Brooklyn Vegan — Philip Glass at Tibet House benefit in February (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) BAM's 30th annual Next Wave Festival is going down from September 5, 2012 - January 19, 2013. The festival encompasses music, theater, film, dance and more. This... more info

Guardian Music — Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments belowOpening this weekTheatreWah! Wah! GirlsBritish musical meets Bollywood in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "For three intimate evenings, Philip Glass comes to ISSUE Project Room, New York's City's only European Chamber Music Hall. His only performance in Brooklyn this year, "Philip Glass: Music With Friends" is a rare occasion featuring Glass in duo perfo... more info

Guardian Music — Leeds Grand Theatre; Barbican theatre, LondonTake your choice: a sunny, well-drilled, all-singing, all-dancing chorus line gloriously "bustin' out all over" in swing skirts and boaters, or an immaculate, impervious vocal ensemble, stock still in whit... more info

Guardian Music — The activist was spotted snapping away during Einstein on the Beach. In his new code of conduct for audiences, Leo Benedictus looks at what sort of behaviour is now acceptableLast Friday, the theatre critic Mark Shenton was distracted from a five-hou... more info

Guardian Music — Accusations fly as critic Mark Shenton blasts Jagger's use of flash photography during Einstein on the Beach, while she makes assault claimIt was one of the arts events of the year: audiences in Britain had waited nearly four decades to see a complet... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, London Philip Glass's list of stage works stretches well beyond 20. The majority have reached Britain, but until now Einstein on the Beach – the work he devised in 1976 with director Robert Wilson, launching his career as an opera compose... more info

Guardian Music — Barry Memorial HallThe Vale of Glamorgan's artistic director John Metcalf has never been afraid of change. After two decades of festivals, he decided to programme only the work of living composers; two decades further on, he's now opted for a major c... more info

Guardian Music — Tim Minchin and Stephen Fry are among the new Cultural Olympiad acts, while protestors take to the stage at Stratford-upon-Avon and encourage audiences to rip up their seatsStarter's ordersAfter more than a few false dawns, the Cultural Olympiad fina... more info

Guardian Music — Contemporary classical music is devoid of melody and appeal, all noise and no fun. At least, that's the cliche. But this is music that is very much at the heart of our modern world1. It all sounds like a squeaky gateThere are two sides to this. Fi... more info