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NEWS: Musique Concrète Innovator Halim El-Dabh Dead at 96

by Arts National on September 2, 2017September 3, 2017

Composer, ethnomusicologist and educator Halim El-Dabh died on September 2. The Egyptian-American musician was 96 years old, was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1921 and died in his home in Kent, Ohio. The son of…

OPINION: 100 Days of Federal Arts Funding Chaos

by Arts National on September 1, 2017September 3, 2017

It’s been 100 days since the Trump administration announced its detailed federal budget proposal for 2018. For fans of the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, this has been 100…

NEWS: Applications Open for the 2018 Orlando Fringe Festival

by Arts National on September 1, 2017September 3, 2017

Pictured: Some of the 2017 Orlando Fringe artists. Applications for the 2018 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival are now available online. The Orlando Fringe is an unjuried (non-curated) festival for which participants are selected through…

NEWS: NEH Pledges $1 Million for Harvey-Hit Cultural Organizations

by Arts National on August 30, 2017September 3, 2017

The National Endowment for the Humanities announced today that it will award up to $1 million in emergency funding for humanities, culture, and arts organizations impacted by Hurricane Harvey. The funding will be able for emergency…

NEWS: Prison Theatre Innovator Dies at 70

by Arts National on August 29, 2017September 3, 2017

Agnes Wilcox, the founder of St. Louis, MO-based Prison Performing Arts, died on August 28. The actor and director-turned arts administrator was 70 years old. Wilcox taught on the faculty of Webster University and founded…

NEWS: Minnesota Fringe Festival Reports 2017 Numbers

by Arts National on August 24, 2017September 3, 2017

A promotional image for DUNGEON. The Minnesota Fringe Festival has announced the final statistics for its 2017 incarnation. Over 11 days, the festival attracted 46,076 butts in seats. Audiences saw 860 performances of 167 shows at 17…

NEWS: President’s Arts Committee Resigns en Masse

by Arts National on August 22, 2017September 3, 2017

The complete private membership of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities has resigned. The body, which has not met under the current presidential administration, is intended to advise the President of the United…

NEWS: American Boychoir School to Close

by Arts National on August 16, 2017September 4, 2017

The American Boychoir School announced yesterday that it was closing immediately. The school, which was founded in 1937, performed under the name American Boychoir. It trained choirboys in Grades 4-8, and had suffered deep financial…

NEWS: Santa Fe Opera Prepares for Leadership Changes

by Arts National on August 12, 2017September 3, 2017

Pictured: Charles MacKay, the General Director of Santa Fe Opera. Susan G. Marineau, the President of Santa Fe Opera, announced at the company’s August Board of Directors meeting that General Director Charles MacKay has asked the…

REVIEW: Cheeky Lysistrata Jones (Red Branch Theatre Company)

by Arts National on August 10, 2017September 3, 2017

Pictured: Diego Esmolo, Andrew Overton, Patrick Campbell, Conner Gilbert, Jason Quackenbush and Elad Ness in Red Branch Theatre Company’s Lysistrata Jones. If you like your Greek theatre topical, up-to-date and bawdy – and sung – Red Branch…

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