Arts News Headlines - Yahoo! Newshttp://news.yahoo.com/arts/ Get the latest Arts news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Arts news, including analysis and opinion on top Arts stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedThu, 07 Jun 2012 19:44:32 -04005Arts News Headlines - Yahoo! Newshttp://news.yahoo.com/arts/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifPulitzer Prize-winner Trethewey named U.S. poet laureate<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pulitzer-prize-winner-trethewey-named-u-poet-laureate-165053348.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/L6Xkt6G8w2s4.8y42hOuCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-07T235506Z_1_CBRE8561UFY00_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-US-USA-ARTS-POETLAUREATE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Tretheway, author of three poetry collections and winner of Pulitzer Prize, raises toast after she was named 19th U.S. poet laureate,during celebration in Decatur, Georgia" align="left" title="Tretheway, author of three poetry collections and winner of Pulitzer Prize, raises toast after she was named 19th U.S. poet laureate,during celebration in Decatur, Georgia" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Natasha Trethewey, author of three poetry collections and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was named on Thursday as the 19th U.S. poet laureate, becoming only the second Southerner appointed to the position. The Library of Congress, in announcing the appointment, said Trethewey would succeed Philip Levine and officially take up her duties in the fall, around the time her fourth collection, "Thrall," is due to be published. Trethewey, an English and creative writing professor at Emory University in Atlanta, won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her collection "Native ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/pulitzer-prize-winner-trethewey-named-u-poet-laureate-165053348.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 19:44:32 -0400Reuterspulitzer-prize-winner-trethewey-named-u-poet-laureate-165053348<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pulitzer-prize-winner-trethewey-named-u-poet-laureate-165053348.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/L6Xkt6G8w2s4.8y42hOuCw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-06-07T235506Z_1_CBRE8561UFY00_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-US-USA-ARTS-POETLAUREATE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Tretheway, author of three poetry collections and winner of Pulitzer Prize, raises toast after she was named 19th U.S. poet laureate,during celebration in Decatur, Georgia" align="left" title="Tretheway, author of three poetry collections and winner of Pulitzer Prize, raises toast after she was named 19th U.S. poet laureate,during celebration in Decatur, Georgia" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Natasha Trethewey, author of three poetry collections and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was named on Thursday as the 19th U.S. poet laureate, becoming only the second Southerner appointed to the position. The Library of Congress, in announcing the appointment, said Trethewey would succeed Philip Levine and officially take up her duties in the fall, around the time her fourth collection, "Thrall," is due to be published. Trethewey, an English and creative writing professor at Emory University in Atlanta, won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her collection "Native ...</p><br clear="all"/>Now clean, 'Door of Paradise' goes to Italy museum<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/now-clean-door-paradise-goes-italy-museum-144143677.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PcfOckjGzSV47z8hh6LYhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a37201b301c9e110110f6a706700cac1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this undated photo provided by the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, a woman restores the original panel of the "Door of Paradise" in Florence, Italy. The original gilded bronze door, so splendid it was dubbed the "Door of Paradise" by Michelangelo, will be seen again in Florence after 27 years of restoration to remove damage by pollution, vandalism and the wear and tear of centuries. But Lorenzo Ghiberti's 15th-century door won't be going back in its place on the baptistry of Florence's duomo, or cathedral. Starting in September, it will go on display in a Florence museum, Museo dell'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, to preserve it from renewed damage. (AP Photo/Nicol? Orsi Battaglini, Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore)" align="left" title="In this undated photo provided by the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, a woman restores the original panel of the "Door of Paradise" in Florence, Italy. The original gilded bronze door, so splendid it was dubbed the "Door of Paradise" by Michelangelo, will be seen again in Florence after 27 years of restoration to remove damage by pollution, vandalism and the wear and tear of centuries. But Lorenzo Ghiberti's 15th-century door won't be going back in its place on the baptistry of Florence's duomo, or cathedral. Starting in September, it will go on display in a Florence museum, Museo dell'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, to preserve it from renewed damage. (AP Photo/Nicol? Orsi Battaglini, Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore)" border="0" /></a>An eight-ton gilded bronze door so splendid Michelangelo dubbed it the "Door of Paradise" will be unveiled to the public again after 27 years of restoration work.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/now-clean-door-paradise-goes-italy-museum-144143677.htmlThu, 07 Jun 2012 15:08:38 -0400Associated Pressnow-clean-door-paradise-goes-italy-museum-144143677<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/now-clean-door-paradise-goes-italy-museum-144143677.