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04/10/2026 10:35 AM
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Dallas Symphony Raises $50 Million For Endowment
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 “The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is adding $50 million to its endowment fund, thanks to donors matching a $25 million challenge grant from the O’Donnell Foundation. … The DSO’s O’Donnell match comes three months after the Dallas Opera completed its own $25 million challenge from the Dallas foundation.” – The Dallas Morning News (MSN)
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04/10/2026 10:01 AM
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$100 Million To Turn Studio 54 Into A Proper Broadway Theater
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 “Roundabout Theater Company moved into the building in 1998 and kept its disco-era name. Now Roundabout has a $100 million plan for the first full-scale renovation of the building. The project would bring back a permanent stage, which the building hasn’t had since its disco days, and an orchestra pit.” – The New York Times
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04/10/2026 09:34 AM
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Louisiana State Museums’ Reaccreditation Put On Hold
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 “The LSM system, comprising ten museums across the state — including the New Orleans Jazz Museum, Louisiana Civil Rights Museum and historic houses — has faced lawsuits, public controversy and an unfavourable audit in recent years.” Accreditation body the American Alliance of Museums indicated that “tabling” is so that “specific issues can be addressed.” – The […]
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04/10/2026 09:02 AM
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Paramount Pictures Launches Its Own Book Publishing Imprint
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 “Operating under the products & experiences division, Paramount Global Publishing ‘will develop complementary publishing content inspired by its iconic portfolio of brands and franchises as well as generate new IP through the creation of original stories.’” – Publishers Weekly
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04/10/2026 08:30 AM
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Lyric Opera Of Chicago Expands Season, Hires Sondra Radvanovsky As Artistic Advisor
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 While the company isn’t back to the schedule it had before COVID, there will be six full productions plus one opera-in-concert, longer runs, a Haydn oratorio, and the return of the summer Broadway musical (this year, Guys and Dolls). Soprano Radvanovsky has signed on for a five-year term as artistic advisor. – Chicago Tribune
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04/10/2026 08:06 AM
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Maine’s Portland Museum Of Art Buys New Building
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 “The building, previously owned by MaineHealth, … was sold for $14 million. The plan is for the PMA to move its administrative offices to the new Free Street building, which is next door to the museum, as a way to open up space for more galleries in its main building.” – ARTnews
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04/09/2026 07:05 PM
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Good Morning
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Los Angeles’s two biggest museums are passing each other in opposite directions. The Getty Center announced it will shut down for a full year of renovations, aiming to reopen in spring 2028 just ahead of the Olympics (The New York Times). Meanwhile, LACMA’s $724 million new building — 25 years of argument made concrete — […]
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04/09/2026 03:49 PM
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Hirshhorn Museum Director To Become Guggenheim Museum Director
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 Melissa Chiu, who has led the Hirshhorn for more than a decade, is the fourth director of a Smithsonian museum to depart within the last two years, and the most recent to leave amid the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul the organization’s network of 21 museums and other cultural centers. – The New York Times
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04/09/2026 03:02 PM
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Considering The Tap Shoe
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 “You’ll never say you didn’t hear them coming.” – AP
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04/09/2026 02:31 PM
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Getty Center To Close For A Year
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 The reopening of the museum, which draws about 1.3 million visitors each year, is planned for spring 2028, shortly before the Summer Olympics come to Los Angeles. – The New York Times
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04/09/2026 02:05 PM
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Sean “Diddy” Combs’s Attorneys Argue His Prostitution Conviction Should Be Reversed On First Amendment Grounds
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 “Combs’s lawyers repeated claims they made before the trial judge, including an assertion that Combs’ films of sexual encounters between his girlfriends and male sex workers amounted to ‘amateur pornography’ and (were) protected by the First Amendment.” – AP
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04/09/2026 01:44 PM
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London’s Times Newspaper Reduces Story-Count, Increases Readership
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 Across the whole newsroom, The Times has gone from publishing more than 200 stories a day to about 150 – a 25% cut. – Press-Gazette
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04/09/2026 01:31 PM
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Our Zombie Entertainment Industrial Complex
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 Entertainment and tech companies have gotten smarter about putting consumers into bastardized flow states that leaves people feeling drained and sad rather than challenged and enlarged as selves. – Derek Thompson
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04/09/2026 01:15 PM
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Library On The US/Canada Border Gets A Door On The Canadian Side
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 For decades, people in Stanstead were allowed to walk around the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, but last year the U.S. limited access. Instead of walking a few metres, you’d have to drive down the street and go through a border crossing just to get in the front door. – CTV
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04/09/2026 01:03 PM
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The Fight To Keep A Collection Of Landmark Art From Leaving Mexico And Going To Spain
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 “One of the world’s most important collections of 20th-century Mexican art, including works by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, is set to be exported to Spain under an agreement with Banco Santander, sparking outrage among Mexico’s cultural community.” Everyone involved insists that this is a temporary loan, though many aren’t convinced. – The Guardian
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04/09/2026 12:44 PM
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What The Ambitious New LACMA Building Is Trying To Do
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 The new LACMA, which opens to members in the coming weeks and to the general public May 4, is momentous not only because of its long and often bumpy road, but because it is seeking to reinvent what an encyclopedic museum means in the modern era. – The New York Times
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04/09/2026 12:31 PM
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What’s In The New Writers Guild Contract With Movies Studios
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 The studios will kick in $321 million — a record sum — to keep the writers’ health fund solvent. The health plan changes are the centerpiece of the four-year contract reached by the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers over the weekend. – Variety
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04/09/2026 12:15 PM
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South Korea Shakes Up Its Cultural Leadership
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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 executive of the Seoul Arts Center. – Moto Perpetuo
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04/09/2026 12:01 PM
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Family-Friendly San Jose Theater Company Is Closing. Its Owners Blame City Government
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 “Scott Guggenheim, who with his wife Shannon Guggenheim owns 3Below Theaters, cited an ongoing landlord dispute as one major factor in what he called a ‘difficult’ decision. … ‘There were … specific issues — particularly around construction, signage, and commitments — that were not fully realized,’ he told the Chronicle.” – San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)
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04/09/2026 11:44 AM
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Who Likes To Be Sad? So Why Do We Seek Out Art That Makes Us Sad?
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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 it in art? – Psyche
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04/09/2026 11:31 AM
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In Praise Of Ghostwriting
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 Ghostwriting has an undeservedly bad reputation. Even without AI, some readers feel betrayed if the name on a book’s cover doesn’t tell the whole story. – The Atlantic
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04/09/2026 11:13 AM
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Disney To Lay Off 1000 Workers
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 While the layoffs are noteworthy, they are a fraction of the size of the cuts overseen by former CEO Bob Iger when he rejoined the company. From 2023 to 2025, multiple rounds eliminated some 8,000 workers, achieving cost savings of $7.5 billion. – Deadline
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04/09/2026 11:06 AM
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Can UNESCO Heritage Status Help Preserve England’s Tradition Of Choral Evensong?
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 You can make a solid argument that, except for the particular music being sung (and, today, the inclusion of girls and women), the practice of cathedral choral music is largely unchanged from the days of Elizabeth I. But declining church attendance and financial support are taking a toll. – AP
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