Yup—Four Things Today.

1. The online art auction world gets a major merger.
2. Bucket drummers and breakdancers square off against Boston city officials about free expression at Faneuil Hall.
3. Cellists: nothing but rowdy, sultry rebels.
4. Whoops! Antiques Roadshow mistakenly values high school art project at $50K.

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Here it is—Four Things Today.

1. Seattle’s comics-only newspaper will shut down.
2. Boston creates its first cultural master plan.
3. Artist Emma Fick is creating an illustrated guide to NOLA, one neighborhood at a time.
4. A white woman’s discrimination suit against Los Angeles’ Getty Foundation could have far-reaching consequences.

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Again with the something new (or old, because we’ve done it once already): Three Things Today. Three things we think might interest you. We hope you’ll tell us if you agree. Or disagree.

1. In the battle to revive New York City Opera, one faction woos (and wins) the backing of creditors.
2. A lesser-known casualty of the South Carolina floods—Columbia Classical Ballet Company.
3. Apparently, our personal lives are doomed. Doomed!

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Aaaaand, a year later, we’re back. In a sense.

Something new: Three Things Today. Three things we think might interest you. Or not. Let us know either way.

1. Bernie Sanders says he’ll actually support the arts as president.
2. NY Times critics debate blackface (or lack thereof) at the Met and other casting kerfuffles.
3. Playwright to LA audiences: “Don’t go see my show. Really, don’t.”

What caught our eye this week…

VISUAL
In their efforts to combat graffiti’s role in the city’s urban blight, Detroit’s police officers are being forced to confront the question – what is art?

Christie’s and Sotheby’s disagree over whether to treat the sale of two paintings by Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele as looted Nazi art (Christie’s does, Sotherby’s doesn’t)…

MUSIC (Law & Order Edition)
Musician Andrew Kalleen of the duo Lawrence & Leigh is assaulted and arrested for performing on a NYC subway platform, even after the arresting officer admits he hasn’t broken any laws according to the MTA’s own rules of conduct:

Continuing on this theme, New Orleans is considering restricting “non-amplified live music” to certain areas of the city, putting some venues and restaurants at a potential disadvantage…

OPERA
Acclaimed mezzo-soprano (and Kansas City native) Joyce DiDonato has discovered the limits of social media. The singer has received the most votes in a social media poll asking who should sing the national anthem at each game of the World Series. To date, she has still not been chosen. In the meantime, fans have been content to voice their opinion of those who were chosen to sing:

I'll bet Joyce DiDonato knows ALL the words! #letJoyceSing #MLB #WorldSeries http://t.co/CiVMHvvf71

— Kami Jowers Brady (@kamibradyphotog) October 27, 2014

After all that we've been through with the #letjoycesing movement, that was insulting, @MLB.

— R. Douglas Helvering (@helvering) October 22, 2014

That sucked . #letjoycesing

— Rachel Gonzalez (@RachelRGonzalez) October 22, 2014

POP MUSIC
Two things we didn’t know: (1) Kenny G is huge in China, (2) Kenny G stopped by the Hong Kong protests and ticked off the rulers of the country in which he is huge…

THEATRE
A DC-area actress tackles what it’s like to shed it all for the stage…

FUNDING
The turmoil at Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and recent closure of Georgia Shakespeare spark an outcry from local advocates for renewed investment in a state that ranks last in per capita arts funding…

CROWD
From Kickstarter: A husband and wife team want to give Burlington, VT‘s burgeoning stand-up scene its first actual comedy club:

From Indiegogo: A group of Orlando artists want help turning a moving truck into a mobile art gallery…

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