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Yes, San Antonio Can Have The Professional Symphony Orchestra It Deserves
"Not only is a reborn symphony possible, but ... it is essential to the quality of life in San Antonio, and preservation of the...
Despite The Symphony’s Death, There’s A Thriving Chamber Orchestra In San Antonio
"Unlike the symphony, it's a young institution. Unlike the symphony, it has diversity and inclusiveness deep in its DNA. ... Its performing artists hail...
Librarians Find A Dürer Just Sitting There In An Old Book On Their Shelves
"During a recent inventory audit, researchers at the Oldenburg State Library (in Germany) found on the title page of the book (the) small drawing....
James Rado, Co-Creator Of The Musical “Hair”, Dead At 90
Contrary to popular lore, Rado and collaborator (and then-lover) Gerome Ragni weren't out-of-work actors writing themselves roles (they played Claude and Berger), they were...
The Obamas Move Their Media Company From Spotify To Audible
The agreement between the company, called Higher Ground, and Spotify was not renewed because of disagreements over both content and distribution. The new deal...
How Hollywood Turned Graham Greene’s Novel “The Quiet American” Upside-Down
"Greene usually liked to see his novels adapted, but not this time. What Greene was trying to say about American ignorance and arrogance in...
The Long Effort To Decipher Linear A And Linear B, Two Of The World’s...
The scripts come from the Bronze Age civilization on Crete during the 2nd millennium BCE. It was a long and somewhat tricky process to...
The Enlightenment Libertine: Making Sense Of Casanova
"Giacomo Casanova practiced many trades — violinist, gambler, spy, Kabbalist, soldier, man of letters — but his main line of work was deceiving fools....
How A Major Orchestra Goes About Choosing A New Concert Piano
The Pittsburgh Symphony was looking to buy a new Steinway concert grand for its concerto soloists. The price: $198,000. Fortunately, Emanuel Ax was there...
Turns Out The Inability To Dance To A Steady Beat Is Genetic, Say Researchers
"A new study by Vanderbilt Genetics Institute researchers ... found a genetic link to our ability — and inability — to move to musical...
Guaranteed Public School Arts Funding Could Become Law In California
The initiative on this year's general election ballot "would require the state to find a source of revenue to fund K-12 arts education equal,...
US Orchestras Really Are Playing More Music By Women And Minority Composers, Finds Report
"Compositions by women and people of color now make up about 23 percent of the pieces performed by orchestras, up from only about 5...
As Of July, At Broadway Theatres, Masks Will Be Optional
"In a statement, Charlotte St. Martin, president of The Broadway League, said audience members were still encouraged to wear masks, but would not be...
Cut Our Funding In Favor Of The Regions, Says UK’s National Theatre, And We...
"Cutting us back because of where our postcode is will have a direct and negative effect on the nationwide work that this move is...
Another Call, This Time From Sudan, For Britain To Return Looted Art Objects
"Museum officials from Sudan are calling for the repatriation of cultural artifacts and human remains that were stolen by British soldiers and other colonizers...
George Lamming, Giant Of Caribbean And Post-Colonial Literature, Dead At 94
Returning to Barbados after university in England, "(he) became a moral, political and intellectual force for a newly independent country seeking to tell its...
Vienna Philharmonic Musicians Reveal The Secrets Of Their Orchestra’s Unique Sound
There are plenty of factors, and these people are oh so proud of them all (despite the fact that one of them is subtlety). ...
Reclaiming The Lindy Hop’s African-American Roots
It's named after pioneering pilot Charles Lindbergh, it was a staple of social dancing in the 1930s, and it regained popularity in the swing...
Amphitheatres Are Popping Up — Er, Down — All Over Great Britain
From Pitlochry in Scotland to the Cotswolds to Sutton Hoo to Cornwall (well, that one's been there for 92 years) to north London, old...
How The Business Of Immersive Art Exhibits Works
Under the headline "Monet Is Next Dead Artist To Mint Money," a correspondent explains the finances of this very successful business. - Bloomberg Businessweek
This 5,000-Year-Old City Was Just Reopened To The Public. A Planned Dam May...
Ashur, on the banks of the Tigris, was the first capital of the Assyrian Empire, and big parts of its city gate and ziggurat...
It’s In Turbulent Times Like These That We See How Culture Really Matters
Russia, for instance, is attempting to wipe out a separate Ukrainian culture; as Ukraine's artist at the Venice Biennale says, "If it has no...
An Arvo With The Battlers Working On The Australian National Dictionary
Crikey, collecting the lingo that makes Strine Strine is a hard yakka that can leave a poor bastard with a head like a half-sucked...
Sydney’s Largest Art Museum Just Got A $100 Million Bequest
"The Lavender Bay home of Wendy Whiteley will be sold after her death and her collection of Brett Whiteley artworks donated to the Art...
Paramount Will Not Be Removing From Its Streaming Service Old Movies And TV That...
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish: "By definition, you have some things that were made in a different time and reflect different sensibilities. I don't believe...
