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A Plot Twist In The Saga Of San Francisco’s Vaillancourt Fountain
Excessive deterioration due to deferred maintenance is the reason city officials have given for their (controversial) decision to demolish the (controversial) Brutalist artwork. However,...
José Limón Turned O’Neill’s “Emperor Jones” Into Dance
Limón adapted the 1920 play for his company in 1956, and the company’s current artistic director decided it was time for a revival: “The...
Across B.C., Arts Organizations Large And Small Are Struggling
“As rising costs hit British Columbians in all areas of life, advocates say arts organizations across the province are struggling to keep up.” -...
How Small Arts Organizations Do Fundraisers Without Fancy Gala Soirées
In Houston, smaller groups who can’t afford the big upfront costs of galas get quite inventive with their benefit events. - Houstonia Magazine
Toby Talbot, Who Helped Create America’s Art-House Cinema Circuit, Is Dead At 96
“(She and her husband, Dan,) through their distribution company, New Yorker Films, and such prominent Manhattan theaters as … Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, were a...
The Museum Specially Built For The Benin Bronzes Has Nothing But Clay Replicas. Why...
“About 150 original bronzes have been returned to Nigeria over the last five years. … Their public display inside the $25m state-of-the-art museum in...
Marc Maron Talks About The End Of His Podcast, One Of The Most Influential...
“There’s a part of me that feels a responsibility to these listeners. I get all kinds of emails, stuff that I would never have...
I Survived The Bombing Of Ukraine’s Largest Book Festival
Fiona Benson, an editor of Exeter University’s Ukrainian Wartime Poetry Project, was invited to BookForum in Lviv by Arthur Dron’, a poet and war hero. On...
Easter Islanders Always Said Their Moai Statues Walked To Their Places. New Research Says...
That’s not to say, mind you, that the moai walked by themselves. A new paper published by two archaeologists lays out, through observation and...
Public Radio Cuts Could Have A Disastrous Effect On Classical Music In America
Roughly 96% of the classical music on terrestrial radio in the U.S. is broadcast on public radio stations — and those stations often have...
What Are The Issues Behind The Threatened Broadway Strike?
The Broadway League, which represents Broadway producers and landlords, is currently in tense negotiations with two different unions: Actors’ Equity (performers and stage managers) and...
Unpublished Jack Kerouac Story Discovered In Mafia Boss’s Papers
“The two-page typewritten manuscript signed by Kerouac in green ink is titled ‘The Holy, Beat, and Crazy Next Thing’ and is dated 15 April...
Bernini’s Designs For The Louvre Were Too Much Even For Louis XIV
Yes, the favorite sculptor and architect of 17th-century Rome was the first designer whom the Sun King commissioned to make over the traditional Paris...
Theatre And Opera Director Ian Judge Dead At 79
“(He) enjoyed a wide-ranging career as a theatre and opera director without any of the obvious attributes for being so – no university or...
After A Very Rough 2024-25, Nashville’s Arts Funding Agency Is Finding Its Way Back...
“As the Metro Arts Commission works its way back from several years of instability, it’s hoping the more than $3.2 million in grants it’s...
At Last Minute, New York City Ballet Dancers Boycott Fall Gala Dinner
They did the evening’s performance — fulfilling their contract obligations, as they pointedly mentioned — but skipped the red-carpet photo ops and left vacant...
The Other Way That David Henry Hwang Is An American Theater Pioneer
It’s not just that he was the first famous Asian-American playwright. With Face Value in 1993 and then Yellow Face in 2007, Hwang took...
With Their Largest Distributor Gone, US Libraries Try To Figure Out Where To Turn
“With the announcement of Baker & Taylor’s imminent closure, … librarians are scrambling to find new wholesaling partners.” - Publishers Weekly
Former Houston Symphony Music Director Has A(nother) Big New Job
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, who was in Houston from 2014 to 2022, will become music director of the Swedish Radio Symphony next fall. He is also...
The New Number-One Factor In Public Radio Stations’ Scheduling Choices
With federal funding now at zero, as one exec puts it, “Station programmers are looking at their schedule and saying, ‘Where can I save...
Harlem Stage Undertakes Its First-Ever Tour
“The bus was hard to miss as it cruised purposefully, South to North, making pit stops at pivotal civil rights landmarks. Its exterior was...
Here’s The First Smithsonian Museums Exhibition To Be Cancelled Due To The Government Shutdown
“The National Portrait Gallery has postponed the opening of an exhibition for its triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition as the Smithsonian Institution prepares to...
Philadelphia Museum Of Art Renames Itself As What Most People Call It Anyway
The change to “Philadelphia Art Museum” was simply an acknowledgment of basic reality, says Luis Bravo, PhAM’s design director. And yes, the new acronym...
About Half Of Alaska Public Radio Stations Get Temporary Emergency Funding
Fourteen of the state’s public radio stations, the ones deemed to serve Alaska Native people, will receive a total of $4.5 million from the...
Lord Of The Irish Dance Michael Flatley At 67
He hasn’t danced for nearly a decade. He has damaged bones and tendons and claims to know all his vertebrae by name. But he’s...
