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What It Was Like At The Movies The First Weekend New York’s Cinemas Reopened
Capacity Limits: "Not really an issue for Chaos Walking, a poorly-reviewed mess of a sci-fi adventure." Distancing: "Fortunately, AMC's ordering system handles this well,...
What’s A Conductor Good For? Let A Veteran Orchestral Player Tell You.
"A great maestro, through the sheer force of his or her spiritual presence, can inspire musicians to play not with our hands but with...
Charleston Symphony Eliminates Music Director Position
To cope with the huge income shortfall caused by the pandemic, South Carolina's largest performing arts organization will let go of conductor Ken Lam...
TV Newsman Roger Mudd, 93
" Peabody Award-winning journalist who spent a quarter-century at CBS News and NBC News and came close to becoming a No. 1 network anchorman...
Paris Biennale Is Permanently Discontinued
"The Paris Biennale, founded in 1962 and once the world's most prestigious art fair, is no more. After years of confusion, scandal and strife,...
Jair Bolsonaro Blocks Arts Funding To Brazilian States With Pandemic Lockdowns
"A national culture secretary published the decree last week making clear that proposals under the Rouanet Law, which provides funding to cultural projects on...
Norton Juster, Author Of ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’, Dead At 91
"A budding architect with a self-confessed tendency to procrastinate, Mr. Juster … stumbled into literature much as his most famous hero, Milo, stumbles into...
Why The Stonehenge Highway Tunnel Is Really A Good Idea
Archaeologist Timothy Darville: "Much of has been fuelled by negative publicity and misunderstandings about the processes by which archaeological concerns feed into planning...
So What Will The Financiers Who Bought Second City Do With It (Or To)...
"Though private-equity firms are notorious for ruthlessly wringing efficiencies out of the properties they pick up, the investors who just bought one of Chicago's...
Marie Antoinette’s Private Theatre Has Been Restored
The queen had the little playhouse built as part of her pretend village at Le Petit Trianon; she and her friends attended plays and...
Jazz Drummer And Bandleader Ralph Peterson Jr., 58
"The sheer, onrushing force of Peterson's beat, paired with his alert ear and agile dynamism, made him one of the standout jazz musicians to...
Putting Together The Pieces Of A Lost Florence Price Score
The pioneering Black composer's Fantasie Nègre No. 3 in F minor was thought to be incomplete: only the first two pages were known to...
Murdoch Admits It Out Loud: Fox News Is The ‘Opposition’ To Democrats And Biden
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert's elder son, told a group of investors that Biden's presidency would be good for Fox News (which, of...
Brown Paper Tickets Will Pay $9 Million To Stiffed Customers
Following a consent decree from the Washington Sstate Attorney General's office, Seattle ticketing company Brown Paper Tickets has agreed to pay $9 million in...
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet To Cease Performing
"The 25-year-old will eliminate its centerpiece: the professional performing arm of the company. The ballet schools and youth Folklórico programs in Santa Fe...
New Bill In U.S. Congress Would Provide $5 Billion or Libraries
"The Build America's Libraries Act was introduced by in the House of Representatives by Reps. Andy Levin (D-MI-9) and Don Young (R-AK-at large) along...
Milwaukee Symphony’s New Principal Tuba Is 19 Years Old
Robert Black comes from a family of brass players in suburban Chicago; his mother is a high school band teacher. He's currently finishing his...
Lauren Lovette, Only 29, Will Retire From New York City Ballet
"I spent a lot of last year feeling like I didn't make a difference. were saying some sweet things to me about different...
Cue the Regulators! Met’s Deaccession Regression Attracts the Critical Eye of NYS Attorney General’s...
The Metropolitan Museum’s adoption of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ relaxed deaccession standards, driven by the financial challenges of the pandemic, has caught...
Will European Audiences Come Back To The Theatre?
"The shift has raised questions about whether audiences will return to theaters in the same numbers as before, and whether a blend of...
Musée Rodin In Paris May Be Ordered To Release 3D Scans Of Sculptures
The museum has 3D scans of its holdings but is extremely reluctant to release them to the public, since the institution supports itself by...
The Astounding Pianist And Composer Who Was Born Into Slavery
Born without eyesight on a Georgia plantation in 1849, "Blind Tom" Wiggins learned to play piano by ear and became a prodigiously gifted player,...
Patrick Dupond, Star And Director Of Paris Opera Ballet, Dead At 61
He entered the company's school at age 10, joined the company at 16 and was an étoile at 21. He became one of the...
How Did Dr. Seuss Himself Respond When Criticized For Racist Caricatures?
Philip Nel, a Seuss scholar (yes, there is such a thing): "Yes, there are some examples of him revising in response to criticism, and...
Dr. Seuss Sales Soar After Publishers Withdraw Six Books With Racist Caricatures
In the wake of the decision by Dr. Seuss Enterprises to stop printing and selling If I Ran the Zoo, And to Think That...