Michaela Towfighi

A Colorado museum cited state law while rejecting an artwork with unflattering depictions of politicians. Free speech groups called the decision censorship.

Heirs of families that suffered in the Holocaust have gotten back precious items: not treasured art, but the keepsakes of dead relatives.

In an undated image provided by Marie Agne Sagaspe, Jean Iribarne, who served in the French military before World War II and died at the hands of the Nazis months after his daughter was born. Heirs of families that suffered in the Holocaust have gotten back precious items: not treasured art, but the keepsakes of dead relatives. (Marie Agne Sagaspe via The New York Times)

The Upper West Side performing arts venue will take its programming across the city while its doors close for a 15-month overhaul.

The announcement came a day after a government official said, “In a country marked by the history of the Holocaust, we cannot pretend that this is just entertainment.”

A novel cigarette tax has generated $270 million for cultural organizations in the Cleveland area, which makes declining smoking rates “a double-edged sword.”

A jury in Los Angeles found the rapper and three of his companies liable for more than $400,000 after he played an unauthorized music sample at an event in 2021.

LOS ANGELES - A jury in Los Angeles found Ye, the American rapper formerly known as Kanye West, and three of his companies liable for more than

David Jones has been the principal clarinetist of the Kennedy Center’s orchestra for five presidents. A cascade of cancellations means he hasn’t played there since February.