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PcfOckjGzSV47z8hh6LYhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a37201b301c9e110110f6a706700cac1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this undated photo provided by the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, a woman restores the original panel of the "Door of Paradise" in Florence, Italy. The original gilded bronze door, so splendid it was dubbed the "Door of Paradise" by Michelangelo, will be seen again in Florence after 27 years of restoration to remove damage by pollution, vandalism and the wear and tear of centuries. But Lorenzo Ghiberti's 15th-century door won't be going back in its place on the baptistry of Florence's duomo, or cathedral. Starting in September, it will go on display in a Florence museum, Museo dell'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, to preserve it from renewed damage. (AP Photo/Nicol? Orsi Battaglini, Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore)" align="left" title="In this undated photo provided by the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, a woman restores the original panel of the "Door of Paradise" in Florence, Italy. The original gilded bronze door, so splendid it was dubbed the "Door of Paradise" by Michelangelo, will be seen again in Florence after 27 years of restoration to remove damage by pollution, vandalism and the wear and tear of centuries. But Lorenzo Ghiberti's 15th-century door won't be going back in its place on the baptistry of Florence's duomo, or cathedral. Starting in September, it will go on display in a Florence museum, Museo dell'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, to preserve it from renewed damage. (AP Photo/Nicol? Orsi Battaglini, Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore)" border="0" /></a>An eight-ton gilded bronze door so splendid Michelangelo dubbed it the "Door of Paradise" will be unveiled to the public again after 27 years of restoration work.</p><br clear="all"/>1st-edition Pulitzer Prize novels set for NYC saleFirst editions of all 93 Pulitzer Prize-winning works of fiction will be offered for sale at a New York auction next week.http://news.yahoo.com/1st-edition-pulitzer-prize-novels-set-nyc-sale-163758706.htmlWed, 06 Jun 2012 12:37:58 -0400Associated Press1st-edition-pulitzer-prize-novels-set-nyc-sale-163758706National Symphony Orchestra plans 2013 Europe tourThe National Symphony Orchestra in Washington plans to visit Europe this winter in its second international tour under Christoph Eschenbach.http://news.yahoo.com/national-symphony-orchestra-plans-2013-europe-tour-181115760.htmlTue, 05 Jun 2012 14:21:21 -0400Associated Pressnational-symphony-orchestra-plans-2013-europe-tour-181115760Art Institute of Chicago hosts Lichtenstein show<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/art-institute-chicago-hosts-lichtenstein-show-162045728.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_TKmTWhR2W2niT_acZhjlA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/aad2ab0ab40b960f110f6a70670075a2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 11, 2012 photo, Dorothy Lichtenstein, widow of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, stands between his artworks ?Cold Shoulder,? left, and ?Masterpiece? at the Art Institute of Chicago. The museum has opened ?Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective,? which runs through Sept. 3 before traveling to Washington, London and Paris. (AP Photo/Caryn Rousseau)" align="left" title="In this May 11, 2012 photo, Dorothy Lichtenstein, widow of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, stands between his artworks ?Cold Shoulder,? left, and ?Masterpiece? at the Art Institute of Chicago. The museum has opened ?Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective,? which runs through Sept. 3 before traveling to Washington, London and Paris. (AP Photo/Caryn Rousseau)" border="0" /></a>Nearly 15 years after his death, fans of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein can take in a comprehensive exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago that spans his famous cartoons from the 1960s to more muted Asian-inspired works from the 1990s.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/art-institute-chicago-hosts-lichtenstein-show-162045728.htmlMon, 04 Jun 2012 12:32:15 -0400Associated Pressart-institute-chicago-hosts-lichtenstein-show-162045728<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/art-institute-chicago-hosts-lichtenstein-show-162045728.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_TKmTWhR2W2niT_acZhjlA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/aad2ab0ab40b960f110f6a70670075a2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 11, 2012 photo, Dorothy Lichtenstein, widow of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, stands between his artworks ?Cold Shoulder,? left, and ?Masterpiece? at the Art Institute of Chicago. The museum has opened ?Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective,? which runs through Sept. 3 before traveling to Washington, London and Paris. (AP Photo/Caryn Rousseau)" align="left" title="In this May 11, 2012 photo, Dorothy Lichtenstein, widow of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, stands between his artworks ?Cold Shoulder,? left, and ?Masterpiece? at the Art Institute of Chicago. The museum has opened ?Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective,? which runs through Sept. 3 before traveling to Washington, London and Paris. (AP Photo/Caryn Rousseau)" border="0" /></a>Nearly 15 years after his death, fans of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein can take in a comprehensive exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago that spans his famous cartoons from the 1960s to more muted Asian-inspired works from the 1990s.</p><br clear="all"/>NYC exhibition evokes Claude Monet's flower garden<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-exhibition-evokes-claude-monets-flower-garden-160155485.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PTl9d03Vy.enYHXqs1ZZow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3de1de78818c6b0f110f6a70670038c0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 26, 2012 photo, a replica of the facade of French impressionist artist Claude Monet?s pink stucco house is featured in an exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden in New York. ?Monet?s Garden,? evokes the artist?s garden at Giverny, his home in France from 1883 until his death in 1926. It runs through Oct. 21. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)" align="left" title="In this May 26, 2012 photo, a replica of the facade of French impressionist artist Claude Monet?s pink stucco house is featured in an exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden in New York. ?Monet?s Garden,? evokes the artist?s garden at Giverny, his home in France from 1883 until his death in 1926. It runs through Oct. 21. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)" border="0" /></a>Claude Monet's beloved flower and water gardens in the north of France are world-famous. But for those unable to visit the artist's iconic home, a trip to the Bronx over the next several months will offer a taste of Monet's indisputably radiant living masterpiece ? a riotous display of color, plant variety and landscape design.