"If he has withdrawn those two particular songs from BMI's political license program, then the Trump administration does not have a license to play them at a political rally and they have a …
While the 2020 Salzburg Festival may not have such a global audience, it has commanded the world's attention by forging ahead against all odds. New regulations notwithstanding " including co…
Its annual study into UK media habits suggested adults " many stuck indoors " spent 40% of their waking hours in front of a screen, on average. Time spent on subscription streaming services …
Peter Marks: "Some people warn that you enter the bilious environs of social media at your peril. But I say, power up your device and be Zen about whatever transpires. Because you just might…
"Beijing has sent a clear message to the filmmaking world, that filmmakers who criticize China will be punished, but that those who play ball with its censorship strictures will be rewarded,…
Far from his native Kurdish village, escaped from Iran's Revolutionary Guard, now released from the Australian internment camp in Papua New Guinea where he wrote his award-winning No Friend …
Sunday, August 23 Perspectives Ensemble presents a two-part event: J.S. Bach: The Six Solo Cello Suites Performed by Wendy Sutter Part I: 3pm EDT (Suites 1-3) and Part II: 6pm EDT (Suites 4-…
The Burbank entertainment giant posted a net loss of $4.72 billion for the three months that ended in June, Disney said Tuesday. That's compared with the $1.43 billion in net income the comp…
Staff posted to social media but the museum's director later deleted "Black Lives Matter" from the posts. Some museum staff went on strike, and then were laid off. " The New York Times
"There is a cultural revolution happening in the United States, and people are realizing that they have the power to be more engaged with how public art is decided," explained Patricia Walsh…
"The damage rocked an already fragile Beirut to its core and wreaked havoc on the city's renowned art scene. Major art galleries, including Marfa Gallery, located close to Beirut's Port, and…
"For the first time in its 73-year history, the Edinburgh Fringe will not take place as an official live event in 2020. But this has not deterred companies and venues from developing creativ…
"With the fringe cancelled this summer, Edinburgh hopefuls are eyeing 2021 " but will it be back next year? And if so, what will it look like and what size will it be? Artists and fringe lea…
"Six years after shuttering his popular dance troupe …, its eponymous founder is relaunching the company as a conduit for digital dance films, with a project called FLTPK. … He sees his …
David Mandel: "At the end of the day, this is why we ended the show. … Sometimes I have the horrible thought of if we had filmed a show last fall that was supposed to be on right now, and …
"Superblue, as [the venture] is called, will open a series of experiential art centers (EACs for short) that won't sell precious objects, as conventional galleries do. They'll present art ex…
What remains powerful, writes Naomi Fry, is "the movie's suggestion that no struggle can take place alone. Norma Rae is heroic, but she comes into her own, as a woman, because she is fightin…
João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim were just two of many Brazilian musicians who considered pianist-singer-composer Johnny Alf a genius and his "Rapaz de Bem" the first bossa nova …
"[He] became a celebrated reporter, columnist and the top editor of The New York Post and The Daily News; a foreign correspondent for The Post and The Saturday Evening Post; and a writer for…
"The game involves some role playing. If you use only the Grammar cards, the dealer is called the Copy Chief, as in 'The Copy Chief shuffles the fifty Grammar cards.' If you mix in the Style…
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform Ellington's "Afro-Bossa" at a 1965 concert in Baghdad: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space…
"Its beauty comes from the fact that nothing you see was built before 1900." Marcel Duchamp (quoted in Virgil Thomson, Virgil Thomson) Continue reading Almanac: Marcel Duchamp on the Manh…
Says the co-director of one London theatrical PR firm, "At the end of the day, we are not the people putting on the shows, but we make a crucial contribution. What we do is bespoke, skilled …
Mass Cultural Council is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with a mission to promote excellence, inclusion, education, and diversity in the arts, humanities, and sci…
Since April, more than 20 members of the opera's costume crew have been toiling away sewing face coverings which the opera is donating to firefighters, social service agencies and front line…