Carál Ni Chuilín is sympathetic to the “scary” (her word) financial position the orchestra is in. But, in response to a question from a legislator about seeking local funding outside Belfast, she said, “It is not my job to go round all the local councils on behalf of the orchestra to drum up support, pardon the pun; it is the orchestra’s job.”
Month: November 2014
Donald Saddler, Veteran Broadway Dancer and Choreographer, Dead At 94
Over a six-decade career, he danced in 1930s movie musicals, won Tony Awards for choreographing Wonderful Town and a revival of No, No, Nanette, and gave his final Broadway stage performance at age 80.
Is Banksy Really A Woman?
We really don’t know, after all. We know very little about hir (or hem) at all. But we do know that Banksy is a master (mistress?) of misdirection. Kriston Capps makes the case that “she could be anyone.” (Take that, Guerilla Girls!)
When It Comes To Making Choices, Ignorance Really Can Be Bliss
Recent research into the phenomenon called choice overload indicates that “not knowing a lot – and being aware of your own ignorance – can make decisions easier and, as a result, lead to greater happiness.”
What’s With The Surge In Jazz-Bashing?
“Jazz doesn’t get much coverage in the mainstream media, and hasn’t for many years. But something strange has happened during the last four months. Over a period of just a few weeks, a host of high profile periodicals have published smug, scornful dismissals of the music. Is this just coincidence, or has something changed in the cultural dialogue?”
Atlanta Symphony Negotiations Are On Again
“As they approach a negotiating session with a federal mediator on Wednesday, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra management and players are closer to a deal than they have been during a two-month musician lockout or in eight months of talks that preceded it.”
New York City Ballet’s Web Documentary Is Back (And All Too Brief)
Margaret Lyons: “I generally prefer longer-form, more in-depth pieces. But city.ballet captured me completely, and the series’ second season, which premiered yesterday, is much of the same: a fascinating, moving, sometimes transcendent behind-the-scenes look at the New York City Ballet. I just wish there were more of it. The longest episodes of the new 12-episode season are still only clocking in around eight minutes.”
More Jian Ghomeshi Fallout As Publishers Cancel His Book
“[Penguin Random House’s] Viking Canada imprint released Ghomeshi’s bestselling memoir, 1982, in 2012. [A spokesperson] would not comment on what had been expected from his next book, and would only say that the decision was made ‘in light of recent events‘.”
Sherlock Holmes Is Absolutely, Positively In The Public Domain, Says U.S. Supreme Court
The justices rejected an appeal by Arthur Conan Doyle’s estate, “which claimed that authors who wanted to publish stories about Holmes needed to pay the estate a licensing fee. This leaves intact a June decision by 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner, which held that most of Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories are no longer protected by copyright.”
Is The National Gallery Of Canada Preparing To Lock Out Workers?
That’s what the Public Service Alliance of Canada fears. “The museum’s management had previously scheduled two weeks of talks with the union for September, but canceled the negotiations the day they were due to begin … [and] then applied for conciliation, a provision that, per Canadian labor laws, would allow them to lock out the union workers beginning next month.”