Though he also sang with the great companies of London, Paris, Milan, Munich, San Francisco, and other cities, he's best known for his long association with the Met, where he gave 1,672 performances in 88 roles. - OperaWire
Hadi Matar faces attempted murder charges for repeatedly stabbing the author as he was onstage, about to give a public lecture, at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York state. Matar was subdued and arrested at the scene. - AP
While a CAA client from 2017 to 2020, President Biden published his #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, “Promise Me, Dad,” launched the 42-date “American Promise” tour, which sold more than 85,000 tickets nationwide, and headlined numerous speaking engagements. - Variety
Davis and his brother Dale opened the first Black-owned gallery in Los Angeles, “showing and selling works from Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, Betye Saar, Jacob Lawrence, Ruth Waddy, Doyle Lane, Charles White, John Outterbridge, and Noah Purifoy.” - Hyperallergic
“Dillon won the coveted O. Henry Award five times for her stories, but she devoted most of her writing career to the Bowleses — especially Jane, the neglected wife of the much better known Paul.” - The New York Times
"Previously a classical pianist, singer and orchestral clarinetist, started acting in high school productions and began her TV career at 17 on an Australian kids’ show.” Then came Mythic Quest. - The New York Times
He’s simply quite Christian now. “The supposed edginess of the Christian Actor stems from the idea that in godless Hollywood it’s somehow taboo to be religious, and that an openly Christian actor will face some kind of retaliation.” - Slate
“‘Anyone can make a smart frock,’ she said. … 'It’s much more difficult to make people from the past who are wearing ordinary clothes look real.’” - The New York Times
The 78-year-old, who had been suffering a days-long migraine, was onstage in São Paulo, reciting some of her writing during a joint performance with Berlin-based band Soundwalk Collective, when she became visibly dizzy and fell. She later returned to the stage in a wheelchair to apologize for being unable to finish. - AP
"(The) British singer-songwriter and 1960s pop star reinvented herself as a new-wave artist and smoky-voiced chanteuse, channeling her struggles with drug abuse and personal loss into songs of torment, anger, sorrow and resilience." - The Washington Post (MSN)
He spent 40 years (1964-2004) as music director of the Tokyo Symphony, assisted the young Seiji Ozawa at the Toronto Symphony in 1968-69, and served as music director of the Vancouver SO (1972-1985) and Syracuse SO (1985-1993), raising standards greatly at both orchestras. - Vancouver Sun (MSN)
"For five decades (she) mapped the Native American experience in dynamic and complex artworks. … The past few years have seen a reawakening (for) Smith’s distinct abstractions, collages, and sculptures, which unpack the historic injustices against Native American peoples, while shattering dominant cultural narratives." - Artnet
"Why is it so often that the people with the least amount of imagination and the most concern for the bottom line – real estate developers – get to choose how to transform derelict urban areas? Why not the people who might care about those areas most: the citizens who grew up there and live there?" - The Guardian
The Tangs’ increasing prominence seems due to several key capital projects simultaneously coming to fruition and the couple’s effort to counter the anti-Asian discrimination and violence that escalated during the pandemic. - The New York Times
