In Qatar: Library As National Cultural Museum
"In a library, you create your own narrative. The material in the Heritage Library is of such a caliber that it could be considered...
Ta-Nehisi Coates And The Power Of Words: No Wonder They Want To Ban Books
"I see politicians in Colorado, in Tennessee, in South Carolina moving against my own work, tossing books I’ve authored out of libraries, banning them...
Research: People Can Change Their Personality Over Time
People can intentionally shape the traits they need to be successful in the lives they want. That’s contrary to the popular belief that your...
Atlanta’s Terminus Modern Ballet In A New Phase As Founding Members Depart And New...
Terminus was founded in 2017-18 by five dancers who left Atlanta Ballet after longtime artistic director John McFall was forced out. Now four of...
San Francisco Symphony Opening Night Gala Met With Protests About Budget Cuts
Elliott Encarnacion, a Chorus member and AGMA governor, accused the Symphony of “severely mishandling their funds,” particularly regarding the handling of the strike that forced the...
London Paper Plans To Have AI Based On Legendary Critic Review Art
London’s historic Evening Standard newspaper has been making plans to revive its former writer using artificial intelligence. Two sources said AI Sewell has been assigned to review...
The Increasingly Hapless West Coast Orchestra And Its Puzzling Real Estate Dreams
The plan for a new recital hall is especially puzzling because, in addition to the building’s own Zellerbach facilities, the Civic Center area is...
Scripts About Politics Lead List Of Most-Produced Plays In U.S.
For the second year running, Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me is the country's most-produced play, and in fifth place is Selina...
Film And TV Productions Are Leaving California For Places With More Tax Incentives. Will...
"Reversing the slide will require a whole suite of changes to incentivize studios to return to California. … Some labor leaders tell TheWrap that...
This Painting Might Be A Velázquez — And It Might Upend Spain’s Art Market...
The owners of this 1623 portrait want to sell it abroad, where it can command a much higher price than in Spain. On the...
World’s First Museum Of AI Art Will Open In Downtown Los Angeles (Fitting, Right?)
Refik Anadol, a leader in the development of AI-generated artwork, will place his museum, to be called Dataland, in the Frank Gehry-designed Grand L.A....
U.S. Court Of Appeals Hears Case With Enormous Stakes For Public Libraries
The case, Little v. Llano County, involves local citizens who sued a Texas county on First Amendment grounds for ordering certain titles removed from...
He Came To The Rescue For Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. Now He’s Its Music...
Last fall, David Hayes stepped in as conductor on 48 hours' notice when then-music director Dirk Brossé ran into visa trouble. So the orchestra...
Roundabout Theater Company, Broadway’s Nonprofit Powerhouse, Names New Artistic Director
Christopher Ashley, artistic director of the La Jolla Playhouse in California and known for directing the Broadway hit Come From Away, will succeed longtime...
How “The Shawshank Redemption” Went From Box-Office Flop To Modern Classic
The Stephen King adaptation hit cinemas in the fall of 1994 amid a slew of hits competing for audiences. Yet it went on to...
Statue Of Johnny Cash Unveiled In The US Capitol
Cash, whose statue is located in the Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection, is the...
Why Have Pop Music Concert Ticket Prices Spiraled Up?
Overall, the average ticket price for the top 100 tours around the world was £101 last year, up from £82 in 2022, according to...
Christopher Marlowe Had A Co-Author For “Dr. Faustus,” Says Researcher
"Scholars have long suggested that Marlowe had a collaborator for the comic scenes of his classic play, although his name alone is on the...
California Passes One-Click Unsubscribe Law
Companies have been accused of signing people up for subscriptions without their consent, renewing their subscriptions without notice, and imposing a gantlet of obstacles...
Why Adult Interest In Participating In Ballet Is Soaring
Interest in adult ballet has increased by 75% over the last three to five years... And the number of adult ballet summer intensive programs...
Hollywood Is Stuck In A Nostalgia Rut
The resurrection of dead franchises and the creation of new ones based on recognizable intellectual properties all target one core emotion: nostalgia. Hollywood is...
Who Thought It Was A Good Idea To Turn Garth Greenwell’s First Novel Into...
First to get the idea was conductor Alan Pierson, a friend of Greenwell's since music-student days at Eastman. Pierson sent the book, What Belongs...
How Fans Have Taken Control Of Beloved Franchises
The use of parody and humour to pour scorn on the series is a common practice among fans. New digital technologies like artificial intelligence...
Inside Trimpin’s Sound World
“The kind of idea in my work with music dealing with three parameters — timbre, pitch, and time,” said Trimpin. “But my interest...
How Do You Get Kids Into Classical Music? The “Wow Factor,” Says Charlotte Symphony’s...
Speaking of his own experiences as a child in 1970s Trinidad as well as conducting children's concerts at the BBC Proms in London and...