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-exhibition-evokes-claude-monets-flower-garden-160155485.htmlMon, 04 Jun 2012 08:48:25 -0400Associated Pressnyc-exhibition-evokes-claude-monets-flower-garden-160155485<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-exhibition-evokes-claude-monets-flower-garden-160155485.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PTl9d03Vy.enYHXqs1ZZow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3de1de78818c6b0f110f6a70670038c0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 26, 2012 photo, a replica of the facade of French impressionist artist Claude Monet?s pink stucco house is featured in an exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden in New York. ?Monet?s Garden,? evokes the artist?s garden at Giverny, his home in France from 1883 until his death in 1926. It runs through Oct. 21. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)" align="left" title="In this May 26, 2012 photo, a replica of the facade of French impressionist artist Claude Monet?s pink stucco house is featured in an exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden in New York. ?Monet?s Garden,? evokes the artist?s garden at Giverny, his home in France from 1883 until his death in 1926. It runs through Oct. 21. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)" border="0" /></a>Claude Monet's beloved flower and water gardens in the north of France are world-famous. But for those unable to visit the artist's iconic home, a trip to the Bronx over the next several months will offer a taste of Monet's indisputably radiant living masterpiece ? a riotous display of color, plant variety and landscape design.</p><br clear="all"/>Detroit Symphony resolves bank loans tied to venueThe Detroit Symphony Orchestra announced Thursday that it has resolved $54 million in loans owed to five banks on a real estate deal for the Max M. Fisher Music Center, allowing the 125-year-old orchestra to more confidently move ahead in its financial recovery.http://news.yahoo.com/detroit-symphony-resolves-bank-loans-tied-venue-042106107.htmlThu, 31 May 2012 09:58:36 -0400Associated Pressdetroit-symphony-resolves-bank-loans-tied-venue-042106107Wayne Newton denies museum developer allegationsWayne Newton's lawyers are denying allegations of mismanagement, animal abuse and sexual harassment lodged in a lawsuit against the Las Vegas entertainer by a business associate. And they're responding with counterclaims alleging breach of contract and fraud.http://news.yahoo.com/wayne-newton-denies-museum-developer-allegations-001144775.htmlWed, 30 May 2012 20:12:42 -0400Associated Presswayne-newton-denies-museum-developer-allegations-001144775North Carolina folk artist Doc Watson dies at 89<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/folk-artist-doc-watson-dies-age-89-north-002718916.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EWrdVHl0UFMcYP_UavxFSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-30T031331Z_4_CBRE84T02J900_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-USA-DOCWATSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Publicity photo of bluegrass musician Doc Watson" align="left" title="Publicity photo of bluegrass musician Doc Watson" border="0" /></a>WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Grammy-winning U.S. guitarist and folk singer Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson died on Tuesday in a North Carolina hospital at age 89, his management company said. Watson died at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, following abdominal surgery last week, Folklore Productions International said in a statement. "Doc was a legendary performer who blended his traditional Appalachian musical roots with bluegrass, country, gospel and blues to create a unique style and an expansive repertoire," the statement said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/folk-artist-doc-watson-dies-age-89-north-002718916.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 23:13:31 -0400Reutersfolk-artist-doc-watson-dies-age-89-north-002718916<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/folk-artist-doc-watson-dies-age-89-north-002718916.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EWrdVHl0UFMcYP_UavxFSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-30T031331Z_4_CBRE84T02J900_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-USA-DOCWATSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Publicity photo of bluegrass musician Doc Watson" align="left" title="Publicity photo of bluegrass musician Doc Watson" border="0" /></a>WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Grammy-winning U.S. guitarist and folk singer Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson died on Tuesday in a North Carolina hospital at age 89, his management company said. Watson died at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, following abdominal surgery last week, Folklore Productions International said in a statement. "Doc was a legendary performer who blended his traditional Appalachian musical roots with bluegrass, country, gospel and blues to create a unique style and an expansive repertoire," the statement said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Polish orchestra plays Mozart's Requiem in protest<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/polish-orchestra-plays-mozarts-requiem-protest-162654952.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qgQxxsS4khKUF9cTllpBlA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/65d545291a0f090f110f6a706700bc33.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The orchestra, choir and soloists of the Chamber Opera that specializes in Mozart's music perform his Requiem, the Funeral Mass in front of the Culture Ministry in Warsaw, Poland on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 to protest recent cuts in the opera's budget and to seek government protection. The 50-year-old opera, which is famous for its annual festivals of all of Mozart's stage works, says it will have to close in summer if it gets no additional funds.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)" align="left" title="The orchestra, choir and soloists of the Chamber Opera that specializes in Mozart's music perform his Requiem, the Funeral Mass in front of the Culture Ministry in Warsaw, Poland on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 to protest recent cuts in the opera's budget and to seek government protection. The 50-year-old opera, which is famous for its annual festivals of all of Mozart's stage works, says it will have to close in summer if it gets no additional funds.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)" border="0" /></a>A Polish opera house has played Mozart's Requiem ? a funeral piece ? in front of the Culture Ministry in Warsaw to protest cuts to its budget.