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James Sewell Ballet Will Close After 35 Years
The Minneapolis-based company will shut down next March. "It’s the latest blow to the Twin Cities dance community, less than a year after ......
Giller Prize, Canada’s Top Literary Award, To Anne Michaels For “Held”
The jury described the book as "a novel that floats, a beguiling association of memories, projections, and haunted instances through which the very notion...
An Evangelical Theater Company Is Getting Noticed Well Beyond Its Small-Town South Carolina Home
"What began with … piling the family and their sets into a van and putting on shows for churches and home-school groups has evolved...
How Mason Bates Turned Michael Chabon’s Most Famous Novel Into An Opera
He did it without Chabon, for starters: while the author happily gave rights to The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, opera is simply...
How UArts’ Dance Program Was Saved After The School’s Abrupt Collapse
Late last spring, Donna Fay Burchfield, dean of the University of the Arts School of Dance, was as shocked as everyone else when she...
So, Just What Does The Onion Plan To Do With InfoWars?
"Plans (are) to relaunch it in January as a parody of conspiracy theorists. 'Our goal in a couple of years is for people to...
Sacramento’s Public Radio And PBS Stations Sue Each Other Over Transmission Tower
"The legal battle arose after Capital Public Radio’s Endowment board, a nonprofit separate from the radio station, donated the tower used by CapRadio to...
Is This America’s Oldest Working Auctioneer? (He’s Certainly One Of The Quirkiest)
Michael R. Corcoran, 96, of Newport, RI, has an inimitable way of "whipping through hundreds of lots while engaging crowds with a blend of...
Is Chicago’s Arts Funding Going Up Or Down?
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget allocates $73 million for the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (which administers city arts grants) — 11%...
In Portland, Smaller Groups Say The City Is Giving Too Much Of Its Arts...
"Fifteen small arts organizations complained in a Nov. 1 open letter that the city of Portland plans to unfairly decrease their collective share from...
How, And Why, “Rust” Got Finished After Alec Baldwin Accidentally Shot The Cinematographer
It fell to director Joel Souza, new cinematographer Bianca Cline, and a cast and crew of about 250 people to complete Rust. Now they...
Sotheby’s Settles New York Tax Fraud Case For $6.25 Million
"Sotheby's will pay $6.25 million and adopt reforms to settle New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit accusing the famed auction house of fraudulently...
Notre-Dame Restoration Has A $148 Million Surplus (!)
"Restoration chief Philippe Jost says €140 million (around $148 million) still remains from the funds as the cathedral prepares to reopen next month. The...
Paris Opera Ballet Suspends Its Competition For Promotions
"Union representatives of the Paris Opera Ballet are calling for the abolition of the internal promotion competition for dancers. For the first time, the...
Timothy West, Icon Of British Stage And Television, Is Dead At 90
"(He) brought a commanding presence to historical figures like Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and King Edward VII, and to notables of classic theater like...
A Revered Master Of Hula Wins $450K Gish Prize
Vicky Holt Takamine, who has spent decades mastering and teaching hula and working to preserve native Hawaiian culture, has been awarded the 31st annual...
How Roger Ailes Commandeered A Save-The-Earth Hippie Musical And Inadvertently Birthed A Pop Juggernaut
Yes, the future chief of Fox News, fresh off getting Nixon re-elected, took control of a California show called Mother Earth, revamped it (badly)...
Big Corporate Streamers May Be Having Trouble, But Niche Streaming Services Are Thriving
"About two dozen smaller, low-cost specialty streaming services have generated significant subscriber growth over the last couple of years. … This includes streamers from...
“The Broadcast Land Grab”: Trump’s Next Administration May See Wave Of TV Station Acquisitions
"The incoming Trump administration has made it clear that deregulation will be at the top of its priority list, and the companies that own...
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Site InfoWars (This Is Not Satire)
In a classic case of life imitating parody, the liberal-leaning humor outlet ("America's Finest News Source") purchased Jones's conspiracy-mongering far-right website at a bankruptcy...
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever: $1.27 Billion Worth Of Chinese Ceramics
"The 1,700 pieces dating from the third to the 20th century have been given permanently by the Sir Percival David Foundation. They had been...
U.S. Cultural Institutions Seriously Rattled By Fallout From Gaza War
"Shock waves from the war have been felt throughout the arts and cultural world, with movie productions, museums and book festivals — not to...
Notre-Dame’s Official Reopening Date Is Set, Events Scheduled
"With just 23 days to go until the Dec. 7 reopening, the (office) of President Emmanuel Macron and the Archdiocese of Paris detailed the...
Metropolitan Opera Names Daniele Rustioni Principal Guest Conductor
The 41-year-old Italian maestro, currently principal conductor at the Opéra national de Lyon in France, will conduct at least two Met productions per season,...
Theater Festival Brings Solace To Capital Of Troubled Burkina Faso
The dry, landlocked West African nation used to be known for its lively cultural scene; in recent years, the country's stability has been wrecked...