Higher-Ed Decries Federal 'Earnings Test' That Could Decimate Arts Education

A new "accountability" system would judge higher-education programs largely by graduates' earnings, posing unique risks for the humanities.

Full Circle launches professional musical theatre company in Adelaide
By Malcolm Sutton

Musical theatre typically draws strong audiences in Adelaide where a troupe dedicated to the genre has just launched a professional company that will produce Catch Me If You Can in November.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-04/full-circle-theatre-company-adelaide-musical-theatre/106759308

#PerformingArts #OperaandMusicalTheatre #MalcolmSutton

Full Circle launches professional musical theatre company in Adelaide

Musical theatre typically draws strong audiences in Adelaide where a troupe dedicated to the genre has just launched a professional company that will produce Catch Me If You Can in November.

Honestly, I Just Want To Sing With My Mates
Hosted by Samm Hagen, where she gets to do her favourite thing in the world…

Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/honestly-i-just-want-to-sing-with-my-mates/

#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Arts #PerformingArts #Music

Abul Mogard's disembodied arm pokes into the shot to make an adjustment to his modular setup whilst an out of focus Rafael Anton Irisarri performs alongside him in the background.

#photography #music #blackAndWhite #people #Berlin #Germany #performingArts

https://leonard.earth/2026/06/02/mogard-irisarri-morphine-raum-workshop/

Mogard & Irisarri @ Morphine Raum (Workshop)

Abul Mogard’s disembodied arm pokes into the shot to make an adjustment to his modular setup whilst an out of focus Rafael Anton Irisarri performs alongside him in the background. They gave a…

On a Variety of Topics

Carly grew up in a cult. The experience partly inspired her latest show
By Rudi Bremer

Carly Sheppard is perhaps best known for experimental performance, but a coincidental meeting with a fellow dancer convinced her to go back to her roots.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-02/carly-sheppard-the-shepherds-australian-dance-biennale/106739816

#Dance #PerformingArts #IndigenousCulture #IndigenousAustralians #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #RudiBremer

Carly grew up in a cult. The experience partly inspired her latest show

Carly Sheppard is perhaps best known for experimental performance, but a coincidental meeting with a fellow dancer convinced her to go back to her roots.

THEATRE REVIEW: "THE VIEW UPSTAIRS" - IRON CROW THEATRE
A tragic chapter of LGBTQ+ history is muddled by time travel and an impossible love story.

https://hotchka.com/the-view-upstairs-review-baltimore-iron-crow-theatre

#TheViewUpStairs #IronCrowTheatre #Entertainment #PerformingArts #Stage #Music #Musical #Baltimore

COVID-safe Bay Area Art, Performance, Livestreams, and Protests
(plus an encouragement this week to VOTE!)

🗓️ Week of May 31st - June 6th 🗓️

by #CovidConscious SF journalist Charles S. Lewis III #CSL3

✨Please help support this community service and the independent journalist who compiles it each week, even $1/month would help a great deal!✨

https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-safe-bay-159685164

#Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafeArts #CovidSafeEvents #CovidSafeFun #BayArea #SanFrancisco #PerformingArts #Activism #CSBAA

"On Friday, #US District Judge Christopher Cooper blocked, for now, the #Trump admn’s plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for two years and ordered the center to — quite literally — take Donald Trump’s name off of the building.

“Congress gave the #KennedyCenter its name, and only #Congress can change it”"
https://www.lawdork.com/p/federal-judge-ends-kennedy-center-name-change

#DonaldTrump #Politics #USPol #Law #Art #Arts #PerformingArts #News #Press #USA #UnitedStates #America

Court Orders Trump’s Name Stripped From Kennedy Center

On Friday, a fed judge in #Washington ordered #JohnFKennedy Center 4 the #PerformingArts remove #Trump’s name frm building’s facade & all official branding, finding the board’s decision 2 do so was unlawful

Judge #ChristopherRCooper of Fed District Court wrote in a 94-page order that the law Congress passed 2 establish the performing arts center made “crystal clear” the institution was 2 b named 4 President Kennedy

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/29/us/trump-news

Judge Orders President’s Name Off Kennedy Center, and He Reacts With Fury

The New York Times

Indiana University Bloomington: Breaking Away and Beyond: New Steve Tesich Collection. “A major new collection that brings together the life and work of IU alumnus Steve Tesich was added to Archives Online last week. Tesich was an Oscar-winning screenwriter, playwright, and novelist whose career stretched from the late 1960s through the mid 1990s. He was born Stojan Tešić in 1942 in Užice, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/breaking-away-and-beyond-new-steve-tesich-collection-indiana-university-bloomington/
Breaking Away and Beyond: New Steve Tesich Collection (Indiana University Bloomington)

Indiana University Bloomington: Breaking Away and Beyond: New Steve Tesich Collection. “A major new collection that brings together the life and work of IU alumnus Steve Tesich was added to A…

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