Art and Culture

NPR Investigations Correspondent Joe Shapiro is among the network journalists who accepted buyouts.…
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Nebraska Public Media is preparing to launch a new Omaha-focused public radio station on June 15,…
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On May 27, five public library organizations from the U.S. and Canada released a statement, addressing the Big Five publishers and digital platform providers, in response to e-book pricing models. The Association for Rural and…
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Jeremy Rothman, who for 18 seasons has been artistic administrator at the Philadelphia Orchestra, will begin in Seattle as of September 1. He succeeds Krishna Thiagarajan, who departed last year after a stormy tenure. – The…
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Wigmore Hall artistic director John GilhoolyWigmore Hall has enjoyed a 25% year-on-year rise in ticket sales since leaving Arts Council England’s national portfolio, its artistic director has saidTHIS IS NOT A PAYWALL Serious about…
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Edward Bluemel in Born With Teeth, cited in the report. Photo by Johan Persson The newly released Theatre in the UK 2026 report, compiled by the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, has shed light on the true cost…
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John Eaton, a jazz pianist who helped draw renewed attention to the Great American Songbook, championing the work of Hoagy Carmichael, George Gershwin, Fats Waller and other composers while gaining a reputation as one of Washington’s…
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Opera Australia has released its 2025 Annual Report, outlining a dramatic financial turnaround, with the company recovering strongly after posting a multi-million-dollar loss the previous year. Opera Australia’s operating deficit before…
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Sonny Rollins, pictured in 2010. (John Abbott)Sonny Rollins. What can you even say? He was the last of the Mohicans — an essential piece of jazz’s midcentury-modern picture, the only surviving subject in Art Kane’s iconic yearbook…
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The fire on September 2, 2018, began with an electrical issue, but it spiraled out of control when the hydrants next to the building proved to be dry. According to a 160-page report, the museum had been chronically underfunded for…
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