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/polish-orchestra-plays-mozarts-requiem-protest-162654952.htmlTue, 29 May 2012 12:27:24 -0400Associated Presspolish-orchestra-plays-mozarts-requiem-protest-162654952<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/polish-orchestra-plays-mozarts-requiem-protest-162654952.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qgQxxsS4khKUF9cTllpBlA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/65d545291a0f090f110f6a706700bc33.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The orchestra, choir and soloists of the Chamber Opera that specializes in Mozart's music perform his Requiem, the Funeral Mass in front of the Culture Ministry in Warsaw, Poland on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 to protest recent cuts in the opera's budget and to seek government protection. The 50-year-old opera, which is famous for its annual festivals of all of Mozart's stage works, says it will have to close in summer if it gets no additional funds.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)" align="left" title="The orchestra, choir and soloists of the Chamber Opera that specializes in Mozart's music perform his Requiem, the Funeral Mass in front of the Culture Ministry in Warsaw, Poland on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 to protest recent cuts in the opera's budget and to seek government protection. The 50-year-old opera, which is famous for its annual festivals of all of Mozart's stage works, says it will have to close in summer if it gets no additional funds.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)" border="0" /></a>A Polish opera house has played Mozart's Requiem ? a funeral piece ? in front of the Culture Ministry in Warsaw to protest cuts to its budget.</p><br clear="all"/>Utah Symphony violinist to retire after 69 yearsThe longest-tenured member of the Utah Symphony is calling it quits.http://news.yahoo.com/utah-symphony-violinist-retire-69-years-204309150.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 16:43:09 -0400Associated Pressutah-symphony-violinist-retire-69-years-204309150Folk artist Doc Watson's responsive after surgery: agentWINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson remained in critical condition on Friday but had regained some strength after undergoing colon surgery at a North Carolina hospital, according to his management team. A statement on Folklore Productions International's website said the 89-year-old performer was "resting and responsive" following his surgery on Thursday. "The family appreciates everyone's prayers and good wishes," the statement said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/folk-artist-doc-watsons-responsive-surgery-agent-223755988.htmlFri, 25 May 2012 18:37:55 -0400Reutersfolk-artist-doc-watsons-responsive-surgery-agent-223755988After NYC beer museum tour, hop on over to its bar<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-beer-museum-tour-hop-over-bar-062542798.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KaXomzonAPg3KoePOh.R4g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/73fe4c97b0a69d0e100f6a706700c2b4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated photo provided by the New-York Historical Society shows a Currier & Ives color lithograph ?Fresh Cool Lager Beer,? dated 1877-1894, which will be a part of the uncoming exhibit "Beer Here," featuring a small beer hall and the chance to try a selection of New York City and state artisanal beers. (AP Photo/ New-York Historical Society)" align="left" title="This undated photo provided by the New-York Historical Society shows a Currier & Ives color lithograph ?Fresh Cool Lager Beer,? dated 1877-1894, which will be a part of the uncoming exhibit "Beer Here," featuring a small beer hall and the chance to try a selection of New York City and state artisanal beers. (AP Photo/ New-York Historical Society)" border="0" /></a>Beer was hip in New York long before hipsters were into craft brews, according to a new exhibit at the New-York Historical Society that traces the history of beer all the way back to drunken Colonial times.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-beer-museum-tour-hop-over-bar-062542798.htmlFri, 25 May 2012 09:25:07 -0400Associated Pressnyc-beer-museum-tour-hop-over-bar-062542798<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nyc-beer-museum-tour-hop-over-bar-062542798.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KaXomzonAPg3KoePOh.R4g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/73fe4c97b0a69d0e100f6a706700c2b4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated photo provided by the New-York Historical Society shows a Currier & Ives color lithograph ?Fresh Cool Lager Beer,? dated 1877-1894, which will be a part of the uncoming exhibit "Beer Here," featuring a small beer hall and the chance to try a selection of New York City and state artisanal beers. (AP Photo/ New-York Historical Society)" align="left" title="This undated photo provided by the New-York Historical Society shows a Currier & Ives color lithograph ?Fresh Cool Lager Beer,? dated 1877-1894, which will be a part of the uncoming exhibit "Beer Here," featuring a small beer hall and the chance to try a selection of New York City and state artisanal beers. (AP Photo/ New-York Historical Society)" border="0" /></a>Beer was hip in New York long before hipsters were into craft brews, according to a new exhibit at the New-York Historical Society that traces the history of beer all the way back to drunken Colonial times.</p><br clear="all"/>New Duerer exhibit focuses on artist's early years<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/duerer-exhibit-focuses-artists-early-years-101033274.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uuprpOHtLdZkV1tjeuRV0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ca3c706997f58a0e100f6a7067005408.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="TO GO WITH STORY SLUGGED ' GERMANY DUERER EXHIBIT' - FILE - In this May 22, 2012 file picture a visitor looks at drawings at the Albrecht Duerer exhibition during a press preview in the Germanisches Museum in Nuremberg, Germany. . Germany's biggest exhibit of works by the German artist Albrecht Duerer will open to the public from May 24 until Sept. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader,File)" align="left" title="TO GO WITH STORY SLUGGED ' GERMANY DUERER EXHIBIT' - FILE - In this May 22, 2012 file picture a visitor looks at drawings at the Albrecht Duerer exhibition during a press preview in the Germanisches Museum in Nuremberg, Germany. . Germany's biggest exhibit of works by the German artist Albrecht Duerer will open to the public from May 24 until Sept. