Good Morning, The Kennedy Center’s $257 million renovation has gone to a Minneapolis firm of about 50 people whose most ambitious listed project is a high school, and the center won’t say why (The Washington Post). The Phoenix Symphony suspends its season Nov. 1 after years of deficits, laying off 66 musicians, and a new
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Life magazine is making its long-awaited return to print on Nov. 23, exactly 90 years after its landmark 1936 debut, with a $45 quarterly publication that will forgo traditional print advertising as part of a broader push into digital content, video and live experiences. The inaugural 248-page issue, titled “Where Are We Now?,” will be
Abu Dhabi‘s Department of Culture and Tourism has unveiled plans for a concert hall dedicated to young musicians, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry before his death. Expected to open in January 2027 in the Mina Zayed port district, the Youth Orchestra Abu Dhabi will contain a 600-seat concert hall and 18 rehearsal rooms. The
About the Opportunity Ballet Hispánico, the nation’s leading American Latino dance company, seeks a new Director of Development. This is an exciting opportunity for a fundraising leader who has an abundant passion for dance and the performing arts, a deep appreciation of Latine culture, and an inherent understanding of philanthropy to inspire a wide range
A pet project of architect Frank Gehry, a smaller concert hall to complement his legendary Walt Disney Concert Hall, is taking shape in downtown Los Angeles for an opening next September. Elements Gehry devised to set it apart are already visible, as construction on the $337-million addition to the Colburn School of performing arts reveals
Microdramas released on major platforms are increasingly being generated by AI, according to a new report from Owl & Co. Two-thirds of vertical drama releases outside China in the third quarter of 2026 from 20 top platforms were AI generated, according to the consulting firm’s latest “What We Watched on Vertical” report, The Hollywood Reporter
It’s not even Halloween, but here’s an operatic Christmas story for you. This is the 75th anniversary of the first opera made for television: Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, broadcast at Yuletide in 1951 and watched by five million people across the US in a production sponsored by Hallmark. You can watch
Sacha Baron Cohen insists his new film, Ali G: Who Iz I?, is the last guerrilla comedy of its kind that he’ll make. He’s adamant. No more Borat. No more Bruno. No more Ali G. They’re too hard, he says, too risky. He’s tired of hoodwinking people to expose their prejudices, and he’s even more
Digital technology has taken over the way art is made, from photography to film to music. But a 40-year-old recording studio in Cambridge recently pushed its computers to the side for one week so today’s musicians could experience the wonders of old-school reel-to-reel equipment. On a Monday morning in September, Q Division’s main audio tech
by Herbert Lui A few years ago, I was asked for feedback on a marketing campaign. The tagline was, “Being a creator is a curse.” It felt relatable to me. When you try doing creative things, you’ll need to deal with incredibly difficult emotions. A creative idea might not work, so you’ll experience crippling doubt,
Japanese billionaire philanthropist Dr Haruhisa Handa is ending his 15-year partnership with Opera Australia, closing a significant chapter in the history of one of the company’s most recognisable flagship events, Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. Through his International Foundation for Arts and Culture, Handa helped Opera Australia establish the annual outdoor productions in 2012, alongside
On Sunday, September 20, the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles was filled with both jubilant cheers and incredulous gasps. It was the inaugural season championship of the International Dance League—and the Los Angeles–based team GRV had just pulled a stunning upset, beating Vancouver’s previously undefeated Brotherhood crew. By .43 of a point. On a
The organisation, which is based in east London, said in an email to those affected that it found out about the hack when it changed its customer relations service and the new provider Beacon CRM “experienced a cybersecurity incident that involved unauthorised access to Beacon’s systems”. View Original Article Here
Nicolas Cage is speaking out against Amazon after the company, which developed “Spider-Noir” for Prime Video, allegedly asked him to sign an AI waiver. “Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of $50 billion invested in OpenAI,” Cage said Saturday during a panel on the Empire Stage at New York Comic Con. “I
About Several books of poems have been published in recent years by Moloko Print, Statdlichter Presse, Phantom Outlaw Editions, and Cold Turkey … [Read More…] The agenda is just what it says: news of arts, media & culture delivered with attitude. Or as Rock Hudson once said in a movie: “Man is the only …
The gates to Markoff’s Haunted Forest in Dickerson, Maryland, is reminiscent of folk horror classics like “The Wicker Man.” Ryan Benk/NPR News hide caption toggle caption i Ryan Benk/NPR News It’s October and that can only mean one thing – the spooky season is in full swing. Americans are expected to spend more than $13
Arts Engines highlights the perspectives of the thought leaders and game-changers who are creating significant impact in the field of the arts. As the only arts show of its kind with an African-American host, it is produced in partnership with and distributed by Detroit Public Television, Ovation … [Read More] about About View Original Article
In headline after headline this year, American book publishers have appeared to be fighting back against generative AI, from suing Google for copyright infringement to canceling books by authors suspected of using LLMs. But behind the scenes, at least three of the Big Five US book publishers—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—have been quietly incorporating
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: A24, Netflix, Searchlight Pictures, Warner Bros., Match Factory, Neon, Universal Pictures, Everett Collection When I was a young Oscar pundit, I absorbed one essential lesson from my elders: You never want to be the early front-runner. The Oscar race was thought to operate by the logic of Mario Kart. If you’re too
Comedian Liz Miele just lost about a quarter of her income, and she’s not alone. SiriusXM has axed its Raw Comedy/Raw Dog channel, which featured a rotating roster of more than 800 comics, and replaced it with a new channel owned by A-list comedian Sebastian Maniscalco. Now, Miele and hundreds of working-class comedians have lost
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