Lincoln Center’s $335M Redesign Plans
The project, designed by Hood Design Studio (Landscape Architect), Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism (Design Architect) and Moody Nolan (Architect of Record), creates what Lincoln Center describes...
This Ballet Company Was Founded By An Ex-Marine To Help Others Let The Wars...
“If you’re holding a war in, it takes a lot of energy. … And if you want to loosen that up, it also takes...
Yuri Grigorovich, For Decades The Director Of The Bolshoi Ballet, Has Died At 98
He was the most influential figure in postwar Soviet ballet, and it was his choreography that established what is still considered the signature Bolshoi...
Netflix Will Give “Sesame Street” A New Home
Following the decision by Warner Bros. Discovery to drop the show, which had aired on HBO since 2016, Netflix will both stream the show...
CBS News President Resigns Amid Trump’s $20 Billion “60 Minutes” Lawsuit
"Left unstated but hanging over (Wendy McMahon's) announcement: CBS's corporate parent, Paramount Global, and its controlling owner, Shari Redstone, are involved in settlement negotiations...
One Suspect In Theft Of Gold Toilet Avoids Prison
“Frederick Doe, 37, also known as Frederick Sines, was given a suspended sentence at Oxford Crown Court for his role in helping to sell...
Certain Items At Smithsonian’s African-American History Museum Are Being Taken Off Display. Why?
The items removed as part of what museum administrators call normal rotation include Harriet Tubman’s hymnbook and a first edition of Frederick Douglass’s memoir....
New Kennedy Center Chief Calls For Criminal Investigation Into Its Finances
“Richard Grenell, whom President Trump installed as the president of the Kennedy Center, claimed Monday night that the center’s deferred maintenance and its deficit...
Major Shift: Kennedy Center Will Host Non-Equity Theater Productions
“Two non-Equity national theatrical tours – Mrs. Doubtfire and Chicago – are on the 2026 schedule of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., marking...
HBO Undoes The Rebranding Mistake Of A Generation
Dropping “HBO,” a label linked to award-winning dramas for decades, removed a trusted shortcut and left viewers asking whether the service had changed its...
Republicans Go After Philanthropies For Taxes
The House tax bill increases taxes on philanthropies. It was news to me that philanthropies pay any taxes at all; I always thought nonprofit...
What NEA Cuts Mean To Small Book Publishers
Without the NEA, today’s most treasured literary organizations might not have survived their infancy as far back as the 1960s. Without these endowments, what...
A History Of Free Speech: How Haphazard It Has Been
What repeatedly surprises about the history of free speech is its incurably accidental nature – reforms undertaken for one set of reasons generate unforeseen...
Why We Won’t Get Artificial General Intelligence Any Time Soon
Opinions differ in part because scientists cannot even agree on a way of defining human intelligence, arguing endlessly over the merits and flaws of...
Podcasters Protest Spotify’s Decision To Post How Many Plays They Get
The chief complaint was that some podcasters actually don’t want listeners to know how many people are listening to their podcast, because it might have the...
Can PBS Survive?
This is unusual because it’s coming from so many different places. That was not the case during the first Trump administration. It was not...
This Book Group Has Been Reading The Same Book For 12 Years
“We’re only reading one page at a time,” said Peter Quadrino, founder and organizer of the Finnegans Wake Reading Group of Austin, TX. Every other...
Miniatures Started Going Viral During The Early Days Of The Pandemic
And now they’re hotter than ever, with miniature artists-in-residence at museums, TikToks going viral, and more. Why? “In our distraction-filled world, … getting to...
Kristin Stewart Has Been Talking About Directing For Her Entire, Lengthy Acting Life
“It’s really not fair for people to think it’s hard to make a movie insofar as you need to know things before going into...
How The All In The Family Theme Song Broke The Mold And Remade The...
“So it was that an old Broadway hand changed television forever by injecting a bit of kitchen-sink realism into the opening credits of a...
Who’s Hurt Most By Threatened Cuts To PBS?
“Since PBS reaches an estimated 99% of the country’s broadcast viewers, that gives every child free access to high-quality educational content.” When that goes,...
Betty Buckley Is Definitely Still Alive, And She’s Hoping She Can Appeal To Her...
Trump adores her performance of “Memory” from 1982. She felt “a glimmer of hope that wouldn’t it be great if he could allow us,...
Oregon, Other States Sue Doge, NEH Over Funding Cuts
“Congress approved $65 million for these councils in the 2025 fiscal year, which means that DOGE or any other member of the executive branch...
Universal Is Trying To Take The Disney Crown
At least on the theme park front, in Florida, anyway. - Los Angeles Times
How Bristol Randomly Forgot Its Huge IMAX Cinema – And Found It Again
“The Bristol Imax, boasting a 19 metre by 15 metre screen, was once regarded as the future of cinema in south-west England. The projector...