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader,File)" border="0" /></a>A new exhibit in Albrecht Duerer's hometown opened Thursday, bringing together works by the German Renaissance artist from a dozen countries with a focus on his formative early years.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/duerer-exhibit-focuses-artists-early-years-101033274.htmlThu, 24 May 2012 09:05:03 -0400Associated Pressduerer-exhibit-focuses-artists-early-years-101033274<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/duerer-exhibit-focuses-artists-early-years-101033274.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uuprpOHtLdZkV1tjeuRV0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ca3c706997f58a0e100f6a7067005408.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="TO GO WITH STORY SLUGGED ' GERMANY DUERER EXHIBIT' - FILE - In this May 22, 2012 file picture a visitor looks at drawings at the Albrecht Duerer exhibition during a press preview in the Germanisches Museum in Nuremberg, Germany. . Germany's biggest exhibit of works by the German artist Albrecht Duerer will open to the public from May 24 until Sept. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader,File)" align="left" title="TO GO WITH STORY SLUGGED ' GERMANY DUERER EXHIBIT' - FILE - In this May 22, 2012 file picture a visitor looks at drawings at the Albrecht Duerer exhibition during a press preview in the Germanisches Museum in Nuremberg, Germany. . Germany's biggest exhibit of works by the German artist Albrecht Duerer will open to the public from May 24 until Sept. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader,File)" border="0" /></a>A new exhibit in Albrecht Duerer's hometown opened Thursday, bringing together works by the German Renaissance artist from a dozen countries with a focus on his formative early years.</p><br clear="all"/>LA museum to unveil artist's big rock work in JuneA rockin' good time is planned next month when the Los Angeles County Museum of Art pulls the covers off artist Michael Heizer's latest creation ? a 340-ton boulder positioned to appear as though it's floating in mid-air.http://news.yahoo.com/la-museum-unveil-artists-big-rock-june-210610044.htmlWed, 23 May 2012 08:50:54 -0400Associated Pressla-museum-unveil-artists-big-rock-june-210610044UK virtual orchestra puts you in conductor's standA London museum is putting the conductor's baton in visitors' hands, allowing guests to direct a virtual orchestra using three-dimensional motion sensors.http://news.yahoo.com/uk-virtual-orchestra-puts-conductors-stand-144742480.htmlTue, 22 May 2012 13:06:56 -0400Associated Pressuk-virtual-orchestra-puts-conductors-stand-144742480Police arrest artist setting up 'I Love NY' workAn artist who was setting up an illuminated "I Love New York"-themed public art display in Brooklyn was arrested after the wired contraption was mistaken for an explosive device.http://news.yahoo.com/police-arrest-artist-setting-love-ny-111241717.htmlMon, 21 May 2012 17:56:44 -0400Associated Presspolice-arrest-artist-setting-love-ny-111241717Spirited singing fails to enliven Mozart opera<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spirited-singing-fails-enliven-mozart-opera-201617917.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DUyDOMgFOfTLB3fyxJUlaw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bf3dafc41714120e100f6a7067006a2c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken Monday, May 7, 2012, Chen Reiss in the role of Servilia and Serena Malfi as Annio, from left, perform during a dress rehearsal for the opera "La Clemenza di Tito" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the State Opera in Vienna, Austria. (AP Photo/Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Poehn)" align="left" title="In this photo taken Monday, May 7, 2012, Chen Reiss in the role of Servilia and Serena Malfi as Annio, from left, perform during a dress rehearsal for the opera "La Clemenza di Tito" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the State Opera in Vienna, Austria. (AP Photo/Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Poehn)" border="0" /></a>All the lovely singing fails to save the Vienna State Opera's new production of Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito."</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/spirited-singing-fails-enliven-mozart-opera-201617917.htmlSat, 19 May 2012 06:33:49 -0400Associated Pressspirited-singing-fails-enliven-mozart-opera-201617917<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spirited-singing-fails-enliven-mozart-opera-201617917.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DUyDOMgFOfTLB3fyxJUlaw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bf3dafc41714120e100f6a7067006a2c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo taken Monday, May 7, 2012, Chen Reiss in the role of Servilia and Serena Malfi as Annio, from left, perform during a dress rehearsal for the opera "La Clemenza di Tito" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the State Opera in Vienna, Austria. (AP Photo/Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Poehn)" align="left" title="In this photo taken Monday, May 7, 2012, Chen Reiss in the role of Servilia and Serena Malfi as Annio, from left, perform during a dress rehearsal for the opera "La Clemenza di Tito" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the State Opera in Vienna, Austria. (AP Photo/Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Poehn)" border="0" /></a>All the lovely singing fails to save the Vienna State Opera's new production of Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito."</p><br clear="all"/>German baritone opera singer Fischer-Dieskau dead<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/german-baritone-opera-singer-fischer-dieskau-dead-154316266.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_0hnUXd2nUE01bqbl4jUSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c9ebace3fea6000d100f6a7067003fe7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2006 file picture German opera singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau attends an awards ceremony in Berlin. A German opera house says renowned baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau has died. He was 86. Berlin's Deutsche Oper said the singer of opera and artistic songs died Friday May 18, 2012 at his home in Bavaria in southern Germany. (AP Photo/dapd/ Oliver Lang, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2006 file picture German opera singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau attends an awards ceremony in Berlin. A German opera house says renowned baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau has died. He was 86. Berlin's Deutsche Oper said the singer of opera and artistic songs died Friday May 18, 2012 at his home in Bavaria in southern Germany. (AP Photo/dapd/ Oliver Lang, File)" border="0" /></a>Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the renowned German baritone who performed for more than five decades on stages in Berlin, Vienna, London and New York, died Friday. He was 86.