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Leading figures from the arts world in Scotland have been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours list.Christopher Hampson, chief executive and artistic director of Scottish Ballet, becomes a CBE for services to dance.Peter Lawson, chairman of Scottish Opera, is also made a CBE for services to the arts in Scotland.

A bronze bust of Sir Simon Rattle will be unveiled later this month in honour of the renowned conductor and his remarkable career.The sculpture will be unveiled on June 15, a few hours before Sir Simon conducts his final concert as the London Symphony Orchestra's (LSO) music director.It was created by Frances Segelman, aka Lady Petchey, and has been donated to the charity, Help Musicians.

Tim Sheader will become artistic director at the theatre in Covent Garden in March when he takes over from the departing Michael Longhurst, and will also serve as joint chief executive with the theatre's executive director, Henny Finch.The Donmar lost its NPO status at the end of last year, meaning that it no longer receives funding from Arts Council England.

L ondon's smaller arts and cultural venues are facing major challenges to their survival, a cross-party group of politicians has warned.Mayor Sadiq Khan has been urged by the London Assembly's economy committee to make more permanent, affordable premises available for grassroots cultural organisations - particularly those located outside the city centre.

Nine leading contemporary artists have come together to create an interactive exhibition in Barcelona for kids and anyone in touch with their inner child.Before the pandemic we had the idea of mounting an exhibition of contemporary art for people of all ages, something that children could relate to but also so that older people could relive the experience of being a child and participate as if they were children, said Martina Milla, who jointly curated the show at the Fundacio Joan Miro with Patrick Ronse, the artistic director of the Be-Part contemporary art platform in Belgium.

American interior stylist Colin King has joined Dezeen Awards 2023 as a judge.Here, he selects five projects that best reflect his studio's work.New York-based King, founder of eponymous design practice Colin King Studio, says he "emphasises passion in and out of the studio" when approaching design.

A selection of more than 70 architects, artists and designers including Carol Ross Barney, LOT-EK and Anupama Kundoo have been selected to participate in Chicago's architecture festival in the fall, organised around the theme "This Is a Rehearsal".The Chicago Architecture Biennial ( CAB) is set to return in September for its fifth edition, curated by the local art collective Floating Museum.

Creative director Giulio Cappellini, Design Week Lagos founder Titi Ogufere, design gallerist Rossana Orlandi, interiors stylist Colin King and Dutch architect Ben van Berkel have been announced as Dezeen Awards 2023 judges.Dezeen Awards 2023 launched on 15 February in partnership with Bentley Motors.

Philippe Starck unveils design for Ecuadorian skyscraper This week on Dezeen, we unveiled the design for the YOO GYE skyscraper in Guayaquil, Ecuador, by Philippe Starck's architecture and interiors studio YOO Inspired by Starck.The 176-metre-high skyscraper will be located alongside the Rio Guayas river in the centre of Ecuador's largest city and contain a total of 633 apartments.

This article is part of our Design special section about making the environment a creative partner in the design of beautiful homes.Image A sociable focal point of the ICFF show this year will be The Crossroads, an exhibition seating space featuring American furniture by 17 different design studios.Credit...via the Rockwell Group The International Contemporary Furniture Fair, a trade show of stylish household goods from more than 25 countries, is returning May 21-23 to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.

PARIS  Couture costume jewelry  made with faux gems and inexpensive metals but from the likes of Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior and other top fashion houses  is having a moment at auction.In September, when a pair of clip pendant earrings made by Lina Baretti for Chanel in 1948 came up for sale at the Paris auction house Le Brech & Associes, the high estimate was just 300 euros ($310) because they were only gold-finish metal and cannetille, a kind of fine wire threadwork, and set with faceted glass and strass, or faux gems.

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She runs the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation, which now has the go-ahead for a spot on the Mall.Reggie Barlow
The Defenders coach took his team to the XFL's version of the Super Bowl (where they blew it-oh, well).Hana Sharif
Arena Stage has named her its new artistic director, replacing Washington theater fixture Molly Smith, who's retiring.

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Associate provost and dean of the graduate school at the University of Maryland, he's also one of the people behind the Doomsday Clock.Jennifer Koh
The acclaimed violinist recently kicked off her stint as artistic director of the Kennedy Center's Fortas Chamber Music Concerts.Monica Paolicelli
The McLean resident is a player on Washington's new pro pickleball team, whose name is . . .

