In 2022, Bésame Mucho’s first Los Angeles festival sold out within 12 minutes. Noting the festival’s cross-generational appeal, NBC declared that Bésame Mucho “created a cultural moment.” - SFGate
“In total, ChatGPT returned partially or entirely incorrect responses on 153 occasions, though it only acknowledged an inability to accurately respond to a query seven times,” said the researchers. - TechCrunch
The AI's role isn't to automate organization; it's to suggest connections we haven’t considered and amplify our ability to see patterns and possibilities. I like to think of it as inspiration as a service. - Every
"In the performing arts, it’s often assumed that audiences consider international or 'big-city' imports higher quality than locally-produced talent and creativity. But for decades, regional companies have been proving that false. … While these 'homegrown' companies may have relatively low profiles, they’re a crucial part of the national dance landscape." - Dance Magazine
"I contain that sort of empathetic people-pleasing person who I'm playing on the radio. ... But I'm a person under weekly deadlines, and I get freaked out and tired and irritable and don't want to talk to people and get annoyed. And I curse a lot in real life." - NPR
The shop has been building sets for other Bay Area companies for several years, and when the theatre's board closed the company in October, scenery for other shows was in progress. So the workers had a decision to make, and they made it fast. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
For many of Jeremy Reynolds's friends, $40 was too much for taking a chance on the unfamiliar. "It’s the low end of ticket prices that will keep out the casual listener, the friend of someone who wants to go, the young couple interested in trying something new for date night." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The series at the Free Library of Philadelphia regularly attracted both A-list authors and large, enthusiastic audiences. Then, this past summer, the entire Author Events staff resigned with one month's notice but were fired the next day. Here's a look into why that happened and what's come since. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum in Copenhagen is sending to Turkey a 2,000-year-old head which belongs to a bronze statue of the emperor Septimius Severus. That statue, looted from an Anatolian archaeological site in the 1960s, was returned from the Met Museum last year. - The New York Times
Attending the London opening of the musical The Devil Wears Prada (for which he composed the score), the 77-year-old said that an infection earlier this year had left him with only limited vision in one eye. - AP
"Matías Tarnopolsky will become president and CEO of the New York Philharmonic ... after six years heading the Philadelphia Orchestra, a hiring boosted by his long friendship with incoming music director Gustavo Dudamel. … (He) fills a void created when Gary Ginstling quit in July just one season into the job." - AP
"'I can honestly say to young galleries ... that I too have been wait-listed for Positions,' (ABMB director Bridget Finn) said, referring to a section of the fair earmarked for up-and-coming gallerists. 'I understand, in great depth — financially and psychologically — how fairs are a challenge.'" - The New York Times
"While American colleagues were often skeptical of the ensemble’s fondness for the Medieval, their colleagues in Europe, where the Camerata had begun touring in the 1970s, were skeptical of its exploration into Americana," an early repertoire which the Boston Camerata was among the first professional groups to explore. - Early Music America
Noseda's very active tenure (2007-2018) at the Teatro Regio cemented his international reputation, and he's currently music director at the National Symphony in Washington, DC and the Zurich Opera House. His successor in Turin is 37-year-old Andrea Battistoni, currently chief conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic. - OperaWire
"Nowadays, we often imagine ancient Mesoamerican art and architecture as colorless ... But just as with Greek and Roman statues, these artifacts were once aglow with bright colors. And not just any bright colors, but carefully chosen palettes and combinations that reflected the social, cultural, and spiritual beliefs of their creators." - Artnet