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/german-baritone-opera-singer-fischer-dieskau-dead-154316266.htmlFri, 18 May 2012 19:37:17 -0400Associated Pressgerman-baritone-opera-singer-fischer-dieskau-dead-154316266<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/german-baritone-opera-singer-fischer-dieskau-dead-154316266.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_0hnUXd2nUE01bqbl4jUSw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c9ebace3fea6000d100f6a7067003fe7.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2006 file picture German opera singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau attends an awards ceremony in Berlin. A German opera house says renowned baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau has died. He was 86. Berlin's Deutsche Oper said the singer of opera and artistic songs died Friday May 18, 2012 at his home in Bavaria in southern Germany. (AP Photo/dapd/ Oliver Lang, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2006 file picture German opera singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau attends an awards ceremony in Berlin. A German opera house says renowned baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau has died. He was 86. Berlin's Deutsche Oper said the singer of opera and artistic songs died Friday May 18, 2012 at his home in Bavaria in southern Germany. (AP Photo/dapd/ Oliver Lang, File)" border="0" /></a>Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the renowned German baritone who performed for more than five decades on stages in Berlin, Vienna, London and New York, died Friday. He was 86.</p><br clear="all"/>Warsaw fires architect of planned art museumOfficials have fired the Swiss architect tapped to design an ambitious museum of modern art in Poland's capital, throwing the whole project off track.http://news.yahoo.com/warsaw-fires-architect-planned-art-museum-151647154.htmlFri, 18 May 2012 11:16:50 -0400Associated Presswarsaw-fires-architect-planned-art-museum-151647154Wayne Newton sued over Las Vegas home museum plans<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wayne-newton-sued-over-las-vegas-home-museum-005119045.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2cxtJyD9u4zHTVkvb7ZgfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0c3db5d6fbc4f20d0f0f6a7067008d43.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, Entertainer Wayne Newton performs during the 100th Anniversary celebration of Arizona's statehood, at the Capitol in Phoenix. The company that purchased the rights to convert Newton's home into "Graceland West" filed a lawsuit this week in Las Vegas against Newton, his wife and her 76-year-old mother that claims the family unreasonably delayed the project to ensure it never opens. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, Entertainer Wayne Newton performs during the 100th Anniversary celebration of Arizona's statehood, at the Capitol in Phoenix. The company that purchased the rights to convert Newton's home into "Graceland West" filed a lawsuit this week in Las Vegas against Newton, his wife and her 76-year-old mother that claims the family unreasonably delayed the project to ensure it never opens. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)" border="0" /></a>Plans to turn Wayne Newton's sprawling Las Vegas estate into a celebrity museum have shifted into an ugly legal battle citing mismanagement, animal abuse and sexual harassment.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wayne-newton-sued-over-las-vegas-home-museum-005119045.htmlThu, 17 May 2012 23:10:59 -0400Associated Presswayne-newton-sued-over-las-vegas-home-museum-005119045<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wayne-newton-sued-over-las-vegas-home-museum-005119045.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2cxtJyD9u4zHTVkvb7ZgfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/0c3db5d6fbc4f20d0f0f6a7067008d43.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, Entertainer Wayne Newton performs during the 100th Anniversary celebration of Arizona's statehood, at the Capitol in Phoenix. The company that purchased the rights to convert Newton's home into "Graceland West" filed a lawsuit this week in Las Vegas against Newton, his wife and her 76-year-old mother that claims the family unreasonably delayed the project to ensure it never opens. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, Entertainer Wayne Newton performs during the 100th Anniversary celebration of Arizona's statehood, at the Capitol in Phoenix. The company that purchased the rights to convert Newton's home into "Graceland West" filed a lawsuit this week in Las Vegas against Newton, his wife and her 76-year-old mother that claims the family unreasonably delayed the project to ensure it never opens. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)" border="0" /></a>Plans to turn Wayne Newton's sprawling Las Vegas estate into a celebrity museum have shifted into an ugly legal battle citing mismanagement, animal abuse and sexual harassment.</p><br clear="all"/>Mattila withdraws from new Met Opera 'Ballo'Soprano Karita Mattila has withdrawn from the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball)."http://news.yahoo.com/mattila-withdraws-met-opera-ballo-235459280.htmlThu, 17 May 2012 19:54:59 -0400Associated Pressmattila-withdraws-met-opera-ballo-235459280Canada museum kills masturbation video after outcryOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's federal science museum has removed an animated video showing youth masturbating from an upcoming sex exhibit following a public outcry, a museum spokesman said. The Canada Science and Technology Museum will open the "Sex: A Tell-all Exhibition" on Thursday as planned despite strong criticism from Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore, who has called it an insult to taxpayers. ...http://news.yahoo.com/canada-museum-kills-masturbation-video-outcry-162016463.htmlThu, 17 May 2012 12:20:16 -0400Reuterscanada-museum-kills-masturbation-video-outcry-162016463Rodin Museum in Philadelphia to reopen in July<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rodin-museum-philadelphia-reopen-july-223413065.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XXxx1u4GiGzysMgfhKqbhw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a33b86eccc67d60d0f0f6a7067005d97.