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“As Frighteningly Relevant As Ever”: Margaret Atwood On Stephen King’s “Carrie”

"It’s one of those books that manage to dip into the collective unconscious of their own age and society. … Underneath the 'horror' …...

Nashville Will Restore The Arts Grants It Announced And Then Withdrew

"Surplus funding of $3 million from Metro’s FY23 budget, on top of $2 million that was already promised, will be directed to Metro Arts...

The Long-Lost Broadway Script That Turned Fitzgerald’s “Great Gatsby” From A Flop To A...

"The 1926 dramatisation by Owen Davis, a Pulitzer prizewinner, opened to rave reviews and became a hit that contributed to the novel’s success, bringing...

U.S. House And Senate Approve Over Half A Billion Dollars For Public Radio And...

"(Congress has) approved $535 million in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in fiscal year 2026. The funding, included in the Further Consolidated...

Could Classical European Ballet Actually Return To Iran?

The Iranian National Ballet, founded under the Shah in 1958, was disbanded by the new Islamist regime in 1979. The story of one of...

Composer Peter Eötvös Has Died At 80

A tireless advocate for contemporary music over a six-decade career, Eötvös came to international attention as a member of the Stockhausen Ensemble (1968-1976). He...

Facing Pressure To Keep Salonen, San Francisco Symphony Leadership Defends Itself

"We would love nothing more than to be able to immediately restore the number of SoundBox performances, semi-staged productions, and new commissions; to resume...

Items From Brooklyn Museum’s Period Rooms Sell For An Excellent Price

"Four period rooms that the Brooklyn Museum put up for auction (went) for as much as 30 times their low estimates." The items were...

L.A. Times Arts Columnist Carolina A. Miranda Steps Down

"Earlier this month, I accepted a buyout from the company; Friday was my last day. It’s been a great ride. … I’ve been craving...

France’s Most Popular Living Singer Will Perform At The Paris Olympics — And This...

"The possible choice for the opening ceremony of Aya Nakamura, a superstar French-Malian singer whose slang-spiced lyrics stand at some distance from academic French,...

Museum Of American Jewish History May Become Part Of The Smithsonian

"O Wednesday, several members of the U.S. House and Senate proposed a new commission that would study the possibility of transferring ownership of Philadelphia’s...

Despite Economic Turmoil And Slow-To-Return Audiences, Some Dance Organizations Are Spending Serious Money On...

For instance, the Joyce Theater in New York has purchased a six-story, 58,000-square-foot building in Manhattan's East Village. San Francisco's ODC bought its third...

Norman Foster’s Firm Designs A Billion-Dollar Office Tower For Sunset Boulevard

"The eye-catching proposal, which was formally submitted to (Los Angeles) city planning authorities this week, will transform a two-acre site on Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard...

Off-Broadway Is Prospering — And There’s A Lesson In That

"A group of commercial off-Broadway shows have bucked the trend and are packing in ticket-buyers. … Taken together, though, these off-Broadway gems offer an...

Harlem’s Apollo Theater And Opera Philadelphia Renew Their Producing Partnership

"Few details were available on the initiative, which picks up on the joint venture that brought Charlie Parker’s Yardbird and We Shall Not Be...

Georgia Lawmakers Were Going To Cap Hollywood Tax Subsidies At $1 Billion A Year....

"In February, the state House of Representatives passed a bill that would limit the tax credits that could be sold annually to 2.5% of...

Fired Colorado Public Radio Host Alleges Discrimination On Basis Of Disability

"Former host and reporter Vic Vela, who rose to prominence in recent years through his podcast about addiction, recovery and mental health, filed complaints...

Tennessee Is First State To Pass Law Protecting Songwriters And Performers From AI Infringement

"Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on legislation designed to protect songwriters, performers and other music industry professionals against the potential dangers...

Ex-Husband Of Murdered Gallerist Brent Sikkema Arrested

"Daniel Sikkema, the ex-husband of the New York art dealer Brent Sikkema, who is embroiled in allegations that he orchestrated his former partner’s murder...

One Of America’s Leading Public Art Programs, Mural Arts Philadelphia, May Lose $1 Million...

"The long-running arts organization, which specializes in project-based community programming, currently has more than $3.68 million in funding for the year. However, (Mayor Cherelle...

2024 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners: Lorrie Moore, Judy Blume, ALA

"Moore, best known as a short-story writer, won the fiction prize for her novel, I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home. …...

Meet The First B-Girl (That’s Woman Breakdancer) To Represent The U.S. In The Olympics

As a tween, Sunny Choi was a serious gymnast on an Olympic track but decided she should get a real education and job —...

For The First Time In 450 Years, Eight Panels Of Piero Della Francesca’s Augustinian...

"Museums have tried and failed in the past to assemble the (surviving) eight panels, spread among five museums in Europe and the United States,...

To This We’ve Come: Virginia School District Censors Book About A Hermaphroditic Species Of...

"The Floyd County (Va.) Public Schools have suspended a One Division, One Book community reading of Katherine Applegate’s Wishtree following complaints that the middle-grade...

Ian McKellen, About To Turn 85, Will Tour England As Falstaff

Player Kings, adapted by director Robert Icke from both parts of Shakespeare's Henry IV, is currently in Manchester and will run in London's West...
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