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Lewis Spratlan, Pulitzer-Winning Composer, Is Dead At 82
His opera Life Is a Dream had a difficult birth: the company that commissioned it closed before it was produced, and Spratlan was reduced...
Kouri-Vini: The Creole Language Of Acadian Louisiana Sees The Dawn Of A Revival
Roughly a French Louisiana equivalent of Gullah, the African-English hybrid of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands, Kouri-Vini developed among the region's Black...
Why The Best Animated Feature Oscar Irks And Depresses Animators
"Independent films, movies aimed at adults, or those created in different art styles rarely get nominated, let alone win. The 17 animators interviewed for...
An Inside Look At Incubator, ABT’s Annual Winter Residency For Choreographers
"This year's cohort spanned five artists at different career stages ... whose movement styles encompass contemporary dance, classical ballet, tango and hip-hop. ... (The...
Bert I. Gordon, Sci-Fi B-Movie Schlockmeister Turned Cult “Auteur”, Is Dead At 100
"Critics called his storylines ludicrous and his special effects schlocky, … but many of his films turned a profit and gained a cult following,...
One Of Japan’s Most Honored Architects Calls For Building Fewer Buildings
"There has been an inextricable link between new buildings and economic growth in the 20th century, but that relationship must change because the climate...
NPR’s Michel Martin Is The Latest Host To Join “Morning Edition”
"Martin, who currently serves as a host of All Things Considered Weekends, will join Morning Edition on March 27. Martin joined NPR in 2006...
Well, Here’s What Apple Has Done With Primephonic, The Classical Streaming Service It Bought...
Classical fans have long complained about how poorly iTunes and Apple Music fit the genre. So, in 2021, Apple purchased Primephonic — which designed...
Architect A. Eugene Kohn, Specialist In Iconic And Very Tall Skyscrapers, Is Dead At...
Kohn Pedersen Fox, the firm which he co-founded and served as president and number-one salesman, designed such celebrated buildings as the World Bank headquarters...
Atlanta’s Leading Musical Theatre Company Shuts Down After Four Decades
"The Atlanta Lyric Theatre has closed its doors after 42 years under the weight of financial strain … (due to) 'a significant drop in...
Lincoln Center Has A New Board Chair
Katherine Farley, who became board chair in 2010 and led the arts complex through the complete renovation of David Geffen Hall, decided that the...
Robert Blake, 1970s Hollywood Star Tried For The Murder Of His Wife, Is Dead...
"Once hailed as among the finest actors of his generation, Blake became better known as the center of a real-life murder trial, a story...
What’s Worse For A Theater’s Artistic Director Than Managing Big Cutbacks? Managing Cutbacks And...
Nataki Garrett went from artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to interim executive artistic director — because the executive director position was eliminated,...
This Program Uses Dance To Teach Girls Of Color To Code And Ready Them...
"Launched in 2018, danceLogic blends the two to introduce girls to coding and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics). The Philadelphia-based program is...
On-The-Spot Poetry, Generated By AI Software Trained On The Works Of Great Black Writers
Artist/software developer Josie Williams created four chatbots, each built on a dataset consisting solely of the works of a great African-American writer: James Baldwin,...
Ian Falconer, Creator Of Olivia The Pig, Is Dead At 63
He was already a successful designer for opera and ballet (who got his start with David Hockney) when, in the 1990s, he started writing...
Rare Old Books Should Be Handled Bare-Handed, Not With Gloves. The Public Will Not...
Morgan Library director of conservation Maria Fredericks: "The glove thing. It just won't die." Grolier Club director Eric Holzenberg: "Every time it comes up,...
The Dominion Voting/Fox News Lawsuit: Who’s Really Responsible (And Thus Liable) For What Was...
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch: "I'm not the CEO of Fox News. I'm not responsible for the editorial on Fox News. I don't make...
The Messy, Convoluted, Expensive, And Sometimes Ugly Business Of Campaigning For Oscar Votes
Studios, agents, and sometimes the talent themselves try to manipulate Academy voters and the press by hiring consultants, buying ads, throwing events, pestering people,...
Spotify Says It Has Now Paid Out Almost $40 Billion To Holders Of Music...
"The company said it pays out nearly 70% of every dollar it generates from music back to the industry. ... These rights holders include...
LACMA Says It’s Raised Almost All The Money For Its New Building
"The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced on Tuesday that its $750-million fundraising campaign for a new building — the David Geffen Galleries,...
Chaim Topol, Actor Known Worldwide For “Fiddler On The Roof”, Is Dead At 87
A revered actor in his native Israel, he had a respectable list of stage and screen credits there and internationally, but he was indelibly...
Daniel Barenboim’s Health Is Again A Worry As He Cancels An Upcoming Recital
"(He) has canceled a piano recital at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo due to the effects of a serious neurological condition. … Barenboim was diagnosed...
Painters Have Been Flouting The Physics Of Shadows For Centuries, And Most Of Us...
"The rules of physics that apply in a real scene appear to be optional in a painting; they can be obeyed or ignored at...
Britain’s National Theatre Is Producing A Multi-City Adaptation Of “The Odyssey”
The first four episodes of the updated version of Homer's epic will be produced in Stoke-on-Trent, Doncaster, Trowbridge, and Sunderland, with each episode adapted...
