"I see politicians in Colorado, in Tennessee, in South Carolina moving against my own work, tossing books I’ve authored out of libraries, banning them from classes, and I feel snatched out of the present and brought into another age, one of pitchforks and book-burning bonfires." - Vanity Fair
People can intentionally shape the traits they need to be successful in the lives they want. That’s contrary to the popular belief that your personality type places you in a box, dictating that you choose partners, activities and careers according to your traits. - The Conversation
Terminus was founded in 2017-18 by five dancers who left Atlanta Ballet after longtime artistic director John McFall was forced out. Now four of those five charter members have retired from the stage, new dancers have replaced them, and the company has grown notably. - Atlanta Magazine
Elliott Encarnacion, a Chorus member and AGMA governor, accused the Symphony of “severely mishandling their funds,” particularly regarding the handling of the strike that forced the cancellation of Verdi’s Requiem last week. - San Francisco Chronicle
London’s historic Evening Standard newspaper has been making plans to revive its former writer using artificial intelligence. Two sources said AI Sewell has been assigned to review The National Gallery’s new Vincent van Gogh exhibition, titled Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers. - ARTnews
The plan for a new recital hall is especially puzzling because, in addition to the building’s own Zellerbach facilities, the Civic Center area is flush with performance venues. - San Francisco Classical Voice
For the second year running, Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me is the country's most-produced play, and in fifth place is Selina Fillinger’s POTUS: Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. - The New York Times
"Reversing the slide will require a whole suite of changes to incentivize studios to return to California. … Some labor leaders tell TheWrap that to reverse the production exodus, California may need to triple the size of its (tax incentive) program and expand the types of productions that can apply." - TheWrap (MSN)
The owners of this 1623 portrait want to sell it abroad, where it can command a much higher price than in Spain. On the chance that it's a Velázquez — the attribution is considered questionable — authorities have prohibited its export. Spain's Supreme Court is now considering the case. - El País (Spain) (in English)
Refik Anadol, a leader in the development of AI-generated artwork, will place his museum, to be called Dataland, in the Frank Gehry-designed Grand L.A. development — right across Grand Avenue from Gehry's landmark Walt Disney Concert Hall. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
The case, Little v. Llano County, involves local citizens who sued a Texas county on First Amendment grounds for ordering certain titles removed from public libraries shelves. County officials argue that decisions about public library books count as speech by government itself, and thus aren't required to be content-neutral. - Publishers Weekly
Last fall, David Hayes stepped in as conductor on 48 hours' notice when then-music director Dirk Brossé ran into visa trouble. So the orchestra asked Hayes (who knows it and the city well) to succeed Brossé at the helm. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
Christopher Ashley, artistic director of the La Jolla Playhouse in California and known for directing the Broadway hit Come From Away, will succeed longtime Roundabout chief Todd Haimes, who died last year. - Variety
The Stephen King adaptation hit cinemas in the fall of 1994 amid a slew of hits competing for audiences. Yet it went on to become the most popular video rental of 1995. Love for the film hasn't waned; one poll found it the best movie never to have won an Oscar. - BBC
Cash, whose statue is located in the Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection, is the first musician to be represented in the collection. - Washington Post
