The novelist Salman Rushdie, famed for The Satanic Verses, Midnight’s Children, and others, was critically wounded Friday morning in a violent, public stabbing attack. Rushdie was preparing to speak at the Chautauqua Institute in western…
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A promotional image for the Charke-Cormier Duo’s album The Equation of Time, just released by Leaf Music.The award-winning ensemble Charke-Cormier Duo has released its third full-length album, The Equation of Time. The Canadian duo teamed up…
Tonight, opera Susannah opens at Wolf Trap Opera in Vienna, VA. This classic opera by Carlisle Floyd takes the Biblical story of Susannah and the Elders – a tale of attempted lust, sexual blackmail, and righteous…
The NSO rehearses for its Beethoven symphonic recordings at the Kennedy Center. Photo courtesy of the National Symphony Orchestra. The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and Music Director Gianandrea Noseda will digitally release the first installment of their…
The recipients of the 45th Kennedy Center Honors. Clockwise from left: Tania Léon, Amy Grant, U2, George Clooney, Gladys Knight. Original photos by Gail Hadani, Cameron Powell, Olaf Heine, Annette Nantell, and Derek Blanks. The…
The exterior of the Mead Center for American Theater, home to Arena Stage. Photo courtesy of Arena Stage. The Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announced today that Artistic Director Molly Smith will…
The oldest collegiate a cappella group in the United States has gone co-ed. The 118-year-old Yale Whiffenpoofs admitted their first female member on Monday, February 19. The decision came 30 years after a Whiffenpoof member prominently called…
The George London Foundation Awards Competition this evening had something odd going on: 1 of the 6 winners floated above the rest of the competition. This was not a reflection of relative skill, but a…
The 14 competitors at the Metropolitan Opera National Council’s Southeast Region Competition look on as the results are announced. Yesterday, 14 young men and women gathered on the stage of Spivey Hall at Clayton State…
Left: Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley. Right: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama by Amy Sherald. Photos courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. The National Portrait Gallery unveiled the latest additions to its Official Presidential…