Minnesota Orchestra posted a $4.2M operating loss for its latest fiscal year even as ticket sales and donations rose to new highs. Leaders say they’ll use that momentum to diversify income.

Tulane’s Book Fest expands its lineup and campus footprint for March 12–15, 2026, adding marquee authors and making Sunday a full Family Day. The free festival will spread across Tulane’s uptown campus.

Lauren Gunderson says she never met Jeffrey Epstein after her name appears in newly released DOJ files. Bay Area theatres are weighing whether to pause productions.

Downtown L.A.’s Variety Arts Theater reopens this week for a six‑week, after‑dark takeover of film and video art organized by the Julia Stoschek Foundation.

The El Paso Symphony’s 85th Young People’s Concerts — The Orchestra Swings — brought free, participatory shows to roughly 11,000 fifth‑graders this week. Students sang and played recorders or violins alongside the orchestra.

SFMOMA has paused its monthly Free First Thursdays amid budget strain and staff cuts, removing a beloved low‑cost evening for Bay Area residents. Alternatives and access programs remain.

Freddie Gibbs — the Gary rapper — is credited on Leon Thomas’s Grammy-winning album MUTT, a milestone that local outlets are calling a first for a Gary rapper.

Disney’s Moana and Moana 2 have been translated into ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi; the ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi version of Moana 2 will have a free community premiere at Bishop Museum in Honolulu on Feb. 7.

The Chicago Public Library’s 'Puerto Rico x Bad Bunny' series pairs the superstar’s music with lessons on Puerto Rican history ahead of his halftime show. Sessions mix scholarship, visuals and community conversation.

Wynton Marsalis, a New Orleans native and longtime leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center, will step away from day-to-day leadership in a phased transition through 2028.

Austin Film Society named Julian Schnabel, Sydney Chandler, Sonny Carl Davis and Spy Kids as honorees for the 2026 Texas Film Awards, set for March 5 at Troublemaker Studios.

New York's State Museum is undergoing a $150 million renovation, with new major exhibits, a Kids Zone, and café revamp as part of the initial phase in a multi-year project.

A $2.5M outdoor classroom at the Alamo, funded by Susan Naylor and named for her son, will open this spring as part of the Texas Cavaliers Education Center.