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  • New Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Director

    Pierre Terjanian, Ann and Graham Gund Director and CEO

    By: MFA - Apr 11th, 2025

    The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), announced today that Pierre Terjanian has been appointed its next Ann and Graham Gund Director and CEO. Currently the MFA’s Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Conservation, Terjanian succeeds Matthew Teitelbaum and will assume his new role on July 1, 2025.

  • Here There Are Blueberries

    Documentary About Lives of Officers at Auschwitz

    By: Victor Cordell - Apr 11th, 2025

    In 2007, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum received a photo album which alone and cross-referenced with other documents provided a new look into the lives of officers at the Auschwitz concentration camp at the end of World War II. The research process also corroborated evidence to prove the guilt of some perpetrators of war crimes.

  • 4/5/25 Worldwide Protests

    Anti-Trump Demonstrations, Marches, Town/City-Halls and more

    By: Astrid Hiemer - Apr 07th, 2025

    April 2nd and April 5th, 2025, will be remembered in American History as the first full fledged Anti-Trump, Anti-Maga, Anti-Dodge, and for Democracy peaceful multi-faceted demonstrations. Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat from Connecticut, stood up at the podium in the Senate for 25 long hours (ending 4/2/25) and spoke without a break against the current Maga support in the House of Representatives and the Senate, against President Trump and his cabinet's policies and the chaos that has ensued since January 20th. Then, on April 5th, the People of America demonstrated in various ways in all of the 50 States of the USA by the millions!

  • Streetcar Named Desire at BAM

    The Williams' Language Falls Flat

    By: Susan Hall - Apr 09th, 2025

    The Brooklyn Academy of Music recently presented A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. Directed by Rebecca Frecknall and featuring a set by Madeleine Girling, this production, which was a smash hit in London, also made a strong impression at BAM.

  • MFA Art of the Americas Reinstalled

    Celebrating 250th of the USA

    By: MFA - Apr 02nd, 2025

    “As we approach the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, we wanted to take a moment to pause and revisit some of our most beloved galleries,” said Matthew Teitelbaum, Ann and Graham Gund Director. “Thinking collaboratively and working with a spirit of curiosity, we set about to create a space for many voices to share their experience and understanding of the origin story of our country’s founding.”

  • The Art of Yielding

    Finding Strength in Suppleness (Part 2)

    By: Cheng Tong - Apr 02nd, 2025

    Compromise, another form of yielding, is essential for navigating the complexities of human interaction. By yielding on less important issues, we create space for finding common ground and achieving mutually beneficial outcomes. This approach avoids unnecessary conflict and preserves valuable relationships.

  • Summer at Peabody Essex Museum

    Making History: 200 Years of American Art from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

    By: PEM - Apr 02nd, 2025

    The exhibition delves into the extensive historic and modern collections of the first art school and museum in the United States. Established in Philadelphia in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) has long championed American art and artists and was the first art academy in the nation to admit women and Black art students for study in the 1800s.

  • Anette Miller and John Doughlas Thompson Honored

    Celebrated at Gala 2025

    By: S&Co - Mar 31st, 2025

    Shakespeare & Company has announced its Gala 2025, slated for Saturday, June 28, will honor award-winning actors Annette Miller and John Douglas Thompson. In addition to performing on its stages – including together in Richard III in 2010 – both actors are alumni of Shakespeare & Company’s Center for Actor Training, which offers acting intensives and workshops for artists at varied stages in their careers and provides the basis for the company’s aesthetic. 

  • Berta Walker Legendary Provincetown Gallerist

    Then and Now

    By: Charles Giuliano - Mar 31st, 2025

    Last October Astrid and I spent an afternoon with the legendary Provincetown gallerist, Berta Walker. The gallery is now in its 35th year. It was business as usual although artist Grace Hopkins manages the day to day operation. There were disruptions as she greeted visitors but I attempted to discuss her career as well as her famous father and grandfather. They were collectors and philanthropists. Her grandfather founded the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Her father, Hudson Walker, served on museum boards and was one of the Monuments Men during WWII.

  • Kirill Petrenko DIscusses Being Jewish

    Petrenko Has Led the Berlin Philharmonic for Five Years

    By: Susan Hall - Mar 30th, 2025

    When Kirill Petrenko was elected by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra members to lead their orchestra five years ago, people were surprised. Becauase he is Russian by birth? No, because he is a Jew. Now the Berlin PHilharmonic publishes an interview with him on what it is like for him to be Jewish.

  • Grease

    Nostalgia and Hijinks by the Bucketful at Altarena Playhouse

    By: Victor Cordell - Mar 31st, 2025

    Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski didn't expect to see each other after their summer fling, but Sandy transfers into Danny's school, Rydell High. How can Danny still be cool with his Greaser friends, yet rekindle the sensitive relationship with Sandy? And how can Sandy befriend the Pink Ladies while poaching in their territory? A great soundtrack and a ton of humor tell the story.

  • Fat Ham

    Hamlet Reimagined as a Contemporary Comic Drama

    By: Victor Cordell - Mar 29th, 2025

    Juicy, a young, thicc, gay, black man, is visited by the ghost of his father, Pap, who demands that Juicy exact revenge for Pap's murder by his brother Rev. But Juicy's disposition doesn't lean toward violence, and mother Tedra suggests that he leave the past behind. Serious themes underlie the comedy.