Several area dance companies are staging versions of The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's two-act holiday ballet.Here's where to catch Clara and the sugar plum fairies this year.in Georgetown, circa 1882.The show features over 100 performers in period costumes.Tickets start at $48.Washington BalletWarner Theatre (513 13th St., NW)  Septime Weber, the former artistic director of this DC dance company, sets his  version When Performances run now through Friday, December 30.

One of the UK's foremost artistic directors is standing down from the Kiln theatre after more than a decade of bringing politically and culturally diverse voices to the stage.Indhu Rubasingham has been the artistic director of the Kiln theatre in north London since 2012 and became the first woman of colour to run a big London theatre.

A famous London music venue is opening its doors to 15,000 young people, the majority from disadvantaged backgrounds, each year to learn skills, build confidence and make connections to equip them to work in the UK's creative industries.The Roundhouse, which hosted Pink Floyd, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, the Sex Pistols, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Patti Smith and Blondie in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, will open its state-of-the-art centre next month.

At the International Women's Day Celebration of Holly Near on March 8, 2023, Near received the inaugural Freight & Salvage Lifetime Achievement Award.The venerable Freight, which was founded in 1968, has presented countless artists over the decades representing an eclectic mix of musical genres.

By Dr. Tim Seelig-
In my now semi-retired state, the holidays are so much different than the last 70 years.I was on stage non-stop for holiday shows, productions, concerts, or church services.For the first time, I'm getting to go hear others do the holidays from a comfortable seat in the audience!We know we are destined to repeat the sins of the past.

The first public performance of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus (SFGMC) took place on November 27, 1978, at an impromptu memorial at San Francisco City Hall for Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone, who had been assassinated earlier that day by former Supervisor Dan White.The SFGMC performed "Thou, Lord, hast been our refuge" ("Herr Gott, du bist unsre Zuflucht") by Mendelssohn at the event.

Dezeen has teamed up with DesignMarch to livestream a day of talks focused on the importance of design in addressing global challenges.Watch the first two sessions here from 9:00am London time.DesignTalks is a programme of live talks taking place at the Henning Larsen Architects-designed Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Architects Pierro Lissoni and Patrik Schumacher, interior architect Andrea Cesarman, creative director Illenia Martini and designer Cyrill Gutsch have been announced as Dezeen Awards 2023 judges.Dezeen Awards 2023 launched on 15 February in partnership with Bentley Motors.Enter before 29 March to save 20 per cent on entry fees.

The fashion and entertainment industries, which have long been intertwined, converged even further on Tuesday when Louis Vuitton named Pharrell Williams, the American rapper and producer, as its new creative director for men's wear.The French luxury brand announced on Instagram that it had hired Mr. Williams about 16 months after the sudden death of its previous men's wear designer, Virgil Abloh, in 2021.

In a classical music world obsessed with anniversaries, be they grand or modest, the 150th birthday of the Russian emigre composer Sergei Rachmaninoff has inevitably drawn notice.Just as inevitably, commemorations have tended to focus on his war horses: the symphonies, piano concertos and solo piano works.

Some artists earn the multi-hyphenate label by doing two or three things.But Douglas R. Ewart works on a whole other level.That much was clear when this composer, visual artist, poet, multi-instrumentalist and instrument-maker put on a true multimedia event at the Chelsea Factory on Friday night.He gave a thrilling tour of his varied creativity in the company of a violist, cellist, bassoonist and two percussionists from the International Contemporary Ensemble whose new leader, George E. Lewis, organized the concert, making his curatorial debut with the group.

New work has always been an important element of the Vail Dance Festival: Since becoming artistic director in 2007, Damian Woetzel has commissioned over 100 pieces.This year, 10 choreographers and four composers will create new works for an eclectic assortment of performers.They include the American Ballet Theater principals Calvin Royal III, Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside; the jookin star Lil Buck; the New York City Ballet principals Sara Mearns, Tiler Peck and Roman Mejia; the contemporary dancer Melissa Toogood; and the former City Ballet principals Lauren Lovette and Robert Fairchild.

The Threepenny Opera could be considered an antiopera as much as its menacing lead character, Macheath, is an antihero.This satirical and existential piece spoofed opera and, in doing so, broke the rules and pushed the art form of musical theater forward.And this is precisely the lure for the Volksoper in Vienna.