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is displayed at the entrance to the grounds of the Rodin Museum on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Philadelphia. After a three-year renovation, the museum is scheduled to reopen to the public on July 13. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" align="left" title="Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is displayed at the entrance to the grounds of the Rodin Museum on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Philadelphia. After a three-year renovation, the museum is scheduled to reopen to the public on July 13. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia is getting ready to reopen after three years of renovations.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/rodin-museum-philadelphia-reopen-july-223413065.htmlThu, 17 May 2012 08:42:11 -0400Associated Pressrodin-museum-philadelphia-reopen-july-223413065<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rodin-museum-philadelphia-reopen-july-223413065.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XXxx1u4GiGzysMgfhKqbhw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/a33b86eccc67d60d0f0f6a7067005d97.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is displayed at the entrance to the grounds of the Rodin Museum on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Philadelphia. After a three-year renovation, the museum is scheduled to reopen to the public on July 13. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" align="left" title="Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is displayed at the entrance to the grounds of the Rodin Museum on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in Philadelphia. After a three-year renovation, the museum is scheduled to reopen to the public on July 13. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia is getting ready to reopen after three years of renovations.</p><br clear="all"/>Book Talk: Museum conservator finds life in automaton<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/book-talk-museum-conservator-finds-life-automaton-100207340.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eNfo3YnHrjkfslZLAK0myw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-17T100207Z_1_CBRE84G0RVN00_RTROPTP_2_REVIEW-US-BOOKS-AUTHORS-CAREY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Author Peter Carey poses for a photograph in New York City's Soho neighborhood" align="left" title="Author Peter Carey poses for a photograph in New York City's Soho neighborhood" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A museum conservator and horologist loses her colleague and married lover of 13 years, forcing her to use the intricate restoration of a 19th century automaton and the diaries of the man who commissioned it as the means to cope with her grief. Set in London in 2010, "The Chemistry of Tears" is the 12th novel by Australian-born Peter Carey, winner of two Booker Prizes for "Oscar and Lucinda" and "True History of the Kelly Gang". ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/book-talk-museum-conservator-finds-life-automaton-100207340.htmlThu, 17 May 2012 06:02:07 -0400Reutersbook-talk-museum-conservator-finds-life-automaton-100207340<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/book-talk-museum-conservator-finds-life-automaton-100207340.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eNfo3YnHrjkfslZLAK0myw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-17T100207Z_1_CBRE84G0RVN00_RTROPTP_2_REVIEW-US-BOOKS-AUTHORS-CAREY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Author Peter Carey poses for a photograph in New York City's Soho neighborhood" align="left" title="Author Peter Carey poses for a photograph in New York City's Soho neighborhood" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A museum conservator and horologist loses her colleague and married lover of 13 years, forcing her to use the intricate restoration of a 19th century automaton and the diaries of the man who commissioned it as the means to cope with her grief. Set in London in 2010, "The Chemistry of Tears" is the 12th novel by Australian-born Peter Carey, winner of two Booker Prizes for "Oscar and Lucinda" and "True History of the Kelly Gang". ...</p><br clear="all"/>'Newsies' choreographer draws on his background<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/newsies-choreographer-draws-background-121934519.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WoOI1gI7.DkjM0F0vt0DHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1dce32fcb1b9b90d0f0f6a7067002dc3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this March 29, 2012 photo provided by Disney On Broadway, choreographer Christopher Gattelli attends the opening night of the musical "Newsies" in New York. Gattelli, who just earned his second Tony Award nomination for the high-energy show, doesn?t actually need to be there and his work is technically long done. But the former dancer in Gattelli wants to make sure the young dancers are being safe. (AP Photo/Disney On Broadway)" align="left" title="In this March 29, 2012 photo provided by Disney On Broadway, choreographer Christopher Gattelli attends the opening night of the musical "Newsies" in New York. Gattelli, who just earned his second Tony Award nomination for the high-energy show, doesn?t actually need to be there and his work is technically long done. But the former dancer in Gattelli wants to make sure the young dancers are being safe. (AP Photo/Disney On Broadway)" border="0" /></a>Seventeen young dancers stop horsing around on the Nederlander Theatre stage as Christopher Gattelli approaches.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/newsies-choreographer-draws-background-121934519.htmlWed, 16 May 2012 17:37:39 -0400Associated Pressnewsies-choreographer-draws-background-121934519<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/newsies-choreographer-draws-background-121934519.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WoOI1gI7.DkjM0F0vt0DHg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1dce32fcb1b9b90d0f0f6a7067002dc3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this March 29, 2012 photo provided by Disney On Broadway, choreographer Christopher Gattelli attends the opening night of the musical "Newsies" in New York. Gattelli, who just earned his second Tony Award nomination for the high-energy show, doesn?t actually need to be there and his work is technically long done. But the former dancer in Gattelli wants to make sure the young dancers are being safe. (AP Photo/Disney On Broadway)" align="left" title="In this March 29, 2012 photo provided by Disney On Broadway, choreographer Christopher Gattelli attends the opening night of the musical "Newsies" in New York. Gattelli, who just earned his second Tony Award nomination for the high-energy show, doesn?t actually need to be there and his work is technically long done. But the former dancer in Gattelli wants to make sure the young dancers are being safe. (AP Photo/Disney On Broadway)" border="0" /></a>Seventeen young dancers stop horsing around on the Nederlander Theatre stage as Christopher Gattelli approaches.