  • Directors New Films at Lincoln Center and MOMA

    What Is the Future of FIlm?

    By: Susan Hall - Mar 27th, 2025

    New Directors/New Films runs at MOMA and  Film at Lincoln Center from April 2 to 13.

  • Pillow Honors Norton Owen

    2025 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award

    By: Pillow - Mar 27th, 2025

    The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award is presented each year to an artist of exceptional vision and achievement, and carries a cash prize which the artist can use as they choose. As a beloved archivist and mentor, and a founder of the award-winning digital archive platform Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive, Owen has curated decades of resources, events, and creative collections for public access, providing entry points into the vast Archives at Jacob’s Pillow.

  • Laughs in Spanish at Hartford Stage

    Not So Funny

    By: Karen Isaacs - Mar 27th, 2025

    The play is set in an art gallery in Miami during the Basel Art Festival, a major cultural event. Mariana runs a small gallery and discovers that the paintings from the current exhibition have been stolen; later that day, she is hosting a reception with many affluent collectors attending.

  • The Inspector at Yale Rep

    Less is More

    By: Karen Isaacs - Mar 26th, 2025

    The primary difficulty with this production is because each “bit” is drawn out to its utmost, the play runs over two and a half hours. A tighter production would have had more effect.

  • La Jolla Playhouse Presents the New Hamilton

    3 Summers of Lincoln Soars

    By: Sharon Eubanks - Mar 24th, 2025

    3 Summers of Lincoln is a captivating production blending historical and contemporary dance and music to explore the meetings between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass during the American Civil War. Set across three summers—1862, 1863, and 1864—the play dramatizes Lincoln's leadership struggle and Douglass’ unwavering commitment to abolition.

  • Cleveland Orchestra Offers Defiant Hope at Carnegie

    Welser-Most Conducts Speaking Instruments

    By: Susan Hall - Mar 21st, 2025

    Franz Welser-Most, and the Cleveland Orchestra he will have directed longer than any other conductor, arrived at Carnegie Hall this week to bring us hope through music in these difficult times.

  • Mrs. Krishnan's Party

    Celebrating India's Onam Festival Via New Zealand

    By: Victor Cordell - Mar 21st, 2025

    In this immersive theatrical event, the title character prepares dal and rice for 100 theater goers, while she and her assistant entertain and engage with the visitors. The script, acting, and improvisation provide a fun-filled experience and a bit of learning about Indian festivities.

  • The MFA to Show Van Gogh Roulin Portraits

    Collaboration with Van Gogh Museum

    By: MFA - Mar 20th, 2025

    Organized in partnership with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits is the first exhibition devoted to the artist’s deep connection to the family and the making of their portraits. Featuring 23 works by Van Gogh—including 14 of the Roulin portraits—as well as earlier Dutch art and Japanese woodblock prints that inspired him, the exhibition includes iconic works from the MFA’s collection alongside more than 20 key loans from prominent international collections. The exhibition presents 10 letters from Joseph Roulin to Van Gogh and the artist’s siblings together for the first time, offering an intimate and tender look at their friendship.

  • Pittsfield CityJazz Festival

    Highlighta Include Count Basie Orchestra at the Colonlal

    By: Ed Bride - Mar 18th, 2025

    Here is the lineup for the nineteenth Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, which runs from April 24 through May 4 in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the cultural capital of the Berkshires.

  • Push/Pull

    Central Work's Premiere of an Innovative Piece with Unusual Subject Matter

    By: Victor Cordell - Mar 18th, 2025

    Sculpting the human body may not seem like dramatic grist, but this two-hander transcends its topic matter by incorporating universal themes. Nolan and Clark were friends from the sixth grade but went separate ways after school. Nolan seeks a professional certificate in body building. Meanwhile, Clark wants his weightlifting mentorship, believing that muscles will make him more masculine.

  • Yielding with Strength

    Bamboo as Metaphor

    By: Cheng Tong - Mar 18th, 2025

    In essence, yielding with strength is a practice of cultivating inner resilience. It is about developing the ability to adapt to change, to flow with the currents of life, and to find strength in suppleness. It is about recognizing that true power lies not in rigid control, but in the ability to yield, to adapt, and to flow.  

  • William H. Holst’s Provincetown: Point of Origin and Homecoming

    An American Modernist Painter and Educator

    By: Andrew W. Young - Mar 17th, 2025

    William Holst was in Provincetown during the summer of the seminal Forum '49. He returned to study for several more seasons absorbing Hofmann's methods which he refined and taught. He developed what some refer to as Holstian Theories which included an expansive exploration of Hofmann’s ideas, but largely carried out in black and white. While an important artist of his generation Holst is not well known today. His influence on other artists, however, is palpable.

  • Last Call Sizzles at New World Stages

    Bernstin and Von Karajan Wrestle at the Sacher Hotel in Vienna

    By: Susan Hall - Mar 16th, 2025

    You'd never know that Leonard Bernstein and Herbert von Karajan skied together. Their meeting at the Sacher Hotel in Vienna did take place and is compellingly dramatized in a new play, Last Call.