ArtsJournal1
Public Radio Broadcasters, Ever More Strapped For Cash, May Consider Selling Off Stations
“The loss of federal funding has led most public radio and television stations to take a fresh assessment of ... what it might take...
Public Radio Station In Alabama May Drop NPR Programming
The executive director of Alabama Public Television — which, in addition to a statewide network of PBS-affiliate TV stations, operates a public radio outlet...
Ambassador Theatre Group Is Looking To Buy TodayTix
“ATG, which owns dozens of theatres across the UK and has produced recent versions of Cabaret and Pretty Woman, is likely to line up against US bidders...
Standup Comedy In English Is Developing An Entire Circuit In Mainland Europe
“(This is) in part because European cities are teeming with foreigners who use English as a lingua franca and want to connect through laughter....
Preserving The Gullah Songs And Spirituals Of South Carolina’s Sea Islands
A group of singers, mostly in their 70s and 80s, on St. Helena Island in the South Carolina Lowcountry has been preserving the praise...
Archaeologists In Peru Uncover 3,000-Year-Old 3-D Polychrome Mural
“Spanning 13-by-5 feet, the polychrome mural, … with a three-dimensional design, indicating a sophistication and artistry that is without precedent for pre-Inca cultures in...
San Francisco Human Rights Commission Announces, Then Withholds, $19 Million In Arts And Community...
“In June, the HRC announced it would issue awards to organizations such as the ... San Francisco LGBT Center, Chinese Culture Center, Youth Art Exchange and...
AI Really Is Replacing Voice Actors In This Country, And There’s No Law Or...
“If earlier a voice actor was doing 15-20 projects a month, now it's down to maybe six or seven,” says the leader of the...
Social Media Video Has Made Learning Dance More Available Than Ever — And There’s...
“Platforms such as TikTok, YouTube and Instagram … (have) given access to many different forms of dance styles, and it’s had an impact on...
Linda Hodes, 94, Dancer At Heart of Martha Graham And Batsheva Companies
She went from taking classes from Graham at age 9 to dancing leading parts in Graham's works — then teaching those works to Batsheva...
India’s Government Is Now Banning Books In Kashmir
The ban threatens people with prison time for selling or owning 25 works by authors such as Arundhati Roy, constitutional expert A.G. Noorani, and...
Manhattan DA’s Office Repatriates More Looted Antiquities
The objects came from investigations into several convicted traffickers and were returned to Italy, Hungary, and Spain. - ARTnews
Oregon’s Portland Opera Appoints Music Director
Damien Geter, a 45-year-old conductor, composer (Loving v. Virginia, premiered earlier this year), and bass-baritone who was already working as interim music director and...
Pioneering Rock Journalist Michael Lydon, 82
“(He) recovered from a galling pan of the Beatles for his college newspaper to become a founding editor of Rolling Stone and a pioneering rock...
Skydance’s $8 Billion Acquisition Of Paramount Global Is Now Complete
“Skydance Media has closed its takeover, unveiled in July 2024, of Paramount Global to form what the merger partners have called a ‘next-generation media...
State Museum Of Pennsylvania Closes Native American Exhibit And Will Return All Items To...
“(The action is) part of the museum’s compliance with a federal law mandating the repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items held by...
Meet The One Actor Who’s Been In “Hamilton” For Its Entire 10-Year Broadway Run
“Thayne Jasperson … IS still thrilled to be in the room where it happens, finding new ways to make sure starring in a pop...
The Very Model Of A Modern String Quartet: Brooklyn Rider At 20
“There are many ways in which Brooklyn Rider isn’t a typical string quartet: its joyous disregard of traditional genre boundaries, its effortless cool in a centuries-old...
Minnesota Dance Theatre Will Move To New Location And, Eventually, Revive Its Performing Company
“It has been over a year since Minnesota Dance Theatre paused its performances and shifted its focus onto its school. On Wednesday, MDT announced that not...
Leonard Lopate, New York Public Radio’s Master Interviewer, Has Died At 84
"Across more than 40 years as a popular New York talk-show host, graced with a discerning ear and a sympathetic voice, he interviewed thousands...
There’s A New National Association Of Black Bookstores
“The National Association of Black Bookstores, a member-based nonprofit organization which aims to support and promote Black booksellers, announced its launch on Friday. Its mission,...
Herzog And De Meuron To Design New Museum In Honor Of Charles And Ray...
“The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, the organization dedicated to stewarding the Eameses’ legacy, will be transforming the former Birkenstock campus in Marin County...
Renovation Of Central Park’s Delacorte Theater: What Exactly Got Fixed?
There’s not a lot (other than a slightly more welcoming exterior) that will look different to an average theatergoer. However, the facilities backstage had...
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Cancellation Of NEH Grants
“A judge in Oregon on Wednesday ordered the federal government to essentially freeze more than $200 million withheld from state and local humanities councils across the...
Latin Jazz Star Eddie Palmieri, 88
“The pianist, composer and bandleader was the first Latino to win a Grammy Award and would win seven more over a career that spanned...
