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Philadelphia’s No Name Pops Is Gifted With Philly Pops Name, Trademark, And Archives
The No Name Pops was established by former Philly Pops musicians during the old orchestra's collapse. The family of Philly Pops founder Peter Nero...
New Fund To Provide Emergency Grants To Creatives Hit By This Year’s Hurricanes
Atlanta-based nonprofit South Arts will establish the Southern Arts Relief and Recovery Fund to give unrestricted aid to writers and artists in various disciplines...
Another Prominent Antiquities Dealer Charged With Illegal Trafficking
"Prosecutors in Manhattan obtained an arrest warrant on Thursday for a high-profile, Princeton-educated antiquities dealer now based in Italy, … Edoardo Almagià, (who) has...
PEN America’s CEO To Step Down After Long, Successful, And Turbulent Tenure
During her 11-year term, Suzanne Nossel, who was previously a top exec at Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International USA, oversaw a major expansion...
“Brat” Is Collins Dictionary’s Word Of The Year For 2024
"The word, used by singer Charli XCX as the title of her sixth studio album, has been defined as 'characterized by a confident, independent,...
The Jump Scare: All About One Of Horror Movies’ Most Effective Tricks
"Carrie’s final-act stinger was a turning point for jump scares, interrupting what appeared to be a peaceful epilogue. It united viewers in a shared...
Haunting The Theater: How Directors And Designers Depict Ghosts On Stage
From the 200-year-old trick known as Pepper's Ghost to holograms and deepfakes, "a whole host of techniques have been developed to demonstrate the concept...
Nikolaj Hübbe Out As Director Of Royal Danish Ballet
After months of turmoil around allegations of drug use and bullying, the former New York City Ballet star, who led his homeland's flagship ballet...
Austin Redirected All Its Arts Funding Toward Marginalized Groups. Now Established Organizations Fear The...
Dozens of established and proven groups and individual artists have had the financial floor ripped from under them. As one company leader put it,...
Mid-Century Modern Design: A Brief History
Mid-century modern design is hard to pin down. As soon as you think you've grasped it, it re-invents itself. And while the revival of...
Revisiting Landmarks And Icons Of Mid-Century Modern Design
A package of articles considering some of the most important examples (including forgotten ones) of the style, from Eero Saarinen's Tulip table (the man...
CBS Morning News Spotlights Opera Philadelphia’s $11 Ticket Scheme
"In the nation's oldest opera house," begins correspondent Scott MacFarlane, "seats for this performance cost less than a movie ticket. Opera Philadelphia is launching...
Dance Company Jennifer Muller/The Works Re-Establishes Itself Following Its Founder’s Death
Fifty years after choreographer Muller created her troupe in New York City and a year-and-a-half after she passed away aged 78, Jennifer Muller/The Works...
Bojan Spassoff, Longtime Leader Of One Of America’s Most Prestigious Ballet Schools, Has Died...
After directing the Savannah Ballet and Ballet Oklahoma, Spassoff in 1984 took over what is now the Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia....
Most Of New Jersey’s Daily Newspapers End Their Print Editions, And One Is Closing...
"The Star-Ledger, Times of Trenton and South Jersey Times will all move to online-only editions. … But because the Ledger will shut down its...
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony In Ontario Is Out Of Bankruptcy And Back In Business
"After declaring bankruptcy just over a year ago in September 2023, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony has announced a resumption of operations, renewing a legacy that’s...
Staging A Musical In A Working Swimming Pool Onstage
No, this isn't a site-specific production at an outdoor pool or the Y. Flint Rep in Michigan actually installed onstage a working swimming pool...
What Is It About A Work of Art That Gives A Person Genuine Chills?...
A two-part essay by Ben Davis in which he considers (Part One) what exactly it is about a work that can give someone the...
A Look At The New Version Of The Chicago Manual Of Style
The 18th edition of the now-118-year-old guide has expanded sections on copyright, inclusive language (yes, it endorses the singular "they"), and how to credit...
Maurizio Pollini’s Final Recording, With His Son By His Side
"Dedicated to Schubert, it marks a welcome return to a composer whose music Pollini had not taped since the 1980s. But what makes the...
There’s No Way To Reach The Top Of Hollywood’s Corporate Ladders Because The Boomers...
"Unlike their bosses, some of whom ascended to the heights of authority in their 30s …, young professionals today … see no clear path...
Some True-Crime Podcasters Are Trying Something Different: Focusing On The Victims
"In a saturated and unregulated landscape, some creators — with little to no training on how to cover crime — try to humanize the...
Contemporary Artist Chosen To Supply Bayeux Tapestry’s Missing Panel
Most scholars believe that the enormous embroidery, which depicts the Norman Conquest, is missing a key scene: the coronation of William the Conqueror as...
How Choreographers Are Experimenting With AI
"The impact of artificial intelligence ... can already be seen across film, television and music, but to some extent dance seems insulated, as a...
Odesans Fight Back As Regional Governor Tries To Erase City’s Russian-Language History
"Where the governor sees Russian imperialism, Odesan artists, writers, musicians and scholars and their friends in Ukraine and across the world see a high-handed...