46 Museum Shows And Biennales To See This Summer
Spectacle in all its many forms is the big theme of the summer season, when big, glitzy projects will take over museums across the...
Weird Writing Advice (It’s The Best)
Writers have a bevy of mantras—“show don’t tell,” “kill your darlings”—that mainly help by giving the writer a sense that there are rules. But...
A Theatre Chain Encourages Its Patrons To Use Their Phones During The Movie. They...
The response from Alamo patrons has been largely negative, with many expressing outrage at a perceived about-face. They have taken to social media in...
What Happens When You Give Artists A Guaranteed Income
The extent to which AI will upend creative work remains unsettled. But that uncertainty has made guaranteeing income for creatives a more viable policy...
Pop Music Concerts Aren’t Selling Well This Summer. Why?
Something has happened since the pandemic. I don't know if it was greed accumulated during the closure years, if it was inflation, if it...
AJ Chronicles: Hollywood, 6; Non-Profit Arts, 1
Hollywood has reinvented its core model at least six times in a century. The nonprofit arts model has reinvented itself exactly once. Now there may no choice. But what's the case?
Christine Taylor Conda talks about the One Score, One Chicago program
Christine Taylor Conda, Executive Director of Education and Community Engagement at Ravinia, talks about the unique impact of their One Score, One Chicago program.
The Robot Fight Clubs Of San Francisco Are Now Having Dance Wars
Yes, this is a thing. - The San Francisco Standard
Is Arts Criticism A Moral Good?
We no longer argue about whether art as such is a matter of life and death—we assume that it’s not. Consequently, critics aren’t prompted...
One Of Chicago’s Veteran Music Critics Writes An Opera About His Holocaust-Survivor Mother
In 2019, Howard Reich, longtime jazz critic of the Chicago Tribune, published The Art of Inventing Hope, based on conversations with Elie Wiesel and...
Potential Strike On London’s West End After Actors Vote
An indicative ballot held by the performing arts union, Equity, was overwhelmingly backed by its membership: 98% voted yes to potential strikes. The result...
Philadelphia Museum Of Art Remakes Its Leadership Team
Daniel Weiss took over as director and CEO in December after the dismissal of former leader Sasha Suda. He has rolled back some of the decisions made...
New Zealand To Decentralize Arts Funding, Awarding Most Grants Regionally
The national government’s arts agency, Creative New Zealand, plans to have most funding decisions (excepting international projects and national companies such as the NZ...
Beloved Tenor Limmie Pulliam, 51
His return became one of the most remarkable late-career success stories in American opera. As his voice matured into a true dramatic tenor, Pulliam...
How Vermont Public Got To Be The State’s Biggest News Organization
In 2022, Vermont Public Radio merged with Vermont Public Television to form a new entity titled simply Vermont Public. The marriage pulled together 57...
Canadian Regulator Says Streaming Services Must Spend 15 Percent Of Revenue On Canadian Content
Large online streaming services must contribute 15% of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content, the country’s federal broadcast regulator said Thursday. That figure is three...
Seattle Opera Hosts First “Furry” Night
The evening was championed by baritone Christian Pursell, better known in the fandom as Chester the Geroo, who plays Escamillo in Carmen. As far as...
Michael Pennington, One Of Britain’s Great Classical Stage Actors, Is Dead At 82
“Over the years with the RSC, the English Shakespeare Company” — which he co-founded — “and beyond, Pennington played most of the leading roles...
Universities Are Canceling Commencement Speakers Who Might Be Controversial
Some students only want people who hold similar views to address them at their graduation. They exercise what free speech law experts call a “heckler’s...
US Homeland Security Puts Out Alert For Comedian Who Created A Satire Website
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has circulated a “Be on the Lookout” alert to law enforcement nationwide, targeting a comedian whose satire of...
Finnish Museum Tries Radical Support Plan For Artists
The museum has committed to supporting four artists over the next several years—P. Staff, Tarik Kiswanson, Jenna Sutela and Eglė Budvytytė—in four distinct ways:...
Owner Of Music For “Peanuts” TV Specials Files Four Copyright Lawsuits, One Of Them...
“The owner of the Peanuts television and film music catalog is suing multiple entities over the alleged unlawful use of jazz artist Vince Guaraldi's famous tracks from the "Charlie...
Chicago Tribune Strikes Last-Minute Agreement To Buy Suburban Paper Daily Herald
The Tribune, owned by finance firm Alden Global Capital, landed the deal to purchase the employee-owned Herald (based in northwestern suburb Arlington Heights) after...
San Francisco Symphony Didn’t Choose A Star Music Director. They Did Something Better.
Joshua Kosman: “In appointing Elim Chan as its next music director, the San Francisco Symphony has tapped the most inexperienced, unproven new artistic leader...
Officials Say Congressional Approval To Build Trump’s Triumphal Arch Was Granted 101 Years Ago
“The Trump administration does not plan to seek approval from Congress for President Donald Trump’s planned 250-foot arch, arguing that they do not need it...
