The victim of the latest staff defenestration (a frequent phenomenon since Trump took over the arts center in February) was Kevin Struthers, whose title was senior director, music programming. A Kennedy Center spokesperson confirmed Struthers’s termination but gave no reason. - The Washington Post (MSN)
Troubadour Theatres, which already has locations at Wembley Park and Canary Wharf (opening next month), is building the Troubadour Greenwich Peninsula Theatre, which will contain two 1,500-seat auditoriums and is expected to open next fall. - WhatsOnStage (UK)
Choreographer Joshua Beamish is the founding director of Ballet Vancouver, which, like Ballet BC and Goh Ballet, will focus on contemporary choreography. The company will present a home season and tour internationally. - Vancouver Sun (Yahoo!)
“Arts leaders in Los Angeles say that, three years out, (there is) no cultural plan yet announced, just two people assigned to the effort (one of whom is a volunteer), and no dedicated fund-raising for ambitious arts programming.” - The New York Times
The composer/conductor/pianist — who will remain in his main position as music director of the Louisville Orchestra — succeeds Ara Guzelimian at the southern California contemporary music festival next September. - San Francisco Classical Voice
The news comes shortly after Gelb, who has been the company’s general manager since 2006, announced a $100 million deal for the Met to have a three-week residency in Saudi Arabia every February. - The Violin Channel
André Breton’s official reason for expelling Dalí was that he was racist and fascist, but Breton also despised the Spaniard’s flamboyant bravado and unapologetic appetite for money. Indeed, to mock Dalí’s mercenary streak, Breton and his fellows made an anagram of Dalí’s name that, today, would surely be his drag name. - Artnet
Earlier this year, the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), which administers the grant, announced that a lead funder, the Mellon Foundation, would no longer support the grant after this year. - NPR
"The Royal Courts of Justice is a listed building and HMCTS are obliged to maintain its original character," it said in a statement. Listed buildings are considered the country's most significant historic buildings and sites and are protected by law. - CBC
A key aspect of what’s being negotiated across culture industries is how the public, fans, media commentators and creative professionals understand responsible AI creation and how this intersects with legal issues around ownership, fairness issues around compensation and philosophical issues related to creativity and authenticity. - The Conversation
“I was at the Schauspielhaus Zürich … as the new artistic director. I didn’t have to write a proposal for a piece, and I had a lot of resources. I went into the studio with the dancers with no theme. … What does it mean to have this kind of artistic freedom?” - Dance Magazine
Part of the problem is that reviews now float amid millions of other pieces of similar content on the web instead of being part of a bundle that you used to get on your doorstep, which allowed a reader to serendipitously stumble upon a piece of criticism they otherwise wouldn’t have sought out. - New York Magazine
A crucial development often left out of this conversation is how “journalism” itself has changed. Increasingly, local news is citizen-driven, curated, and disseminated through digital platforms. Many television and radio affiliates now turn not to wire services or national newspapers for story leads, but to the very audiences that they serve. - InsideRadio
Opening Night (based on the John Cassavetes film) was directed by Ivo van Hove and starred Sheridan Smith — yet it tanked so badly that it became a theatre legend. Rufus says, “It was really devastating. … But there is something to be said for really going through the mill.” - TheaterMania
“You could imagine a world where a movie would come out on a Friday, with alongside it, day-and-date,” the CEO said. By Sunday of opening weekend, he imagined, “there are millions of new scenes” and even full fan-generated features online. - Deadline
