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Thomas Sayers Ellis, Percussive Poet, Is Dead At 61
“A poet, photographer and bandleader, (he) explored race, music, politics, academia and family in dazzling, erudite and often funkified verse — ‘percussive prosody,’ he...
Europe’s Current Hotbed Of New Classical Music? Iceland
“In the 21st century, no other country has reinvented the language of the orchestra on such distinctive and appealing terms. … Call it the...
A Custody Battle Over “The Sistine Chapel Of Romanesque Art”
The 12th-century Sijena Murals were moved from the monastery where they were created following heavy damage during the Spanish Civil War. Ever since, they’ve...
Orbán’s Controversial “Restoration” Of Budapest’s Most Historic District
Hungary’s autocratic prime minister has ordered the renovation of the district around Buda Castle to what the government claims is its 19th-century glory. Many...
Vancouver City Council Measure To Boost Arts Funding Goes Wrong
The measure as submitted by one council member was hardly extravagant, but it was seen by the Vancouver arts community as a good start....
Public Radio And TV Broadcasters Across The US Try To Game Out A Future...
“Member stations that are outside major metropolitan areas and depend most on federal dollars face the toughest, most immediate choices. But the new law poses...
String Players Worry As Their Favorite Wood For Bows Gets Protected Status
The pernambuco tree grows only in small areas along Brazil’s Atlantic coast north of Rio de Janeiro state; the tree is endangered, and attempts...
How The Artistic Director Of Hamburg Ballet Got Himself Fired After Only Seven Months
When Demis Volpi was sacked following public complaints by the company’s dancers and a steady stream of resignations, some local observers complained that Volpi...
Kari Lake Tries To Sideline Key People As She Continues Her Efforts To Shut...
Lake, the Arizona Republican known for her losing campaigns for Arizona governor and US Senator, was hired by Trump to dismantle Voice of America...
Chicago Tribune Lays Off 10% Of Newsroom
The saddest part is that ten percent of the newsroom adds up to only eight people. - Chicago Sun-Times
Not Surprisingly, Ukrainian Standup Comedy Was Completely Transformed By Russia’s Invasion And War
Also unsurprisingly, the humor tends to be much darker than before 2022. And there’s a sense of purpose: “We get a lot of feedback,...
AI Programs Love To Cite Reuters, Financial Times, Forbes, Axios
The researchers tested two models each from ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, and found that journalism was by far the most common source for composing...
Race To Preserve Archives Of Now-Defunct San Francisco Art Institute
“When the San Francisco Art Institute shut its doors in 2022, even the turtles in the campus's courtyard pond were evicted. But deep below...
Former Philly Pops Organization Abandons Its Lawsuit Against Philadelphia Orchestra/Kimmel Center
Encore Series, the parent organization of the now-defunct incarnation of the Pops, said it “wants to make clear that POKC did nothing wrong and...
Jazz Singer Cleo Laine, 97
“With astonishing green eyes and a mop of frizzy auburn hair, … a voice that could soar easily from a throaty C below middle C...
Layoffs Coming At Minnesota Public Radio Following Funding Cuts
“American Public Media Group (MPR’s parent organization) plans to cut 5% to 8% of its 500 staff members over the coming weeks, citing a...
L.A. MOCA Loses Another Director
When Johanna Burton came to MOCA in 2021, the museum was still recovering from the contentious firing of curator Helen Molesworth and resignation of...
Chuck Mangione, Smooth Jazz Hitmaker, Dead At 84
His biggest hit, “Feels So Good,” has become so familiar that many people know it without realizing it has a title. He developed a...
Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre Has A New Artistic Director
Paolo Santalucia, 35 and a native Torontonian, is a director, playwright, and actor known for both stage and television work. A co-founder of Toronto’s...
US Federal Regulators Approve Merger Of Paramount Global And Skydance
“The stamp of approval from the Federal Communications Commission comes after months of turmoil revolving around Trump’s legal battle with 60 Minutes. … With...
Difference In Arts Funding Between London And North Of England Remains Huge: Study
While the gap has narrowed from that of previous years, the north of England still receives only £28 per capita in arts and culture...
The Quest For The Ancestor Of All Chinese Typewriters
Adapting an alphabet-based machine to produce the thousands of different brush-stroke characters used in Chinese was a seemingly impossible challenge. But, in the 1930s...
“Math For Musicians” And “Exercise For Engineers”: Change Ringing In North America
People in chilly church towers pulling on ropes attached to sets of thousand-pound bells — that's usually considered (by those who even know the...
One Of LACMA’s Greatest Assets Has Finally Been Pulled Out Of Storage And Put...
The museum’s collection of Buddhist painting and sculptures includes some of the greatest work in all of its holdings, writes Christopher Knight. It hasn’t...
Late-Night TV Talk Shows Are Probably Doomed — And US Networks Will Lose A...
As linear TV viewership plummets and online ad rates remain low, the economics of late-night talk shows no longer works. But there are consequences,...
