What Happens When Your Essential Creative Collaborator Dies?
The experience of grieving Adam was going to be braided with the thing that could bring me closest to him, which was a gift. -...
Artistic Director Fired At South America’s Leading Opera And Ballet Company, Replaced By Ballet...
The ministry of culture of Buenos Aires dismissed Jorge Tetelman as director of the Teatro Colón, and the following day hired in his place...
Yuval Sharon: Opera As Revolutionary Force
For every composer affirming authority in their work, opera’s history offers counterexamples: creators so committed to establishing a new world order in sound that...
Melbourne Symphony Chief Out After Musicians’ No-Confidence Vote
The turmoil began after the MSO canceled a concerto appearance by a pianist who made a statement about Gaza from the stage. Musicians objected...
Ukrainians Turn To Culture As Russia Attacks
The destruction of so much of their culture has not just pushed Ukrainians farther away from the Russian-dominated cultural space they shared for decades...
LACMA, MOCA, And Hammer Museum To Jointly Own Collection Given By Former CEO Of...
"The collection — consisting entirely of works by L.A.-based artists — has been accumulated by (Jarl and Pamela Mohn) over the last two decades...
Two Dancers Sue San Francisco Ballet Over Injuries
Company soloist Ellen Hummel filed suit earlier this month against SF Ballet and a volunteer physician, alleging medical negligence and "reckless disregard" for her...
Opera Philadelphia Makes All Seats For This Coming Season $11
New company director Anthony Roth Costanzo has raised over $7 million since he took over on June 1, and he says, "That fundraising is...
Edgar Bronfman Calls Off His Bid To Buy Paramount Global
"The decision came as the clock ticked down on the time frame within which his group had to finalize a firm offer" — last...
Newfields-Indianapolis Museum of Art Appoints Third CEO In Four Years
Le Monte G. Booker, currently CFO of Chicago's Field Museum, follows Charles Venable, who resigned in 2021 after controversy over one astoundingly ill-chosen word...
Composer Alexander Goehr Has Died At 92
"If Goehr’s own music has come to seem less significant than his importance as a teacher of some of the leading British composers of...
Anna Netrebko Can Sue Met Opera Only For Gender Discrimination, Court Rules
Last summer, the Russian soprano sued the company for cancelling all her engagements after she refused to denounce Putin following his invasion of Ukraine....
Actors At Edinburgh Festival Are Protesting From The Stage Over Scotland’s Arts Funding Cuts
"It emerged on the eve of this year’s festival that Creative Scotland faces cuts of up to £10m this year, amid widespread spending reductions...
Is There A Seventh Generation Of Chinese Filmmakers?
It has not materialised in any formal sense, and the term is not in use. - Sidecar
The Biological Case Against Free Will
The intent you form, the person you are, is the result of all the interactions between biology and environment that came before.… Each prior...
The Warehouse Worker Philosopher (With A Podcast)
He never did get that high-school degree—let alone attend a doctoral program in philosophy. His layman’s approach to serious thinking has left him untainted...
Ballet Russes Was Hugely Influential. A Look At Annotated Music Scores Gives Insight Into...
These scores, which had never been publicly shown together, offered an uncommon perspective on the Ballets Russes productions that defined and transformed a generation...
In War, Poetry Has Become Very Popular In Ukraine
Over the past two years, poets have emerged as some of the nation’s most popular voices, their verse capturing the raw emotions of the...
Tampa Bay Times Book Critic Signs Off
"As book critic I’ve read, on average, three books per week, about 150 per year, which adds up to about 2,500 books over 17...
“Inside Out 2” Becomes First Animated Film To Earn $1 Billion At The Box...
Though 55 films have grossed $1 billion globally (which is comprised of domestic and international ticket sales), just a dozen have managed to hit...
Books Are Ideas, Yes. But I Need To Hold Them
"I will always prefer a book I can hold in my hand, the kind that smells of paper and glue, the kind whose unfolding...
Dance Parties For Really Young Kids Are A Growing Thing
St. James Joy is now one of a handful of dance parties around New York City where house music fanatics and babies alike find...
Ron DeSantis’ Culture War On Books Is Mired In Scandal
Sarasota’s New College, the once liberal arts school subjected to a “hostile takeover” by well-rewarded, ultra-conservative DeSantis allies, was exposed by the city’s Herald-Tribune for dumping thousands...
We Don’t Know Why You’d Want To Smell The Pre-Raphaelites, But This Gallery Is...
“The scents will be released by individual visitors when they press a button on a nearby diffuser. Those who prefer just to look at...
Acclaimed Jazz Guitarist Russell Malone Has Died, On Tour In Japan, At 60
Malone, who played with Harry Connick Jr. and Diana Krall, "was highly regarded for his versatility: He was able to support a variety of...
