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Stage version of ‘Frozen’ casts Canadian-born Broadway vet Caissie Levy
NEW YORK – The upcoming stage adaptation of “Frozen” has found its sisters Anna and…
Concord has a city-themed bus promoting arts fest
CONCORD, N.H. – The city of Concord now has a Concord-themed bus. The wrapped Concord…
Jazz Age design shown in textiles, furniture and more
NEW YORK – A multisensory blockbuster of a show at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design…
Q&A: Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara on tapping into her activist voice
TORONTO – Twin sisters Tegan and Sara are putting their names behind social causes in…
Campbell Soup heiress, philanthropist Dorrance Hamilton dies
PHILADELPHIA – The granddaughter of the Campbell Soup Co. founder and a philanthropist who gave…
Princeton to name 2 campus spaces for black Nobel laureates
PRINCETON, N.J. – Princeton University, among several U.S. colleges re-examining its complicated racial legacy, announced…
Saskatchewan author Cassi Smith wins $10,000 RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award
TORONTO – Saskatchewan-born Cassi Smith is the newest recipient of the $10,000 RBC Taylor Emerging…
‘Blacklist’ actor’s real-life roles: Marine, NYC firefighter
LOS ANGELES – Actor Hisham Tawfiq has played an impressive range of roles in his…
Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg, past newspaper publisher, 96, dies
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg, longtime publisher of The Chattanooga Times and a member…
Meryl Streep, Meg Ryan among readers at poetry tribute
NEW YORK – At an all-star tribute to poetry on Wednesday, Meryl Streep was thinking…
Documentary delves into life of music pioneer Clive Davis
NEW YORK – Clive Davis celebrated his legacy with the debut of a documentary about…
Buying drinks for a band: the birth of payment service Venmo
NEW YORK – It only took a few drinks — and a much-younger Iqram Magdon-Ismail…
LA’s violent uprising of 1992 returns to TV 25 years later
LOS ANGELES – Toward the end of “L.A. Burning,” a new documentary about the fiery…
Massachusetts charter school teacher is Teacher of the Year
BOSTON – A Massachusetts high school teacher who was named National Teacher of the Year…
$25M gift will guarantee travel abroad for all students
WATERVILLE, Maine – Colby College says it will use a $25 million gift to create…
A new Netflix film features a hurtling Japanese bullet train with a ticking bomb
TOKYO (AP) — The highspeed bullet train says Japan as much as Godzilla, sushi and…
Jen Psaki stepping up for MSNBC as Rachel Maddow returns to once-a-week schedule
NEW YORK (AP) — Jen Psaki is stepping up — not to a podium, but…
Review: Trombone Shorty album displays another growth spurt
Trombone Shorty, “Parking Lot Symphony” (Blue Note Records) Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews reinforces his commitment…
US students score poorly on national arts and music exam
WASHINGTON – When it comes to music and visual arts, American teenagers could use some…
Sondheim an honoree, Trump a target at annual PEN gala
NEW YORK – Stephen Sondheim, whose fellow honorees at Tuesday night’s gala for PEN America…
Martin Short strips down at environmental comedy benefit
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Martin Short stripped down to a nude bodysuit to perform a…
Federally-backed study on social impact of arts to be used to justify funding
OTTAWA – As the federal government looks to new ways to fund social programs, the…
Concert fans angry as hyped Bahamas festival is cancelled
MIAMI – Organizers of a much-hyped music festival in the Bahamas cancelled the weekend event…
Book publishers see surging interest in the US Constitution and print new editions
NEW YORK (AP) — When Random House Publisher Andrew Ward met recently with staff editors…