Thursday, April 4, 2024
Professors and students at the University of South Florida mapped pitch, rhythm and duration to data about algae blooms and depletion of coral reefs to create an original composition.
SOURCE: npr.org at 12:48PMSunday, March 3, 2024
The Apollo Chamber Players in Houston, Texas, create concerts in response to book banning, the refugee crisis, the war in Gaza and other world events. Thousands of people attend their perfor…
SOURCE: npr.org at 01:12PMTuesday, January 30, 2024
One of the most prestigious awards in American music, the Gershwin Prize recognizes musicians with a lifetime of contributions to popular songs. This year's winners are Elton John and Bernie…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:12AMThursday, January 11, 2024
Plenty of songs celebrate drinking. But what about music that finds joy in — well, not drinking? Music critic Sasha Frere-Jones reflects upon a few songs that have been meaningful to his s…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:12AMFriday, December 22, 2023
Every year, musicians across the country gather for what has become known as TubaChristmas — concerts range from just a few tubas to hundreds of them. (The record is 835.)
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:18PMWednesday, December 20, 2023
Members of Jenin's renowned Freedom Theatre were arrested and detained by Israeli military forces, including its artistic director and general manager, who remains in custody.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:36PMThursday, November 30, 2023
Shane MacGowan was a famously hard-drinking but brilliant musician who shot to fame in the 1980s with the folk punk band The Pogues.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:18AMTuesday, November 14, 2023
Around 250 young playwrights wrote and submitted work as part of the annual contest, Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence. Six were chosen as finalists and had their work performed.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:24AMWednesday, October 18, 2023
A 24-year-old piano prodigy, Jahari Stampley, has won one of the most prestigious awards in jazz. The competition held by the Herbie Hancock Institute is widely seen as anointing new stars.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:07PMWednesday, July 12, 2023
The National Endowment for the Arts has selected Terence Blanchard, Willard Jenkins, Amina Claudine Myers and Gary Bartz for the prestigious honor.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:03AMFriday, June 30, 2023
Arkin knew from childhood that he wanted to be an actor, and he spent a lifetime performing — the Academy Award winner appeared in more than 100 films in a career spanning over seven decad…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:55PMWednesday, October 26, 2022
The historically Black Penumbra Theatre has received millions in grants to remake itself into a center for racial healing. What will its choices reveal about regional theater's future?
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:55AMSunday, July 31, 2022
Musician and artist Tunde Olaniran is a rising star from Flint, Michigan whose exuberant work comments on serious issues such as environmental injustice and the carceral state.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:07AMTuesday, July 19, 2022
Mary Badham was 10 years old when her performance as Scout earned her an Oscar nomination. Now, six decades later, she's touring the country's stages in the Broadway version.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:07AMMonday, July 18, 2022
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar created one of the first major ensembles composed solely of African-American female dancers. She's just won one of the largest cash prizes in the arts.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:54PMMonday, June 27, 2022
Vijay Gupta was a 19-year-old violin prodigy when he joined the LA Philharmonic. Now he runs Street Symphony, an organization bringing music to clinics, jails and homeless shelters on Skid R…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:42AMTuesday, May 10, 2022
The 2022 Pulitzer Prizes in fiction, poetry, drama and other categories in arts and letters were announced in New York along with awards for journalism.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:54AMWednesday, April 13, 2022
The Library of Congress adds 25 new recordings to a national registry every year to be preserved for posterity. The 2022 list includes an album by Alicia Keys and historical broadcasts from …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:03PMThursday, March 3, 2022
The Shubert Organization has renamed Broadway's Cort Theatre in honor of the eminent actor who has won many accolades over the course of a career that spans more than six decades.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:18PMFriday, January 14, 2022
Teachout has died at the age of 65. He wrote acclaimed biographies of such arts figures as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and George Balanchine.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:42PMWednesday, January 5, 2022
David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks and Shakira all recently sold off all or part of their back catalogs. Why forgo future royalties and creative control?
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:03AMFriday, December 24, 2021
Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Stevie Nicks and Shakira all recently sold off all or part of their back catalogs. Why forgo future royalties and creative control over their songs?
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:03PMSunday, December 12, 2021
Michael R. Jackson put 20 years into polishing his audacious, autobiographical musical, and then theaters went dark. Now, 'A Strange Loop' is building buzz on its way to New York City.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:36PMTuesday, November 16, 2021
A new Apple TV+ show, The Shrink Next Door, seems to reflect a trend of non-Jewish actors playing emphatically Jewish characters, which recently caught the ire of comedian Sarah Silverman.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:06PMFriday, November 12, 2021
A new Apple+ TV show that is premiering Friday seems to reflect a trend of non-Jewish actors playing emphatically Jewish characters, which recently caught the ire of of comedian Sara Silverm…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:24AMThursday, July 22, 2021
The 44th Kennedy Center Honorees announced today include Motown founder Berry Gordy, folk icon Joni Mitchell, entertainer Bette Midler, TV impresario Lorne Michaels and opera star Justino D�…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:06AMTuesday, July 6, 2021
The beloved entertainer is often credited with having sparked a sexual revolution in Italy with her spangled midriff-baring costumes and frank lyrics about initiating sex — and falling for…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:54PMThursday, April 1, 2021
The new data show the drop in ticket sales at theaters, arts centers and orchestras in the United States, U.K. and Canada has been "catastrophic" for the performing arts.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:12PMWednesday, July 1, 2020
Nearly a thousand arts organizations across the country are receiving funds from the CARES Act. But the National Endowment for the Arts says the $44 million in grants it announced today is n…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:18PMWednesday, May 27, 2020
Kramer was a writer with an Oscar-nominated screenplay when his friends started dying mysteriously — galvanizing him to found the Gay Men's Health Crisis, and later ACT UP, to combat AIDS.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:03PMSunday, October 20, 2019
Alicia Alonso, one of the finest ballet dancers of the 20th century, died Thursday in Havana. The dancer helped start the American Ballet Theatre, then built the Cuban state ballet program.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:48AM 
