The Beaux Arts Trio would go on to play more than 4,000 concerts throughout the world while recording virtually all the standard trio repertory. - Washington Post
Few audiences had ever heard a Black singer perform in an opera house when Ms. Bumbry was growing up in St. Louis in the 1930s and ’40s, the daughter of a railway clerk and a schoolteacher. - Washington Post
Arreguín "fused the tools of classical oil painting with Mexican folk traditions, compressing fine art and ancient craft into stretched canvases that often stood taller than he did. ... For 60 years he painted with few pauses, channeling explosive energy into methodically composed canvases." - Hyperallergic
Her foundation helped many a theatre in New York and beyond. "There were rules: Productions had to be run by accredited nonprofit theaters; a full script, along with a 500-word statement, had to be submitted; and musicals need not apply." - The New York Times
"Throughout his life, King Charles III has involved himself in British cultural life, not only a maker of art but as an avid spectator and patron. … (His) fascination with the arts and entertainment echoes the concerns of several much earlier holders of the throne." - The New York Times
Writer-composer Richard Thomas (not to be confused with the actor) remembers how he forgot to ask for Springer for rights clearance, how the host came to see the show and wasn't at all a diva about it, and how he asked Thomas for changes in only two lines. - The Guardian
"She crisscrossed continents for those brief glimpses of natural and man-made landscapes, which she often made into watercolors while on board." Sometimes she painted from the high floors of skyscrapers or even the sidewalk, but yes, she would hang out of planes and helicopters — a lot. - ARTnews
Conferences on Scruton’s work are springing up like mushrooms across the continent. Budapest boasts a chain of Scruton cafes that hold regular discussions of his work. The flagship of the chain displays various bits of Scrutonia — books, records, an old-fashioned gramophone and even a teapot. - Bloomberg
A major presence on the US charts and an even bigger star in his native Canada, he's remembered for "Sundown," "If You Could Read My Mind." "Rainy Day People," and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." - Variety
That a collection is as well versed in Rechy as it is in Dudamel tells you a lot about the writer, as well as about the time and place in which he was writing. - LA Review of Books
"He looked outside the art world and its hierarchies to a much larger pool of artists. ... It was his commitment to social justice, political change, the representation of minority artists that really made him stand out." - The New York Times
The creator of Peter Rabbit was more than a writer of children's tales about fuzzy animals. She did professional-quality zoological illustration, carried out serious studies of insects and mushrooms, and was a landscape preservationist who bought many properties in the Lake District to keep them rural. - The New York Times
The former Cincinnati mayor, who once said that he didn't mind being called the "grandfather of trash TV," hosted a "tabloid talk show known for outrageous arguments, thrown chairs and physical confrontations between sparring couples and homewreckers." - CNN
"Panahi, 62, is best known for films including The White Balloon, The Circle and Taxi Tehran – and for spending his career under close observation by Iran's government. His travel ban was first imposed in 2009." Rumors are that he has gone to France, possibly for the Cannes Festival. - The Guardian
"(He) was born to Jamaican immigrants, grew up in poverty in Depression-era Harlem and became a major Black crossover success in popular music. He went on to smash a series of barriers during five decades as a movie, TV and stage star." - MSN (The Washington Post)
