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As Austin’s Elysium celebrates 25 years, a community reflects on goth’s roots and future.

Goth’s not dead: How a subculture survived over 40 years in Texas As Austin's Elysium celebrates 25 years, a community reflects on goth's roots and future.

"Welp. Apparently, theater is still in crisis. Dying even. At least according to the LA Times, who learned from “giants of the stage” by phone, while they were in New York for a meeting to talk about theater crises. This was probably over a catered lunch. Before seeing a show in the Park. In seats that could have been free to an average New Yorker.

Certainly, the nonprofit theater movement isn’t not in crisis. As the article describes, audiences and donations have been shrinking across the country. But I can’t help but wonder if, perhaps, the current regional theater leaders are the wrong meeting of the minds to fix it during their cross-country trips. "

Nonprofit Theater Isn’t Dying. The Old Regional Theater Model Is. — OnStage Blog Artists still want to create. Audiences still want to show up. Maybe nonprofit theater isn’t dying at all. Maybe the old institutional model is.

"The change - from seven notes to eight once an A4 pipe is added - represents the 17th change and the completion of about 4 per cent of the 639-year endeavour.

The last chord change took place two years ago, on 5 February 2024."

Slow build: The longest musical composition in the world changes chord The glacially paced composition has been going for nearly 25 years and today, a new note is introduced to the John Cage Organ Project Halberstadt...

"The Grateful Dead understood the importance of recording its legacy, and for six decades fans and other musicians have worked to carry that legacy forward, pushing it into new directions. But along the way, there have been a number of archivists, historians and members of the band's sound crew dedicated to recording and maintaining the band's immense collection of music and memorabilia for generations to come. In revisiting the band's history, you can see the group's collectivist spirit take shape."

The keepers of the Grateful Dead's history The Grateful Dead understood the importance of recording its legacy. A number of archivists and historians are dedicated to maintaining the band's immense collection of music and memorabilia.

"An experiment with artificial intelligence at the annual Richard Wagner festival in the southeastern German town of Bayreuth drew boos from the audience after producing a staging that appeared to leave some spectators confused.

Curator Marcus Lobbes and his team were greeted with boos and whistles as they took to the stage at the end of Saturday evening's performance of “Götterdämmerung,” German news agency dpa reported. However, there was warm applause for the singers and musicians, and particularly for conductor Christian Thielemann."

AI-assisted staging draws boos at the Richard Wagner festival in Germany An experiment with artificial intelligence at the annual Richard Wagner festival in the German town of Bayreuth has drawn boos from the audience after producing a staging that appeared to leave some spectators confused

"Musician's viral video reveals backbone behind hundreds of modern hits around the world"

'Gen Alpha Melody' Is Everywhere, Once You Hear It Musician's viral video reveals backbone behind hundreds of modern hits around the world

In honor of the Houston Shakespeare Festival, which opened last night, we are going to examine how Shakespearean English was originally pronounced.

Shakespeare: Original pronunciation (The Open University) An introduction by David and Ben Crystal to the 'Original Pronuncia...

"Whether you love a great Shakespeare play or are looking to spend the rest of the summer days with your family, the University of Houston School of Dance and Theater is returning to the Miller Outdoor Theatre stage with “The Comedy of Errors” and “The Tempest” at this year’s Houston Shakespeare Festival.

The Miller Outdoor Theatre is the perfect setting with its outdoor stage and open hills. Houstonians can sit under the vast sky and watch the festival’s performances just like in Shakespearean days."

Houston Shakespeare Festival is back at Miller Outdoor Theatre with a reimagined lead in “The Tempest” For more than five decades, the Houston Shakespeare Festival has turned summer nights into a theater tradition. See a preview of this year's production, which includes a twist on a classic.

"Kennon, who is typically an R&B singer, decided to switch to country and has a desire to combine both genres.

“I was only doing R&B, but it was kind of weird because I was already doing country music. I just would never release it. My goal is to blend both genres in my own way,” he said. “I like to have elements of indie country. It’s a little bit more spacious or free.”"

‘Deeper than the accent’: Austin artist Kennon shares his transition from R&B music to country From working with former schoolmate That Mexican OT to making demos for Chris Brown, the Prairie View A&M University alumnus discusses his journey navigating the music industry.

It's now solely the longest-leading non-holiday hit by a woman with no co-billed acts.

Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Adds Landmark 15th Week at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” notches a 15th week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, surpassing classics by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston for a record.