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Taking Stock Of The Destruction At Dobson Pipe Organ Builders
The factory — where the organs of Verizon Hall at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, St. Thomas Fifth Avenue in New York, Merton College Chapel in...
Fury Over Choice Of Bosses For Pompidou Center’s Brussels Branch
A jury made up of museum professionals selected Kasia Redzisz, a senior curator at Tate Liverpool, to be artistic director of Kanal-Centre Pompidou, the...
Restrictions On Movie Content In China And Hong Kong Put Hollywood In Difficult Position
"As Hollywood faces a deteriorating relationship with China, it appears committed to keeping the flame alive even if that means going to humiliating lengths....
More Details About Pretty Yende’s Detention At CDG Airport (She Was Not Strip-Searched)
"Yende took to social media to share her experience, saying she was 'stripped and searched like a criminal offender' during the ordeal, which lasted...
NEA Expands Access To Millions In Pandemic Relief Funding
"The National Endowment for the Arts announced Wednesday that it will make $80 million in pandemic relief available to more arts and cultural organizations,...
Edinburgh Fringe Venues Get Lifeline From Scottish Government
"The Scottish Government and the city council have joined forces to offer £1.3 million worth of support to leading venue operators to help offset...
Chief Of London’s Barbican Centre To Depart (Is This About The Racism Controversy?)
"Nicholas Kenyon, the Barbican's managing director for 14 years" — and, prior to that, controller of BBC Radio 3 and director of the BBC...
When ‘Rent’ Came To Cuba
Andy Señor, Jr., a Cuban-American actor and director who played the role of Angel on Broadway and helmed productions of the musical around the...
Robert Quackenbush, Who Wrote Stories Of Detectives With Feathers Or Fur, Dead At 91
"His stories about Miss Mallard, an inquisitive duck who solves crimes around the world in plots that resemble Agatha Christie capers, were adapted into...
How Did This Pair Of 17th-Century Paintings End Up In The Dumpster At A...
A 64-year-old man spotted the artworks — a 1665 self-portrait by Pietro Bellotti and a painting of a youth by the 17th-century Dutch artist...
Another Thing Brexit Could Be Messing Up: Hit British TV Series
"Last year, EU countries agreed that 30% of offerings on streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime should be European-made. The concern among...
Kazuo Ishiguro On Whether Literature Really Deserves To Have A Nobel Prize
"I want to say, of course literature is just as important , but this is something in the dead of night I kind of...
As Viewers Flock To Streaming Video, One Cable Channel Keeps A Devoted Audience: Turner...
"The Atlanta-based TCM has long been the sanctuary of classic film on TV, presenting mostly pre-1980 movies commercial-free with a deep respect for moviemaking...
Here’s What It Takes To Move A 60,000-Pound Fresco By Diego Rivera
"After a four-year, multimillion-dollar undertaking involving mechanical engineers, architects, art historians, fresco experts, art handlers and riggers from the United States and Mexico, the...
Pennsylvania Ballet Changes Its Name To Philadelphia Ballet
"I by no means want anyone to think we're abandoning Pennsylvania," said executive director Shelly Power. "but it's about our identity as one of...
Soprano Pretty Yende Says She Was Strip-Searched By French Customs Agents
The South African coloratura, who is currently starring in Bellini's La Sonnambula at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, says she was detained by...
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui To Direct Geneva’s Ballet Company
Since 2015, the Moroccan-Belgian choreographer, one of Europe's most prominent contemporary dancemakers, has been artistic director of Ballet Vlaanderen in his hometown, Antwerp. At...
Australia’s Largest State Pours Money Into Culture
"A funding bonanza of more than $1.3 billion" — roughly $980 million US — "will create jobs and will place New South Wales as...
Book Blurbs Have, In Fact, Existed For Centuries
"The word 'blurb' was coined in 1907 by the comic writer Gelett Burgess but they have been around a long time. ... One of...
Venezuela Is Down To Just One Ballet Company, And That One Is Teetering
"Ballet Teresa Carreño in Caracas … is the last ballet company remaining in the country, a hallowed institution that was already on its last...
If The U.S. Won’t Do Another Federal Theatre Project, The States Should
"With state-based funding for the regional theatre system, we could return to a repertory model with full-time employment for actors and serve our local...
Documentaries That Compete For An Oscar May No Longer Compete For An Emmy, Period
The decision by the Television Academy settles the questions over "double-dipping," where a documentary that entered Oscar competition but did not get a nomination...
Outgoing Boston Symphony CEO Mark Volpe Admits In So Many Words That He Fired...
"I sat with him and explained we couldn't go forward. And I said, 'You know, you're a phenomenal teacher.' And he looks at me....
Why The Pompidou Center Is Putting Its American Branch In Jersey City
"Free space and funding, mostly (and that 15-minute PATH ride to Manhattan). In fact, the museum agreed to the four-story warehouse space sight...
Roku Says Tons Of Folks Are Watching The Shows It Picked Up From Quibi...
"According to Roku, more active accounts streamed a Roku Original in the first two weeks on the Roku Channel than the number of Quibi...
