Manhattan’s Trinity Church Bells Host Musicians In Ringing Contest
Bands had traveled as far as hundreds of miles to climb into the landmark Trinity Church tower and strike eight bells in a complex,...
New Toronto Opera Festival
Opera 5’s Toronto Opera Festival is Toronto’s first-ever festival to combine opera and musical theatre in a celebration of Canadian creators and performers. - Ludwig...
Using Mali’s Traditional Theater As Psychiatric Treatment
Koteba, a traditional form of theater by Mali’s largest ethnic group, the Bambara, mixes acting, singing and dancing to work through villagers' problems and...
Pittsburgh Ballet Advertises On Streaming Services And Sees Returns
Beginning last season the ballet company also began advertising its more family-friendly shows on big-name streaming services like Hulu and Disney+ and even in...
Leif Segerstam, Admired Conductor And Astoundingly Prolific Composer, Is Dead At 80
The Finnish eccentric, known for his long white hair and beard, rotund figure and quirky personality, composed 371 symphonies, most single-movement works with colorful...
Two Presidents Of Project 1619 Die Within One Month, Organization To Regroup
"Only a few weeks after the death of Project 1619 founder and President Calvin Pearson, his successor — William Wiggins — has also died....
Manhattan DA’s Art Trafficking Unit’s Authority Challenged In Court By Art Institute Of Chicago
The unit seized from museums and collectors 11 works by Egon Schiele; most were surrendered when agents proved the pieces had been looted by...
US Customs Seized 13 Ancient Egyptian Artifacts At JFK Airport
Documents filed earlier this month indicate that, in 2020-21, agents at the airport impounded a vase, jars, figurines, and other items dating from roughly...
Han Kang Wins Nobel Prize For Literature
"A slow-burning literary success who won multiple awards in (Asia) and Europe, Han is the first Asian woman and the first South Korean writer...
The Real Reason That Texas School Superintendent Cancelled That High School’s “Oklahoma!”
The Sherman High School's production became a subject of nationwide controversy after a transgender boy was removed from the cast, his fellow students protested,...
Houston Grand Opera Music Director Patrick Summers Announces Departure
After 28 years, the conductor will depart HGO at the end of the 2025-26 season. - Houston Press
Remembering Lewis Lapham, My First Boss
"It’s a strange thing to have a walk-on role in the fifth act of a great man’s life. Lewis was exactly fifty years and...
A Provocative Art Premise Challenges Convention
While the court’s decision to uphold MONA’s right to maintain a women-only space is significant, it’s Kaechele’s performative celebration outside the courthouse that deserves...
A New Jazz Club Model In Pricey Seattle?
In pricey, increasingly corporate Seattle, the Fellowship venue represents a conspicuously unlucrative exercise. Its modest 48-seat layout and limited wine and beer bar give...
Choreographer Hofesh Schechter On Why Audiences Have Such Powerful Reactions To His Work
"I think the simple answer is because the work is about people. It’s not about dance. Dance and music are tools (to get to)...
Canadian Prairies Try A “Got Milk?” Style Campaign To Promote Arts
The creatives from Winnipeg’s Show and Tell Agency are relatively safe, especially compared with Michael Bay’s bonkers original “Got Milk?” commercial. But there’s a...
Why Do Some Arts Organizations Do Better Than Others?
"When it comes to finding and delighting audiences, I have found the Trend Busters fall into two participation philosophies: a Go Broad approach and...
Close Examination Of AI Art Reveals Human Side
Close reading even such an unserious set of prompts and images offers clues about the scaffolding behind these operations, as well as broader insights...
How Trump-In-The-’80s Biopic “The Apprentice” Got Out Of Legal Limbo And Onto US Screens
"The Hollywood Reporter spoke with (director Ali) Abbasi and (producer and distributor James) Shani to discuss The Apprentice‘s counter-intuitive approach to the world’s most...
Soprano Storms Onstage To Demand End To Colleague’s Encore
The celebrated soprano Angela Gheorghiu, who was singing the title role in a performance on Sunday, stormed onstage and demanded that he stop, according to local...
Is It Important To Distill One’s Philosophy To A “Saying”?
When I think of sayings, I think first of the early Greek philosophers—the so-called pre-Socratics—whose ideas, if they wrote them down at all, survive...
What Does It Mean For Writing To Be “Great”?
The Swedish Academy is not here to tell you what writers you might like. Greatness is not the same as popularity. It may even...
Discovering The Ruins Of One Of Shakespeare’s Playhouses Changed Our Understanding Of Theatre History
"There was a received narrative that proper playhouses start off round and then just get bigger, with the pinnacle of that evolution being the...
Exploring The Dudamel Phenomenon
Not since Leonard Bernstein has a conductor done as much as Dudamel to make classical music accessible — or so thoroughly captured the public...
President Emmanuel Macron On France’s Support For The Arts Amid The Rise Of The...
"I don’t think it can ever be taken for granted. Decisions could be made in a rash manner. I don’t think everyone is pleased...