</p><br clear="all"/>Telemann's 'Orpheus' given staging by NYC Opera<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/telemanns-orpheus-given-staging-nyc-opera-191142236.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/44H_pLUvufRBCW1ilC.7zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5b8e2fa0cb7dd10d0f0f6a7067001490.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 10, 2012 photo provided by the New York City Opera, Nicholas Pallesen is in the role of Pluto, with Catherine Miller as Thanatos at a dress rehearsal of the New York City Opera's Orpheus, at El Museo del Barrio in New York. (AP Photo/NYC Opera, Pavel Antonov)" align="left" title="In this May 10, 2012 photo provided by the New York City Opera, Nicholas Pallesen is in the role of Pluto, with Catherine Miller as Thanatos at a dress rehearsal of the New York City Opera's Orpheus, at El Museo del Barrio in New York. (AP Photo/NYC Opera, Pavel Antonov)" border="0" /></a>No longer a major institution and now a shrunken, vagabond company, New York City Opera is ending its first season since departing Lincoln Center with a handsome staging of Georg Philipp Telemann's "Orpheus," a work premiered in 1726 that was long lost before it was rediscovered in 1978.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/telemanns-orpheus-given-staging-nyc-opera-191142236.htmlWed, 16 May 2012 16:11:47 -0400Associated Presstelemanns-orpheus-given-staging-nyc-opera-191142236<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/telemanns-orpheus-given-staging-nyc-opera-191142236.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/44H_pLUvufRBCW1ilC.7zA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5b8e2fa0cb7dd10d0f0f6a7067001490.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 10, 2012 photo provided by the New York City Opera, Nicholas Pallesen is in the role of Pluto, with Catherine Miller as Thanatos at a dress rehearsal of the New York City Opera's Orpheus, at El Museo del Barrio in New York. (AP Photo/NYC Opera, Pavel Antonov)" align="left" title="In this May 10, 2012 photo provided by the New York City Opera, Nicholas Pallesen is in the role of Pluto, with Catherine Miller as Thanatos at a dress rehearsal of the New York City Opera's Orpheus, at El Museo del Barrio in New York. (AP Photo/NYC Opera, Pavel Antonov)" border="0" /></a>No longer a major institution and now a shrunken, vagabond company, New York City Opera is ending its first season since departing Lincoln Center with a handsome staging of Georg Philipp Telemann's "Orpheus," a work premiered in 1726 that was long lost before it was rediscovered in 1978.</p><br clear="all"/>NY's Met Museum lets visitors climb to cloud nine<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nys-met-museum-lets-visitors-climb-cloud-nine-165349771.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zzb_h3HYatT_MarOIt6yjA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c3e3706d98bfa50d0f0f6a706700b4de.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People visit a structure by Tomas Saraceno called "Cloud City" during a media preview on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Monday, May 14, 2012. The maker of Cloud City, Argentine artist Tomas Saraceno, wants to provoke the feeling of being in a cloud floating in the middle of several realities. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="People visit a structure by Tomas Saraceno called "Cloud City" during a media preview on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Monday, May 14, 2012. The maker of Cloud City, Argentine artist Tomas Saraceno, wants to provoke the feeling of being in a cloud floating in the middle of several realities. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>Go ahead. Poke your head in the clouds.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nys-met-museum-lets-visitors-climb-cloud-nine-165349771.htmlWed, 16 May 2012 15:39:15 -0400Associated Pressnys-met-museum-lets-visitors-climb-cloud-nine-165349771<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nys-met-museum-lets-visitors-climb-cloud-nine-165349771.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zzb_h3HYatT_MarOIt6yjA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c3e3706d98bfa50d0f0f6a706700b4de.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="People visit a structure by Tomas Saraceno called "Cloud City" during a media preview on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Monday, May 14, 2012. The maker of Cloud City, Argentine artist Tomas Saraceno, wants to provoke the feeling of being in a cloud floating in the middle of several realities. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="People visit a structure by Tomas Saraceno called "Cloud City" during a media preview on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Monday, May 14, 2012. The maker of Cloud City, Argentine artist Tomas Saraceno, wants to provoke the feeling of being in a cloud floating in the middle of several realities. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>Go ahead. Poke your head in the clouds.</p><br clear="all"/>NY's Met Museum lets visitors climb to cloud 9<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nys-met-museum-lets-visitors-climb-cloud-9-145956550.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9RVDTLcNQeNoWyJGqKKpRQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/dc0f8b2898bda50d0f0f6a7067009a10.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Artist Tomas Saraceno, from Argentina, is reflected in his structure called "Cloud City" during a media preview on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Monday, May 14, 2012. Sarceno says he wants his work "Cloud City" to provoke the feeling of being in a cloud floating in the middle of several realities. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" align="left" title="Artist Tomas Saraceno, from Argentina, is reflected in his structure called "Cloud City" during a media preview on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Monday, May 14, 2012. Sarceno says he wants his work "Cloud City" to provoke the feeling of being in a cloud floating in the middle of several realities. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is big on bubbles.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nys-met-museum-lets-visitors-climb-cloud-9-145956550.htmlWed, 16 Ma
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