San Francisco Symphony Musicians’ Contract Expired A Year Ago. What’s Happening?
Negotiations began over a year ago, going into formal sessions on Sept. 15, 2022, ahead of the contract’s expiration, with the Musicians Union Local...
Key To The Metropolitan Opera’s Future: Contemporary Work
Aiming to rebuild its audience from post-pandemic lows by attracting younger and more diverse ticket-buyers, the company is devoting fully one-third of 18 staged productions to...
The UK Film Industry Has Been Thriving
According to the British Film Institute (BFI), spending on such productions reached a record £6.27bn last year, with most of that money coming from overseas....
New York’s Live Performance Industry Convenes Its First Meeting
Mayor Eric Adams convened the inaugural meeting of the first-ever Live Performance Industry Council, which features a mix of leaders representing the theater, music...
Gloria Steinem Remembers The Debut Issue Of Ms. Magazine
"I didn’t know what the response would be, especially on newsstands, with no precedent or place for a women’s magazine that wasn’t about home,...
The Highly Unusual Dance Career Of Choreographer Trajal Harrell
"This late starter — he turned to dance after graduating from Yale in the 1990s — has never taken formal classes in the techniques...
How To End Doom Scrolling (It’s A Design Issue)
Like the perspectival evolution that occurred when frescoes affixed to walls gave way to portable paintings, shrinking the screen down to the size of...
TikTok Stars Are The New Saviors Of The Cookbook Industry
"Several TikTok creators, many of them with little or no professional cooking experience, have gone from tinkering in their home kitchens to topping best-seller...
Minnesota Dance Theatre Director Steps Down After 30 Years
After nearly 30 years as artistic director of Minnesota Dance Theatre, Lise Houlton is passing the reins. And it will be kept in the...
City Of San Francisco Appoints Its First-Ever Drag Laureate
"D'Arcy Drollinger …, who was initially caught off guard by the nomination, has found herself at the forefront of a long-brewing culture war. With...
What Shocking Sudden Losses By One Of The Art World’s High End Dealers Says...
These are unusual blows to one of the largest and most smoothly run art businesses in the world, and they have incited plenty of...
An Exhibition Curated By ChatGPT Is Reviewed By ChatGPT
"In an unprecedented fusion of technology and art, … this ambitious undertaking harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to curate an immersive journey through...
The Italian Opera House With Two Rival Superintendents
"The drama currently playing out at the San Carlo Opera House in Naples … has all the elements of high drama — conflict, tension,...
Hilary Mantel’s “Final Book” To Be Published Next Month
"A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing will feature four decades of Mantel's work across a range of subjects, from her...
Second City Will Open Its New York Outpost This November
"The improvisational comedy enterprise … will house its new nearly 12,000 square-foot entertainment complex in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Set to open on Nov. 16, the...
Disney Co. To Pour $60 Billion Into Its Theme Parks And Cruise Line
"(The conglomerate) says it has more than 1,000 acres of land for future development at its six existing theme park sites around the world....
Roger Whittaker, “Wandering Minstrel” Pop Star Of The 1970s And ’80s, Is Dead At...
"(He) sold an estimated 50 million albums worldwide, becoming a staple of easy-listening charts while cultivating a sunny and often sentimental folk-pop sound. Although...
Remember That Artist Whose Piece Was Literally “Take The Money And Run”? The Court...
Jens Haaning sometimes incorporates actual currency in his works, and in 2021 a Danish museum gave him the equivalent of about $76,000 to recreate...
Study: Australians Have Slowed Down Their Consumption Of Arts Events
Among them, this year’s survey finds that while the same proportion of Australians attended events and festivals as in 2019 and 2022, they are...
The Enduring Power Of Fairies
The Flower Fairies' influence has endured: they continue to be popular around the world – big in Japan and in Italy, where Gucci released...
Milwaukee Symphony Musicians Agree To New Contract – Pay Raise And Rethinking Auditions
The two-year contract includes pay raises, a reduction of one-week in the schedule and a promise to reconsider how auditions for the orchestra are...
The Right To Privacy? Is The American Government Spying On Library Readers?
"I was certain the FBI didn’t have some mysterious database of all U.S. libraries that could spit out the borrower record of any one...
I Come Not To Praise The Internet Novel
The internet, or more precisely, the smartphone, poses a problem for novels. If a contemporary novel wants to seem realistic, or true to life,...
YouTube Blocks Russell Brand From Earning Income From His YouTube Channel
A spokeswoman for YouTube said in an email that Mr. Brand, whose channel on the platform has 6.6 million subscribers, was suspended for violating...
How London Is Trying To Help Low-Income Artists
A long-term cultural programme in ThamesÂmead in south-east London has provided artists with low-rent studios and access to affordable housing. Since it began five...
