After 42 years leading Mural Arts, Jane Golden will step down in July 2026 but will remain to finish major semiquincentennial projects. Her exit starts a national search for a successor.

Gloria and Emily Estefan's Basura launches May 30 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. The mother‑daughter duo co-wrote the score for a musical inspired by Paraguay's Recycled Orchestra.

Arts Access Miami is expanding into Central Dade, bringing free music, dance and visual‑arts programming to thousands of students and pointing to data that supporters say justify scaling.

Jeffrey Kahane has launched Harmonium of Texas, a new San Antonio orchestra and education initiative with an Oct. 2 opener and major guest artists. Seed funding and community partnerships are already in place.

Nathaniel Mary Quinn brings his collage-like portraits and a recreated Robert Taylor Homes living room to the National Public Housing Museum in a free, community-oriented show.

A rural Wisconsin theater just won the 2026 Regional Theatre Tony Award and a $25,000 grant, a national nod for decades of repertory work on the Hill. The award will be accepted at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2026.

NYBG turns its Bronx grounds into a 1960s‑themed festival with Warhols, giant daisies and ticketed liquid‑light night shows. The exhibition runs this weekend through October.

Daddy Yankee will head the 69th National Puerto Rican Day Parade, and Anthony Ramos is among this year’s honorees. The march is set for June 14 up Fifth Avenue.

A new neighborhood festival takes over Highland Park with 60+ bands, free daytime stages and ticketed club nights across multiple venues.

A cyberattack and suspected norovirus outbreak forced Chanhassen Dinner Theatres to cancel multiple Guys and Dolls performances; ticketholders will be contacted about reschedules.

The Phoenix Symphony closes its season with a bold mash-up that pairs Stravinsky’s Petrouchka with Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN., with a free pre-show and post-show meet-and-greet.

BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups is set to reopen at 700 S. Broadway under team behind Broadway Oyster Bar, with a public pre‑opening celebration Wednesday at noon.

Rebecca Seaver, Dolly Parton’s niece and archivist, will lead the Life of Many Colors Museum in downtown Nashville. The exhibit will showcase costumes, awards and interactive galleries.