Jazz at Lincoln Center said that it had reached a settlement with a benefactor who it says did not fulfill a commitment to donate $500,000.

Johnny Knoxville stops by the Tribeca Film Festival to discuss the documentary “The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia.”

As the artistic director at the Royal Court Theater in London at various times from 1964 through 1973, Mr. Page worked with Beckett on the first British revival of “Godot.”

Watch your back, Viola! Julie White, of “The Little Dog Laughed” fame (or is that infamy?) is joining the cast of the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production of “Twelfth Night.”

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington has decided to sell three portraits by Thomas Eakins at a Christie’s auction in May.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra said that its musicians would give back $1 million in wage freezes and other concessions to help the orchestra weather the recession and encourage more public donations.

If you’re a resident of a Waterford, Conn., who’s suddenly noticing that all your neighbors are scantily clad models toting metal briefcases, here’s why: the game show “Deal or No Deal” has agreed to move to Connecticut for tax incentives.

Damon Lindelof, a creator and executive producer of “Lost,” explains how the show is gearing up for its season finale and preparing for what will be the last year of the series.

On this week’s Popcast, Ben Ratliff reviews “Together Through Life” by Bob Dylan and gives us his take on Allen Toussaint’s “The Bright Mississippi”. Also, the singer-songwriter Sarah Siskind performs live in our studio and talks to Ben Sisario about writing songs for other performers. Sia Michel is your host.

What we’re reading (and watching) on Thursday morning.

Julia Roberts, Steven Spielberg and other Hollywood elite gather at Lincoln Center to honor Tom Hanks, America’s nicest guy.

Amir Naderi discusses shooting his latest film on location in Las Vegas.

Few opera buffs expected Plácido Domingo still to be singing at this late date. Now 68, Mr. Domingo is as surprised as anyone. But who could have guessed that of all the roles he has sung, the one that would linger is Siegmund.

Guitar twangers, soul belters, blues shouters, rockabillies, funk generators, garage-rockers and psychedelic holdouts: that’s the annual Ponderosa Stomp, the two-night musical marathon, tucked between the weekends of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

David Hyde Pierce, the star of “Spamalot,” “Curtains” and “Frasier,” talks about performing in the Broadway revival of “Accent on Youth.”