Biden rallies for LGBTQ+ rights in bid to shake off debate performance
NEW YORK — President Biden courted LGBTQ+ voters with two New York events, inaugurating a visitor center at the Stonewall National Monument with pop legend Elton…
Biden’s debate performance pushes Dems to consider casting him aside
WASHINGTON — President Biden woke up Friday to a torrent of liberal columnists, Democratic operatives and his favorite television host questioning whether he should drop out…
Kara Walker at SFMOMA, Solid Gold soul with the Gay Men’s Chorus
Kara Walker’s study for her SFMOMA installation “Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine),” 2023-2024. (Kara Walker) Hey there! Welcome to another edition of Essential Arts…
Euro 2024: BBC Sport pundits call England’s performance ‘flat’ and confused’
England looked tactically inferior against Denmark and had fewer shots, shots on target and touches in the opposition's box. The Three Lions were also criticised…
Rishi Sunak's BBC Question Time debate performance slammed as 'rude' and 'aggressive'
The co-leader of the Green Party Caroline Lucas didn't hold back as she publicly slammed Rishi Sunak's Question Time appearance as 'aggressive' and 'rude' before…
Ian McKellen expects ‘complete’ recovery after bad fall
Veteran actor Ian McKellen is looking forward to a “complete and speedy” recovery, as well as a return to work, after falling offstage during a…
Ian McKellen in ‘good spirits’ after hospitalization for stage fall
Ian McKellen is on the mend after falling off the stage during a performance at London’s Noël Coward Theatre. The 85-year-old actor was taken to…
Surfing Australia’s high performance centre training next generation of world champions, Olympians
When Mick Fanning was coming through the competitive surfing ranks as a teenager, the training regime was pretty simple."Fitness wasn't even part of it growing…
Review: Mitsuko Uchida’s Ojai Festival revealed the zen of Mozart
When Schoenberg wrote “Six Little Piano pieces,” his Opus 19, he was he was in his mid 30s, taking deep compositional breaths, smelling the roses…
What does the winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2024 get? Royal Variety Performance and BGT cash prize explained
EVERY year Britain's Got Talent brings fans a whole host of weird and wonderful acts. After multiple rounds of auditions, one act is eventually crowned…
‘A Strange Loop,’ Johnny Cash and things to do in L.A.
“A Strange Loop” at the Ahmanson. (Alessandra Mello) It’s a big week for SoCal stages, and Essential Arts has you covered with staff picks for…
How mental performance coach Armando Gonzalez helped UCLA softball
After Jordan Woolery knocked in the tying RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh against Virginia Tech, UCLA players burst out of the dugout…
ITV Britain's Got Talent chaos as semi-final performance forced to re-start
Matteo Fraziano was praised by Simon Cowell for keeping his composure after a horror start on Britain's Got Talent but Alisha Dixon wasn't having it…
Things to do: ‘Jelly’s Last Jam,’ expert guide to the Getty
“Up My Sleeve” by Paula Wilson, 2021. Woodcut, relief, silkscreen, collagraph, monotype and digital print; oil-based ink, oil, acrylic, muslin and canvas; 35 inches by…
Things to do: ‘Lion King’ at Hollywood bowl, Hockney’s ‘Turandot’
Detail from pascALEjandro’s “Nada, Nada, Nada,” 2019. Ink, watercolor, colored pencil, polymer clay, gold leaf, and glass on paper, 44.25 inches by 30.25 inches by…
Venice Family Clinic Art Walk, a fight to save L.A. youth orchestras and your guide to L.A. culture this week
Civic Youth Orchestra (Courtesy of Civic Youth Orchestra / Photo by Bill Kraus) Hello and welcome to another week of Essential Arts, where we highlight…
Spice Girls reunite for new performance of smash hit Mama in unseen video
THE Spice Girls have sent fans wild with a brand-new performance of one of their most iconic hits. Mel B, Emma Bunton, Geri Horner and…
A Standout Performance: Q&A With CaixaBank CEO Gonzalo Gortázar
Gonzalo Gortázar, CEO of CaixaBank, speaks to Global Finance of the bank’s win of Best Bank in Western Europe. Global Finance: What drove CaixaBank’s…
Stars Wars Day, Alice Wang’s extraterrestrial art and more LA culture
Hello and May the 4th be with you! From a cultural galaxy near, near by, the Essential Arts newsletter is back again, corralling the best…
Paralympics 2024: UK Athletics head of performance Tom Paulson resigns
UK Athletics' head of Paralympic performance Tom Paulson has resigned two weeks before the world championships and with less than four months to go until…