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“Chantal-Iris Mukeshimana came to Belgium as a child after fleeing the genocide in Rwanda. Decades later, she founded a dance school where fellow wheelchair users can express themselves.” (video) – Deutsche Welle… Read more

Financial reasons are the top barrier to attendance, affecting four in 10 audience members, especially the under-55s, according the audience research. – ArtsHub… Read more

“The Boston-based Holocaust Legacy Foundation has unveiled renderings of its proposed Holocaust Museum Boston, to be located along the Freedom Trail, by the intersection of Tremont and Park Streets.” – MSN (The… Read more

“Traditionally orchestras either say, ‘Come to us, we’re wonderful,’ or they go out into communities and say, ‘Hey, listen to us.’ We were very intentional that we were going to go to… Read more

The job? “To imagine future threats to national security. So far, sci-fi novelists from the Red Team Defense project have written more than a dozen stories and published two books dealing with… Read more

The technocultural norms and habits that have seized us during the triple revolution of the internet, smartphones, and the social web are themselves in need of a thorough correction. Too many people… Read more

“The union is demanding a 19-piece live orchestra, as mandated by contracts, barring ‘special situation’ exemptions. Producers want the show as it has been for 10 years, with actors singing mostly to… Read more

Attention must be paid to the core audience that has stuck it out and been filling these doddering old venues with their seasoned laughter and empathy. The Tony Awards on Sunday really… Read more

“It will mark a new era for the (Royal Opera House) at a critical time, amid an arts education crisis, government funding threats and the ongoing ‘culture wars’.” Scappucci, who hosts a… Read more

The 15th-century icon of the Trinity by Andrei Rublev, Russia’s most revered icon painter, was moved from Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery into Christ the Savior Cathedral, and the Moscow Patriarchate’s possession, on Putin’s… Read more

If the opening of Ernst Pawel's biographical study of the 19th-century German poet Heinrich Heine doesn't grab you, don't bother to read on. But it if does, treat yourself to a great… Read more

Holly Bass, National Director for Turnaround Arts at the Kennedy Center, talks about the important role that the arts can play in our schools…. Read more

I could say that I told you so, but in this case, I take no delight in being right. By now you’ve probably heard the (heart)breaking news: “Sotheby’s said that it has… Read more

With all the attempts to put COVID firmly behind us, it can be tempting to lapse into a pre-pandemic view of the arts landscape in America. To do so would be a… Read more

I've been reading and thinking a lot about human cognition – about how we make sense and take action. The useful answer describes a combo platter of species-wide sense-making systems and their… Read more

'A man is looking into his past. Let's see what he finds there.' — William Cody Maher, poet / writer / performance artist… Read more

… in a brilliant French translation by Bertrand Grimault…. Read more

The press spokesperson for the National Gallery, Washington, alerted me late Friday to a breaking development in the case of the attack on its beloved treasure—Degas’ unique, original wax version of “Little… Read more

This is a two-part podcast: we begin with Christine Bial, the Director of Arts and Humanities Grants at Mid-America Arts Alliance which is a partner with National Endowment for the Arts in… Read more