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...
London’s Largest Theatre Operator, ATG, Will Soon Be For Sale: Report
“A decision to go ahead with a sale of ATG Entertainment, previously known as Ambassador Theatre Group, … could value the business at more...
PBS Station In Rural Illinois Goes Off The Air After Federal Funding Cuts
WEIU, licensed to and based at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, has halted over-the-air broadcasting and become an online-streaming-only station. Now-discontinued federal grants had...
Small-Town Wisconsin Company Wins 2026 Regional Theatre Tony Award
American Players Theatre, located in Spring Green, Wisconsin — a town 40 miles west of Madison, home to roughly 1,500 people and Frank Lloyd...
President & Executive Director – Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO)
As President, lead a world-renowned orchestra into an exciting new era. Shape the future of the Buffalo Philharmonic and make a lasting cultural impact.
Universal Music Makes AI Deal With Spotify On New Tool
The new tool will launch as a paid add-on for Spotify Premium users, the companies said on Thursday (May 21), creating what they described as an...
Trump Panel Approves Trump Arch
Thursday’s vote by the Commission of Fine Arts, whose job is to vet the design of monuments and other major projects in the capital,...
AI Passes Turing Test For The First Time
Researchers discovered that when equipped with specific “persona” prompts, advanced models like GPT-4.5 were judged to be human 73% of the time, significantly outperforming...
San Francisco Symphony Picks A Music Director
The appointment is a historic one. Chan will be the first woman to lead one of the so-called “Big 7” symphony orchestras in the...
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa: Why I Choreograph
“I choreograph because it is the only language in which I feel completely uninhibited. … Words remain fragile. They can be misinterpreted or fail...
Adjusted For Inflation, Ticket Prices In London’s West End Have Actually Fallen Since Pandemic
“In the West End, average ticket prices rose by a nominal 0.92 per cent over the last year. When measured against the annual UK...
Was The Off-Broadway Production Of “Titanique” Defrauded By Its Own General Manager?
That’s the allegation in a lawsuit filed by the production company (called Iceberg Ahead LLC) in Virginia against former general manager Carl Flanigan. In...
Paramount’s Credit Rating Gets Further Downgraded After Warner Deal
Currently S&P Global has a “BB+” issuer credit rating on Paramount. On Wednesday, the firm said it will “lower the issuer credit rating on...
How Does Your Brain Process Beauty?
“Neuroaesthetics is a search to give a value, a quantity, to beauty—to locate it, perhaps, in the brain and in the heart.” - Smithsonian
The Perils Of Writing With AI When You Don’t Check
My fellow nonfiction writers: AI can be a helpful tool. If you rely on it for factual accuracy you are putting your reputation, your...
The Man Who Invented Dinner Theater, William Pullinsi, Has Died At 86
“The founding artistic director of the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse in southwest suburban (Chicagoland), (he was) widely regarded as the founder of dinner theater in...
Orchestra Report Card: Something New Is Changing The Field
Until the new conductors settle in, we won’t fully know how transformative their impact will be, but early signs suggest they could accelerate changes...
No Transparency: Palm Springs Museum Refuses To Release Report On Investigation Into Fraud And...
The whistleblower complaint made numerous detailed allegations. Among them are claims that the museum improperly reclassified funds in its endowment to meet cash crunches....
National Trust Lists America’s 11 Most-Endangered Historic Places
Among those selected are two sites that have drawn the ire of the Trump administration, the Stonewall National Monument in New York, often considered the birthplace...
U.S. Has Halted Flight Of Film Production Overseas (At Least For Now)
“Data from the first quarter of 2026 shows signs that the United States is halting the exodus of film and television productions to other...
Composer Thomas Adès Gets His First Official Conducting Job
The 55-year-old London native has long been active as a guest conductor, and not only of his own music. He has now been appointed...
Museum Wall Text Has Become Another Culture-War Battleground
“Traditionally, museum wall text has been no more controversial than signs pointing visitors to the restrooms, and the Smithsonian still has descriptions placed near...
Paris Judge Rejects Attempt To Block New Windows Commissioned For Notre-Dame
“A Paris judge has rejected a request to halt the removal of six 19th-century stained-glass windows by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc from Notre-Dame Cathedral, which are to be...
