- Russia's Sinaisky tapped for Bolshoi music post
- Russian composer and conductor Vassily Sinaisky has been named to the top musical post at the famed Bolshoi Theatre.
- Spain's economic crisis hits summer festivals
- Spain's economic crisis has forced municipalities to cut the budgets of the country's traditional summer festivals, which typically include concerts, dancing and parades.
- Actor Larry Yachimec dies at 51
- Larry Yachimec, a Canadian stage and screen actor, died Sunday of cancer at his home in Barrie, Ont. He was 51.
- Canada's Walk of Fame announces 4-day festival
- The admission of new members into Canada's Walk of Fame this October will be accompanied by a four-day festival featuring performances by Paul Anka, Burton Cummings and Buffy Sainte-Marie.
- Kiri Te Kanawa, Bryn Terfel win Opera prizes
- Sopranos Kiri Te Kanawa and bass-baritone Bryn Terfel are two of five winners of this year's Opera News Awards.
- 'Norm!' Wendt plays Charlottetown Festival
- George Wendt of Cheers fame will star in Hairspray at the Charlottetown Festival later this season.
- Acadian play in English gets $100K funding
- A production of the popular Acadian play La Sagouine is getting almost $100,000 in government funding to promote its performances in English.
- Former Stratford director David William dies
- David William, who was part of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival for 17 seasons and its artistic director for three years, has died. He was 84.
- American Ballet heads to Havana
- In its first visit to Cuba since 1960, the American Ballet Theater of New York has announced it will dance at the International Ballet Festival of Havana in November.
- Gaza youth culture flourishes underground
- In back rooms and refugee camps across Gaza, young men are rapping over hip hop beats, flipping over metal bars and spinning on their heads to funky dance music.
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