“The sprawling festival, open to any act that can find a venue and pay a registration fee, will this year showcase over 3,000 acts.” … Yet costs there, especially for lodging, are so high that “a sellout run doesn’t guarantee that a performer will break even, much less turn a profit.” - The New York Times
“The new management has not entered into our artistic planning. They support it and the same way they support the National Symphony …, and we are looking to them for more help in terms of fundraising and marketing.” - Opera Now
“Ahlberg’s (more than 150) books introduced generations of young children to reading through simple rhymes, sharp observation and gentle humor. Many were co-created with his illustrator wife Janet Ahlberg, who died in 1994.” - AP
“Nearly $50 million of that will come from the budgets of public radio and TV stations, while roughly $7.6 million will come from the budgets of other types of public media organizations. The cuts will be especially hard on rural communities in the state.” - New York Focus
“The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in July removed references to President Donald Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit display. … After this story published, the Smithsonian said in a statement that 'a future and updated exhibit will include all impeachments.'” - The Washington Post (MSN)
“An unidentified 34-year-old man died after jumping from the Whitney Museum on Wednesday evening, shortly before the museum closed, according to a source with knowledge of the incident.” - ARTnews
The gems were originally, circa 240 BC, buried in a stupa in Piprahwa, India, where they were mixed with some cremated remains of the Buddha. The jewels were to be auctioned by descendants of the British colonial landowner who took them to England; Prime Minister Modi intervened to halt the sale. - The Guardian
“To see someone try to act natural onstage seems so artificial,” he told The Times in 2021. “If you accept it as being something artificial, in the long run, it seems more natural, for me.” - The New York Times
“Despite his character, and questionable sanity, Caligula was also man of great intellect and learning with a particularly keen knowledge of pharmacology. … Caligula was certainly knowledgeable in the topics of toxicology, antidotes, and purgatives, and he was probably also aware of abortifacients.” - Artnet
Now, as often as criticism has been declared to be in a golden age, and perhaps as a corollary, it has been held to be in crisis. - The Metropolitan Review
Their heyday was the 1980s and ‘90s, from Airplane! through the National Lampoon and Austin Powers franchises, Christopher Guest’s mockumentaries, and Scary Movie, but standards fell in the '00s and the genre faded away. With the return of the Naked Gun franchise and a Spinal Tap sequel, maybe spoofs are back. - The Guardian
Art advisors and experts told ARTnews the works are high caliber and have “crazy” starting bids relative to their actual value based on previous auction records and sales information. However, the simple auction website and association with an international fugitive may deter potential bidders in an already sluggish art market. - ARTnews
Briet invites publishers to sell their e-books to libraries outright, providing universal, perpetual access. Several independent publishers including PM Press, Punctum, Sideshow, and Silver Sprocket are on board. - Publishers Weekly
For Chief Justice Roberts, though, the role recently has placed him in an unenviable position — helping to lead an institution in the crosshairs of President Trump. - The New York Times
“The early announcement of David Muse’s 2027 departure as artistic director of Studio Theatre … allows the institution ample time to search for a replacement. That person will join Hana S. Sharif at Arena Stage, Karen Ann Daniels at Folger Theatre and Maria Manuela Goyanes’s successor at Woolly Mammoth in a fresh class of leaders.” - The Washington Post (MSN)
