Art and Culture

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay is Dua’s Monthly Read For March for the Service95 Book Club. While Dua's conversation with Roxane dives into the book’s themes and ripple effect on modern culture, below, writer, author and podcaster Ashley C…
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I was at a seminar yesterday given by Professor Philip Hackney of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, given (via web) at the Marxe School at Baruch College, on “Tax Policy Toward Arts Nonprofits: Democracy or…
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Regulars who feel that the complex has been politicized and are now staying away miss what the Kennedy Center offered. But they’re not all staying home, and other performing arts institutions in and around D.C. are benefiting. –…
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This year’s Edinburgh international festival will showcase American art that celebrates the creativity and energy of the US, while also exposing its cruelty and hypocrisy, its director has said.Nicola Benedetti, the Grammy-award winning…
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Are you still looking at plays and symphonies and exhibits as your starting point? A reasonable approach in 1976. Big mistake in 2026. Time is the most important variable to action. This is not the time to lazily repeat your routine.…
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This Week’s Highlights: Governments have moved past defunding culture and are now actively trying to own it. Italy’s government forced a far-right-linked conductor onto La Fenice over the explicit objections of its…
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In a notable shift, GBH's top executive said the public media broadcaster is open to merging with Boston's other major NPR station, WBUR.GBH Chief Executive Susan Goldberg raised the idea in an interview with the Boston Globe, and later…
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Benjamin Zander will conduct the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s final season in 2026-27.  File photo: Paul Mardy The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra will shut down permanently after the 2026-2027 season after 48 years of bringing…
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I won the lottery. Out of around 8,000 artists, my name was randomly chosen to be one of the 2,000 who the Irish government would pay a basic income. This pilot scheme was a test of whether a policy of supporting artists would pay off in…
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Early last year, the Basque maestro — former chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic and the Cincinnati May Festival and a very busy guest conductor — revealed his diagnosis. He has now announced that the disease has progressed and…
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