Bonne Terre’s Space Museum says it’s run out of room and is exploring a move to St. Charles to reach the St. Louis crowd; museum leaders will host an April 30 screening in St. Charles.

After leaving the Kennedy Center, Washington National Opera will stage West Side Story May 8–10 at Lyric Baltimore and May 14–15 at Strathmore. The company retooled sets and orchestra placement to fit the two theaters.

A new visitors' center at Temple Square opens May 18 with a 30‑minute "Inside a Temple" tour, a Carrara marble "Come Unto Me" statue and a Salt Lake Temple model.

Veteran Chicago actor Matt DeCaro has died at 70. He was appearing in Goodman Theatre’s revival of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

The TCM Classic Film Festival lands in Hollywood April 30–May 3 with restored rarities, live orchestras and filmmaker appearances, including a 4K Letty Lynton premiere.

A new Greenwich Village exhibit stages hyper‑real crime‑scene recreations and asks visitors to sign a waiver. Organizers call it education; critics call it exploitation.

The 18th Sunset Valley Artfest filled the Toney Burger Center with local artists, food trucks, family activities and a mid‑afternoon Asleep at the Wheel set.

Bloom Bash turned Balboa Park into a Toulouse‑Lautrec‑tinged night to kick off Art Alive, even as museums warn that parking fees and proposed budget cuts threaten programming.

A new nonprofit gallery on Rose Avenue will showcase vintage surfboards, Dogtown skate artifacts and free youth programs in Venice Beach. The Chameleon Museum launches with a grand opening next Wednesday.

The 30th Market Street Festival returns Saturday, May 2, with music, a car show and more than a hundred craft vendors in downtown Columbus.

Howell’s upstairs theater came alive again as Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance opened a short run on the unrestored 1881 stage, raising funds for restoration. Limited seating and original acoustics made opening night feel like a rare, local moment.

A Manhattan jury awarded Morgan Art Foundation $102 million after finding Michael McKenzie sold forged works attributed to Robert Indiana.

Phyllis 'Sentiva' Ochoa spoke from the Hilltop Unit about the viral 'Where We Roll' hook, her convictions and what she says she plans after parole. The KSAT interview recasts a meme as a personal reckoning.