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Pittsburgh Symphony Reports $2.3 Million Surplus And Higher Ticket Sales
“In addition to a $2.3 million surplus on its (fiscal year 2025) operating budget of $34.6 million, the PSO saw its highest annual ticket...
Federal Court Rules Unconstitutional Trump’s Dismantling Of Institute of Museum And Library Services
“A U.S. District Court (in Rhode Island) ruled in favor of 21 state attorneys general suing Donald Trump over the dismantling of the Institute...
Top Hollywood Agency Takes On New Client: Parmigiano Reggiano. No, Not Some Drag King,...
“The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium has revealed that United Talent Agency (UTA) has signed the governing body for ‘the king of cheeses’ to get the...
How The New York Times Crossword Became Political
In an excerpt from his book Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle, crossword constructor and former Will Shortz...
Donald McIntyre, Great Wagnerian Bass-Baritone, Is Dead At 91
His powerful voice, authoritative presence and incisive musicianship led him to a major international career including the Met, Covent Garden, and La Scala. He...
Biosensors Could Transform Medical Care For Dancers
“Biosensors are devices designed to measure real-time processes and responses within the body, like a person’s heart rate, blood oxygen level, and sleep quality....
How A Bach Scholar Figured Out That Those Two Unsigned Organ Pieces Really Were...
Peter Wollny, now director of the Bach Archive in Leipzig, discovered manuscripts of the two works in Brussels back in 1992. He was intrigued...
Home Of Defunct Cal Shakes Gets New Tenant, New Name, New Shows
The Bruns Amphitheater, formerly home of California Shakespeare Company, is slated to reopen in April 2026 under a new name, the Siesta Valley Bowl. The...
Nvidia’s CEO Is Making Huge Annual Contributions To San Francisco Opera
“(Jensen) Huang and his wife, Lori … are making a previously unreported donation of $5 million a year for multiple years to San Francisco...
Lawmakers Reject Proposed Nine-Figure Subsidy For Film And TV Soundstage In Las Vegas
“The Nevada Senate has again rejected a $120 million annual subsidy for film and TV production, which would have enabled construction of a new soundstage facility...
Data Backs Up The Stereotype: Visual And Performing Artists’ Lives In The US Are...
"We all know the trope of the starving artist," said researcher Gwendolyn Rugg, "But there's actually surprisingly little reliable data out there to back...
Kennedy Center Special Deals For Trump Allies Investigated By Senate Democrats
“Senate Democrats are investigating the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts over its spending practices and booking deals involving political allies, accusing its leadership,...
Secret To Code Of “Kryptos” Sculpture Sells For Almost $1 Million
“The long sought-after solution to the fourth passage of Kryptos, artist Jim Sanborn’s secret-code-bearing sculpture at CIA headquarters, sold at auction Thursday night for...
Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Sets New Price Record For Female Artists
The 1940 self-portrait of the artist asleep in bed, titled El sueño (La cama) — in English, “The Dream (The Bed)” — sold for...
Resurrecting Fats Waller’s Lost Broadway Musical
Early to Bed (1943) is the only book musical for which Waller wrote all the music, yet no official score or even libretto exists....
A Messy Crisis At France’s Leading Festival Of Graphic Novels And Comics
Bande dessinée (comic strip) is considered the “ninth art” in France, and the Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême is its pinnacle. But...
America’s Leading Medical Museum To Get $27 Million Upgrade
“The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, which runs the popular Mütter Museum, announced plans on Monday to expand its footprint at 22nd and Chestnut...
How New Motion-Capture Technology Might Affect Dancers And Choreographers
An exec at the firm Move AI insists that the combination of motion-capture and AI software isn’t to replace dance artists but to streamline...
Ex-Employees Accuse Smoky Robinson Of Sexual Assault
“Two more former employees of the soul music star Smokey Robinson, both male and female, have alleged he sexually assaulted them, which he denies. Robinson...
One Company Is Flooding The Zone With Tens Of Thousands Of AI-Generated Podcasts —...
“Point AI, a startup with eight employees, (cranks) out 3,000 episodes a week covering everything from localized weather reports to a detailed account of...
What’s Behind The Board Exodus At The Palm Springs Art Museum? Evidently, A Financial...
It’s not as simple as the museum not having enough money. An audit report indicates that there have been some very questionable accounting practices...
Titles About Middle East Dominate 2025 National Book Awards
Winners include Rabih Alameddine's Beirut-set The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) (Fiction), Omar El Akkad’s examination of the war...
Some Arts Organizations Are Turning Down NEA Grants Rather Than Follow Anti-DEI Rules
“After the (NEA) canceled a large percentage of its awards in May, organizations across the country have decided they would rather find money elsewhere than be...
Who Paid $12 Million For Maurizio Cattelan’s Gold Toilet? Believe It Or Not …
Yes, the themed-museum-and-entertainment franchise Ripley’s Believe It or Not! was the purchaser of Cattelan’s America at Sotheby’s in New York this week. In its...
San Diego Symphony Extends Contract With Music Director Rafael Payare
“The Venezuelan-born conductor — who became a naturalized US. citizen last year on the stage of the symphony’s Jacobs Music Center — began his...
