"Every European Capital of Culture offers a unique selling point " it goes with the territory for those attempting to brave the European Commission's exacting selection process. For sheer bo…
Millennials aren't looking for lifehacks to win friends and influence people; they are looking for workable systems that will sanction and codify their behaviors. Luckily for them, philosoph…
"A pianist of percussive fire and boundless soul, with a language that pulled from hard bop, post-bop, Memphis soul and the blues, … Mabern had a strong yet supple attack at the piano, wit…
"I think things have changed. We're getting a lot more story in 30 minutes or 30 seconds in today's society. (Theater is) competing with a variety of mediums that deliver lot of entertainmen…
Back in 1809, the newly renovated Theatre at Covent Garden in London raised the cost of the cheapest tickets by half a shilling, and people fought in the streets over this for three months. …
"I am resigning from @washingtonpost as of Nov. 22 to work on my book, be home at night for my son, and see what the next chapter holds. … The Post is committed to replacing me, and it wil…
"In the past year alone, errors in books by several high-profile authors … have ignited a debate over whether publishers should take more responsibility for the accuracy of their books.  
A deteriorated oil sketch that Albert B. Roberts bought for $600 at an upstate New York auction in 2002 has turned out to be a study from circa 1620 for Van Dyck's Saint Jerome with an Angel…
"The Independent Shakespeare Co., which has put on [the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival] since 2010, said the city soon will build a $4-million permanent stage where the temporary st…
By the time Welser-Möst's extension runs out in 2027, he will have been the orchestra's music director for 25 years, one year longer than George Szell. Early in 2020, the orchestra will beg…
"In 2012, after receiving a $1.2 million grant from Google and working with computer engineers and social scientists, Davis launched the Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient, or GD-IQ, a method of…
For the time being " this season " management got what it wanted: a reduction of the orchestra's season from 52 weeks to 40. Thanks to a special donation, the musicians will be paid for next…
From 2005: George Bernard Shaw and Virgil Thomson, the two greatest music critics of modern times, got all sorts of things wrong, but even at their most willful they never failed to be both …
"I'm not sure he made a flat-out great film ever"I mean, a film as good as Chinatown, where the story works on its own terms but you know you've seen a parable about human nature delivere…
Kerry Politzer, Diagonal: A Tribute To Durval FerreiraThe pianist recruits several of her talented Pacific Northwest colleagues for this album of pieces by a Brazilian composer whose works w…
Bertoldo di Giovanni, a favorite of Lorenzo de' Medici and now the subject of a compact but comprehensive Frick Collection survey, is a Florentine sculptor who has been overshadowed by his m…
"In 32 years of annual "most endangered" designations from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Thompson Center is the youngest building ever to make the list. It's also a promi…
"The disruption in the art world is not going to come from the Internet, it's not going to come from business-people. It's coming from the artists. The artists are going to change the model …
Is it so far-fetched to wonder what could happen if " like museums, which only raised about 13% of their budgets through admissions fees and memberships in 2015 " they shifted even further a…
"In a town where everyone is always filleting everyone else, Mr. Iger floats above it all, cosseted in what some call a "a cult of nice." He may own most of the box office, but he is shielde…
Mr. Slatkin tweeted about the mistake on Monday morning, writing, "Andre deserved better." " The New York Times
A number of longtime employees at the opera house have told NPR that they are furious that the New York company is continuing its association with Domingo. These staffers believe that their …
For Aristotle, the virtues of character are not enough by themselves to work the magic of illumination that comes with exiting Plato's cave. We also need the intellectual virtues: practical …
The report, commissioned by the Global Cultural Districts Network, urges cultural districts to plan, deliver and evaluate their social impact more effectively. It says there is "more that cu…
Public life has become like a play whose audience is unwilling to suspend disbelief. Any utterance by a public figure can be unpicked in search of its ulterior motive. As cynicism grows, eve…