Oklahoma City University launched a $25 million campaign to modernize the Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center, anchored by a $13M Kirkpatrick lead gift and a $2M upkeep endowment.

Yoko Ono’s career‑spanning retrospective opens at The Broad this weekend, turning the museum and the city into a participatory peace project.

Harvard Square looked busy over Memorial Day weekend despite Boston Calling’s gap year; merchants say Fenway partnerships, Sail Boston and niche tours are softening the blow.

The Egyptian Theatre will shut June 8 for technical upgrades after its Netflix‑funded restoration; operators say the palace should reopen this fall. Summer festival plans are uncertain.

The Field Museum's Pokémon Fossil Museum opens Friday in Chicago, pairing fossil Pokémon with real specimens — including SUE the T. rex — while timed add‑on tickets prove hard to get.

Oklahoma City Council approved a $1 million film incentive for Black Label Media's 'Project Snake,' which city officials say will shoot mostly in OKC and spend millions locally.

The Heinz Endowments is remaking its arts strategy, favoring organizations and shared systems over one‑off projects and direct artist payments.

A renovated concert hall on Maple Street, District 142 has become a mid‑size stop for national tours and throwback bills, bringing new energy to Wyandotte’s downtown. Locals and promoters say the mix of sound, accessibility and sensible prices is already paying off.

Lee Mendelson Film Productions sued GameMill in Manhattan on May 20, 2026, saying the publisher used Vince Guaraldi’s Peanuts music without permission in a Snoopy video game.

Imagine MKE unveiled a three-point plan to stabilize arts funding after convening nearly 100 experts. The proposal calls for steadier public investment, better data and coordinated philanthropy.

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.