. Miller, said Hamline’s initial stance on the incident was a 'misstep.' The usage...
Meet Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s New Artistic Director
"Adam McKinney, a Milwaukee native who has danced with numerous companies around the country, succeeds Susan Jaffee, who departed in December to become artistic...
A Most Unusual AM Talk Radio Station
"A talk outlet owned by a billionaire businessman for whom radio is a hobby. ... A station that airs an improbable patch-quilt of block...
An Old Military Air Base Becomes A New, And Affordable, Hub For Creative Arts...
"Old Jet sits inside a former fighter-jet operations building. Like most rural hubs, it houses a unique mixture of people who live locally and...
Dutch Old Master Judith Leyster, And Why She Matters
She was a rarity, a professional female painter, in the Dutch Golden Age; her work has been admired ever since — although, for centuries,...
Queer Theater 2.0 Has Well And Truly Arrived, Writes Jesse Green
"The first phases of the gay play, crucial in their moment (the second half of the 20th century), are over. The spotlight has passed...
Gianfranco Baruchello, Prolific Artist In Multiple Media, Is Dead At 98
"Through complex, self-reflexive work that often flouted the traditional mechanisms of the art world and borrowed from mass communication, … the Italian polymath …...
Now You Can See The Leonid Massine Ballet With Sets And Costumes By Matisse
Rouge et Noir was created for the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo in 1939. Dance critic Ann Barzel filmed parts of the work in Chicago...
2,000-Year-Old Scythian Tomb Discovered In Siberia
"Within the tomb, archaeologists discovered the remains of some 50 bodies, buried alongside an assemblage of artifacts and weapons. It included bronze daggers, knives,...
English National Opera Gets A One-Year, £11.46 Million Funding Reprieve
"Arts Council England said it would invest national lottery funding in the company until March 2024 to 'sustain a programme of work at the...
Archaeologists Say They’ve Uncovered The World’s Oldest Runestone
"The flat, square block of brownish sandstone has carved scribbles, which … are up to 2,000 years old. … Older runes have been found...
Hawaii Symphony Appoints Its First Music Director In A Decade
Dane Lam, a Chinese-Australian who currently holds positions with Opera Queensland and the Xi'an Symphony Orchestra in China, is the first music director at...
Louisiana Philharmonic Names Matthew Kraemer Music Director
Starting in July, Kraemer, currently music director of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, will succeed Carlos Miguel Prieto, who is leaving New Orleans after 17...
St. Louis Symphony Prepares For Major Expansion Of Powell Hall
"The $100 million renovation kicks off this spring, with a groundbreaking on the expansion beginning in March. The 65,000-square-foot expansion will include a new...
The Dance Data Project Moves Beyond Collecting Data On Women Leaders In Dance
"Intended to help address the gender and racial barriers that prevent women from securing leadership positions, the free online program "Raising the Barre: Curriculum...
How Filmmaker Alica Diop Turned A Sensational Trial Into The Oscar-Nominated “Saint-Omer”
"When the French director Alice Diop attended the trial of Fabienne Kabou, a woman who left her 15-month-old daughter on a beach to drown,...
Michael R. Jackson, Writer-Composer Of “A Strange Loop”, On The Show’s Success And The...
"The more that I've reflected on it, it really makes sense to me that A Strange Loop would be a supernova that cuts across...
A Poisonous Issue: Repatriation Of Some Artifacts Is Delayed For Decontamination
"Across Europe and North America, museums are waking up to an ethical dilemma. The widespread historical use of pesticides means objects in their storage...
“Power Is Genderless”: Cate Blanchett Answers Back To Marin Alsop’s Criticism Of “Tár”
"I don't think you could have talked about the corrupting nature of power in as nuanced away as Todd Field has done as a...
Gen Z Is Really Starting To Get Into Classical Music
"There are plenty of reasons for this, from the playlist culture spawned by streaming platforms … to the solace it provided during the pandemic....
The Smithsonian Is Restoring 300 Of The World’s Oldest Sound Recordings
"Now, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has announced a new project: restoring hundreds of never-before-heard sound recordings made by Bell and his...
Plácido Domingo Faces New Accusation Of Sexual Misconduct
Speaking on Spanish television — in shadow, voice electronically altered — a female singer alleged that, roughly two decades ago, Domingo on one occasion...
Two Libraries In Colorado Close Due To Meth Contamination
Public library branches in Boulder and Englewood, a Denver suburb, were closed to the public for several days after tests found methamphetamine on surfaces...
Art Institute of Chicago’s Former Payroll Manager Indicted For Embezzling $2 Million
"In his role as payroll manager, (Michael) Maurello had access to make direct deposits. But between 2007 and 2020, he disguised payments to make...
The Imelda Marcos-David Byrne-Fatboy Slim Immersive Disco Musical Is Coming To Broadway
"Here Lies Love will be produced in the fully immersive, mostly standing-room format that was an essential element in its world premiere engagement ......