When air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv recently, the Shchedryk Children's Choir, which was deep in rehearsal for a Christmas program, went into action.More than two dozen young singers, carrying sheet music and backpacks, rushed from the Palace of Children and Youth, their longtime practice space, to a nearby bomb shelter.

As the elder son of a Texan oil millionaire, a graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, the theatre director Michael Rudman, who has died aged 84, might have eased his way through business or politics to the highest echelons of either greasy pole.Instead, he caught the theatre bug, big time.

(Pictured above) Autumn brings the promise of rain and colder weather, which means we have fungi on our minds.Yotam Ottolenghi uses many at once with this combination of king oyster, oyster, chestnut and shiitake mushrooms, capped with dried porcini.Roast them with shallots, then saute with butter beans and a touch of mustard.

Belgian theatre director Ivo van Hove, 64, has been the artistic director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam, now Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, since 2001.His maximalist minimalist productions have included the Tony and Olivier-winning A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic, Lazarus at King's Cross theatre and Hedda Gabler at the National.

The year is roughly 1650.A merchant ship carrying goods, passengers and a highly expensive silk satin dress that will centuries later become a topic of fascination sinks, like so many other ships at the time, in the North Sea, off the Dutch island of Texel.Sand soon covered the shipwreck, which was largely forgotten until 2014, when Dutch amateur divers found the dress, almost perfectly preserved, and brought it to dry land.

Chu commented via email, "I absolutely loved 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and was thrilled to meet some of the crew at Vice President Harris's Lunar New Year celebration this year.I'm crossing my fingers for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and the entire cast and crew's continued success this awards season.

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, posing during a photo session at Paris' Opera Bastille in September 2022.Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images A hotly anticipated game of musical chairs is underway: The charismatic conductor Gustavo Dudamel is leaving Los Angeles to become the new music and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic.

Sandra Seacat, who had a modest career as an actress and a formidable one as an acting coach, putting her own spin on techniques that she had learned under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio to help Laura Dern, Marlo Thomas, Mickey Rourke and numerous other stars achieve some of their best performances, died on Jan. 17 in Santa Monica, Calif.

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep and lets us get paid to watch comedy.Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.The annual Conservative Political Action Conference kicked off outside of Washington on Wednesday.Jimmy Kimmel called it the annual gathering of the MAGA-los, saying the conference is a chance for the far right to get together and share crazy thoughts.

At a time when theaters are struggling to reach prepandemic audience levels, the New Ohio Theater, a staple for artists and independent theater companies for 30 years, announced it would present its final Manhattan performance in August.The shifting theater landscape and increased financial pressures led to the decision, said the founding artistic director, Robert Lyons, who is also a playwright and director.

Rattlestick Theater, a well-regarded Off Broadway company in the West Village, has decided to name Will Davis, a freelance director and choreographer, as its next artistic director.Davis will succeed Daniella Topol, the artistic director since 2016, who has decided to leave theater administration to pursue a career as a nurse.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man who died in January after a brutal beating by Memphis police officers, never had the chance to exhibit the photographs he took of his adopted hometown.But starting this weekend, a selection will appear on roadside billboards as part of the Desert X biennial a highly adventurous and occasionally political art exhibition that can be viewed at outdoor sites across the Palm Springs area.

All (or mostly) black watches have been around, famously making their mark when Hublot introduced the Big Bang All Black model in 2006.The black ceramic timepiece was 44.5 millimeters, and many of the black watches that followed were also generously sized.To be sure, women could, and did, wear them, but black watches designed on a smaller scale have appeared: Ralph Lauren, Dior, Chopard and Bulgari all recently introduced black watches in the 30-to-39 millimeter range.

The Thai artist Pinaree Sanpitak is known for her many depictions of femininity, with breasts being the seminal image of her oeuvre.Now, on the heels of two exhibitions and a spot at the Venice Biennale, Ms. Sanpitak's newest pieces inspired by the female form will be on display at Art Basel Miami Beach.

They join a star-studded roster of previously announced speakers including Roxane Gay, Jane Garvey, Oloni, Laura Bates, and Elif Shafak.The event, dubbed the world's biggest, most comprehensive festival celebrating women, will return to the capital from March 10 to 12.It will see a three-day roster of performances and workshops from speakers, activists, musicians, comedians, and many more.

The British choreographer Jules Cunningham is a creator of brainy, austerely meditative works that have taken on the gender-warping themes of the poet Kae Tempest and the dark emotions of the playwright Sarah Kane.Melanie Chisholm is a pop star (Sporty Spice or Mel C), a member of the Spice Girls, the all-female group that was a global sensation in the 1990s, and is still resoundingly famous.

