Classical California Radio Is Thriving
The sheer size of Classical California’s listenership is remarkable in the face of algorithmic streams and the wide array of music available only a...
Every Arts Director At The NEA Resigns
All 10 directors who oversee grants in various disciplines of the arts — such as museums, theater, design, and folk and traditional arts —...
Up Next: Taxing Endowments?
In recent years, the idea has made the leap to the MAGA right. Along the way, it has become something very different: not a...
“The Fyre Festival Of The Book World”: Inside A Romantasy Fiasco
“Some authors say they're out thousands of dollars after carting books and merchandise to Baltimore for the event” — A Million Lives Book Festival...
Disney Will Open A New High-Tech Theme Park In Abu Dhabi
“The new theme park … features a different sort of business model for Disney: The destination will be developed, built, and operated by the...
Star Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason On Being The Only Black Music Student In The Room
“At times, it made him ‘very determined to therefore be on that stage’; at other times it made him feel that he wasn’t sure...
“Having A Choice Didn’t Come Into It”: An Excerpt From Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s New Book
“Having a choice didn’t come into it as there was none and never had been. I couldn’t pretend to be anyone I wasn’t but...
Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Conductor Boris Brott Gets Prison Sentence Reduced
“Arsenije Lojovic will serve eight years instead of 10 for dangerous driving causing death, failing to remain at the scene and breach of probation,...
In Its 25 Years, Tate Modern Has Changed Museums Far Beyond Its London Home
“It transformed, for better and worse, audience expectations at museums worldwide. … It taught curators to propound a global view of art — or...
Seven Convicted For Harassing Choreographer Of Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
“The seven accused, of whom only one was present in court, were found guilty of sending hate messages, and even a death threat, to...
With No Warning, SF-MOMA Lays Off 29 Staffers
“The cuts will affect 20 full-time and nine part-time workers, and eliminate another 13 positions that were either vacant or would not be backfilled...
Famous Actors Keep Signing Up To Do This Play. They Don’t See The Script...
Tim Crouch’s An Oak Tree, written to be performed by Crouch and a new actor each night, depicts a meeting between a father (the actor)...
Public Media Gears Up To Fight Elimination Of Federal Funding
It’s an attack on the free press, and the very idea of an American public sphere: where information and ideas flow freely, everyone has...
Immersive Dance That Brings It To The Audience
Dances that put artists and audience members in close proximity—whether they’re immersive, invite (or demand) audience participation, or have moments where the fourth wall...
An Opera Production In South Dakota That Shows What Opera In A Community Can...
The most enthusiasm was reserved for Delta David Gier, who was closing out the South Dakota Symphony’s season with one of the ensemble’s great...
Auction Of Buddha Relic Gems Suspended After India Threatens Legal Action
The Piprahwa gems were discovered on the estate of an English landowner in India in 1898; they were inside reliquaries labeled as containing the...
Soprano Picked To Lead Opera Theatre Of St. Louis
Patricia Racette, who made her debut at the Met in 1995, is known for her portrayals of Puccini heroines. She has also ventured into...
Our Depopulation Crisis
Fewer working-age adults entails a shrinking tax base, even as the need for public services swells. Education, healthcare, infrastructure, public safety and welfare will...
Bewildered And Frustrated, Hollywood Doesn’t Know How Trump’s Tariffs Will Work (Or Even if...
How would tariffs on overseas film production work when the industry's so internationalized? Whom would be charged, at what point? Are such tariffs even...
How Do You Tariff Foreign Films? Here’s A Better Way To Help The Movie...
While tariffs are unlikely to have the effect Trump claims he wants, a federal tax credit program for filmmakers—something California politicians spent years advocating...
Trump’s Kennedy Center CEO Attacks Lin-Manuel Miranda And “America’s Got Talent”
Ric Grenell complained after Monday’s episode revealed that Miranda, who has declined to perform at the venue after its Trump-led makeover, will be mentoring contestants in...
The Uncertain Future Of One Of The Smithsonian’s Most Popular Museums
Now it is in the cross-hairs of President Trump, who issued an executive order in March that seeks to address what he described as the Smithsonian’s...
George Clooney’s “Good Night, And Good Luck” Breaks Another Broadway Record
“(The show) brought in $4,003,481.50 last week, becoming the first Broadway play to surpass $4 million in a single week. The play also broke its own...
How LACMA’s New Building Will Change The Art Inside
The discussion offered a glimpse into the animated debate that the museum’s 45 curators have been engaged in over the last five years, reimagining...
How Spotify Came To Own The Music
If you spend enough time on Spotify, it’s easy to sense, inchoately, that the platform is taking advantage of everyone involved. - The Nation
