Despite funding cuts, PBS Kids is still airing new content. PBS Kids has had to lay off some staff, and the lost the grants it used to develop the most enriching content for kids. PBS Kids' legacy of ...

On a park bench in Dupont Circle, two men get acquainted over small talk: The health properties of milk, the guests at Sen. Joe McCarthy’s wedding, the spelling of Roy Cohn’s name. It’s 1953, and the ...

Following a storied career on the operatic stages across the country, acclaimed mezzo soprano Dency Graves is entering the next phase of her career. With 40 years of performing under her belt, Graves ...

Back in November, Washington National Opera artistic director Francesca Zambello figured out exactly how she would blow up the opera company’s 44-year relationship with the John F. Kennedy Center for ...

After singing on the world’s top opera stages for more than 40 years, acclaimed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves took a final bow last month and is pivoting to teaching the next generation. Senior arts ...

If only European generals had possessed the tactical skills of Opera Orlando’s leaders, perhaps World War I might have been a shorter and less bloody affair. Opera Orlando waited until it felt the ...

Everett Baumgarten in the title role of Rachel Portman's "The Little Prince," in a Feb. 2 dress rehearsal for a Dallas Opera production at the Winspear Opera House. A Pilot crash-lands in the Sahara, ...

Over 1,200 community members of all ages gathered recently to celebrate PBS KIDS® Day with WKAR. Families across mid-Michigan came together for the event, hosted at the WKAR studios on the campus of ...

With the debut this week of new series Phoebe & Jay, the children’s programming division of PBS waves goodbye to an era where it could count on federal assistance for both programming and research.

The Metropolitan Opera has been making headlines lately — for all the wrong reasons. It’s not that the country’s oldest continuously operating opera company is seeing revived relevance and eager ...

Mr. Scorca served as the president and chief executive of Opera America, a service organization, from 1990 to 2025. When the Washington National Opera announced its decision to leave the Kennedy ...