Jon Dee Graham, a stalwart of Austin's South Congress music scene and a member of the Skunks and True Believers, died Friday at 67. Family and fellow musicians mourn his loss.

Longtime Kennedy Center performer Chuck Redd has asked a judge to dismiss the center’s breach-of-contract suit after canceling his Christmas Eve jazz jam in protest of the renaming.

Portland’s Movie Madness is moving from Belmont to NE Sandy Blvd, shipping roughly 27,000 pounds of discs into an 11,000‑sq‑ft home with a screening room and lounge. The nonprofit‑run project aims to anchor a new Hollywood film district.

The National Blues Museum has closed its downtown St. Louis exhibit space, the board says, blaming a post‑pandemic drop in foot traffic and a weak downtown economy. Officials are exploring ways to preserve the museum’s collection and programs.

Snoop Dogg is attached to God of the Rodeo, a Rosalind Ross film adapting Daniel Bergner’s reporting. The feature is scheduled to film in Oklahoma June 15–July 31, 2026.

New York City Ballet canceled its June run at the Kennedy Center and will rehearse in New York, joining other artists who have pulled out amid leadership turmoil.

Marburger Farm clustered restored historic buildings into a walkable Texas town square for its Spring Antique Show, adding a food pavilion and reopening a historic saloon. The changes are part of Brook Partners’ wider plan to upgrade the 43‑acre site.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation has parted ways with CEO Blake‑Anthony Johnson weeks before Jazz Fest; Sarita Carriere has been named interim executive director.

Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc. will open a permanent gallery at Minnesota Street Project on May 9, offering regular access to the artist’s sculptures and drawings.

More than 50 modern European masterpieces from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection will be shown at the Brooklyn Museum Oct. 2, 2026–Apr. 18, 2027, as part of a major, shared gift.

Longtime DCPA trustee Judi Wolf died March 25 after a long illness. Her family asked that memorial gifts go to the DCPA Women’s Voices Fund.

Jane Fonda and other artists rallied outside the Kennedy Center in D.C., denouncing leadership changes and a planned shutdown that performers say politicizes the venue.

Manet & Morisot comes to the Cleveland Museum of Art March 29–July 5. Thirty-six paintings and drawings trace the artists’ close creative exchange.