Art and Culture

The Louisiana State Museum (LSM) system is conspicuously missing from a list of US museums recently reaccredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). LSM, which was last accredited in 2011, has had its status is under review and…
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Lyric Opera of Chicago’s coming 2026-27 season will include seven operas — “Don Giovanni,” “Omar,” “Don Pasquale,” “Hérodiade: An Opera in Concert,” “Ariadne auf Naxos,” “La traviata,” and “Susannah” — as well as the return of its…
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It's a thrilling example of progressive modernist design. Or an amorphous concrete monstrosity.Love it or hate it, Los Angeles County Museum of Art's David Geffen Galleries are officially opening. And with the 347,500-square-foot new…
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Here’s another reason for nonprofit arts organizations to make that scene change toward charitable activities. What is “news?” I was in the process of researching communications and public relations strategies and came across…
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that school officials and politicians have broad discretion to order the removal of books from school libraries as long as the removals are “reasonably” related to “legitimate…
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LONDON (AP) — On a gray afternoon in the days before Easter, a dozen or so schoolchildren straggled into a side building at Rochester Cathedral and began their transformation.Off went the jackets…
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Disney is planning to lay off as many as 1,000 employees over the next few months, Deadline has confirmed, the first cuts to come from the entertainment giant since naming its new CEO Josh D’Amaro. The company’s global…
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It’s a phenomenon that has long puzzled psychologists and philosophers alike. Given that we usually dread sadness and strive to avoid it because it feels so bad – from painful conversations to the grief of loss – why do we actively seek…
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For nearly a decade, 3Below Theaters has been offering a smorgasbord of family-friendly theater and movies in its three venues on the ground floor of a downtown San Jose parking garage.But now its movie singalongs, parodies, drag…
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South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced a series of high-profile appointments across its leading arts institutions, led by the naming of conductor and cellist Chang Han-na as the new president and chief…
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