For half a century, one of the worst catastrophes of the 20th century never even got so much as a passing mention in history books: From 1933 to 1934, around 4 million people died of hunger in Ukraine.The Soviet dictator Stalin and his regime deliberately let them starve to death  and afterwards simply pretended the atrocity had never taken place.

LONDON  When Clint Dyer was an aspiring actor in the mid-1980s, he made his first visit to the National Theater, the revered London playhouse whose productions are a showcase for the great and good of British drama.I'd never seen a stage that size, Dyer recalled recently.I'd never seen actors of that level.

Noah Cowan, former co-director of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), has died at the age of 55.Cowan's publicist confirmed he died Wednesday in Los Angeles after being diagnosed with glioblastoma in December 2021.Cowan's career climb at the festival began when he took a volunteer job at the box office in 1981.

"You motherfucker."The two words, scribbled in a notebook, convinced Cristi Miles her vision was working.Since 2020, Miles-co-artistic director of Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE)-had been dreaming up a theatrical presentation that would capture the way she felt when she first encountered Swiss photographer Robert Frank's 1959 series The Americans, via an episode of The Daily, which noted their thematic overlap with that year's unstable summer.

The sun is back.So is the amazing SF Sketchfest, so this weekend is looking like a winner already.But we have some great ideas - from compelling new movies to S.F.Ballet to an addictive lemony dessert - to help things along.As with everything these days, be sure to double check websites for any last-minute health guidelines.

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has denied seven sexual offences against a man in the early 2000s.Among the accusations against the Hollywood star, 63, are sexual touching, touching over clothing, and forcing the complainant's hand against his privates over clothing.Spacey faced the charges at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, having previously denied five allegations relating to three other men who are now in their 30s and 40s.

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has appeared in court by video-link from the Middle East accused of seven sexual offences against a man in the early 2000s.The Hollywood star, 63, faced the fresh charges on Friday, having previously denied five allegations relating to three other men, who are now aged in their 30s and 40s.

David Binder, the artistic director of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, will step down in July, as the venerable institution faces ongoing turnover and the challenge of pandemic-era rebuilding after decades of stability in its leadership team.BAM, which began presenting work in 1861 and describes itself as the nation's oldest performing arts center, long played a key role in New York's cultural life, presenting adventurous theater, film, music and dance from artists around the world.

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For the third year in a row, the Secret Lantern Society of New York City will illuminate Williamsburg's Domino Park to celebrate the beginning of winter.The Secret Lantern Society - founded in 2020 to bring light to a rather dark year - will celebrate the turn of another season on Dec. 20 by gathering at the main steps near the park's fountain for the group's now-annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival and Labyrinth of Light.

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is to appear in court accused of a further string of sex offences against a new complainant.The 63-year-old is charged with sexually assaulting the alleged male victim following reported incidents between 2001 and 2004, the Crown Prosecution Service said.Seven new charges have been authorised against the Hollywood star  three of indecent assault, three of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.

Unsold theatre tickets are to be given to people struggling with the cost of living in a cultural variation on food banks.A London scheme, to be launched in the new year, will make about 1,000 tickets available each week to those who cannot afford to pay for cultural activities.As well as theatre, the Ticket Bank will offer access to music, comedy and dance.

The winners at the event celebrating the best of London theatre, in association with Garrard, were revealed at a dinner on Sunday evening at The Ivy in the West End.The awards were hosted by Evening Standard proprietor Lord Lebedev with actress Sheridan Smith compering the ceremony.Comer was awarded the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress for her West End debut in Prima Facie.

AUSTIN, Texas  This December, you could see a familiar face taking the stage during Ballet Austin's production of "The Nutcracker."Since 1997, Ballet Austin has welcomed a different community leader to play Mother Ginger in each public show.This year, KVUE Senior Reporter Tony Plohetski will take on the role during the Sunday, Dec. 4 show!

A couple hoping to give 2,000 football shirts to children who otherwise might not receive a Christmas present said the project is a way of telling them you belong following backing from two celebrities.Paul and Lizzie Watson, both 38, have raised more than 8,600 for Kitmas 2022, a crowdfunder launched to distribute shirts through schools, community centres and food banks across the UK, and which has also spurred on others to kickstart their own Kitmases.