The author is known to have made up, on the spot, many bedtime stories for his young daughters, but written notes have only ever been found (and may only have been made) for one – “The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Composer Veljo Tormis, Who Helped Inspire Estonia To Independence, Dead At 86
While he has been overshadowed in the West by compatriot Arvo Pärt, Tormis is revered in his native land. Doubtless thinking of such works as the ferocious Curse Upon Iron and Litany to Thunder, leading Estonian conductor Tõnu Kaljuste once observed, “If Arvo Pärt’s music is heaven, then Veljo Tormis’s music is earth.”
Artist Wants To Borrow Back Piece For Retrospective – And Finds That MoMA Has Thrown It Out
“MoMA has a sterling reputation as a protector of art, art books and hundreds of thousands of documents relating to its collection.” Well, it had one. Poor Pat Lasch …
Tenor Storms Stage To Demand Payment From Deadbeat Producer
Crossover tenor Jonathan Ansell says he tried for months to get from producer Stephen Leatherland the £10,000 Ansell says he’s owed for a 2015 UK tour of an opera revue. Fed up, he leapt onto the stage just before the beginning of another Leatherland production and told the audience that he and other cast members had been stiffed. Naturally, he streamed the whole thing on Facebook Live. (includes video)
Roman Amphitheatre In Palmyra Trashed By ISIS
The militia “destroyed part of the theater [including the façade] and severely damaged a tetrapylon, a square structure of four plinths, each with four columns.”
Another Instrument Smashed Up By Airlines – This Time It’s A Cello
The unfortunate victim this time is Florida State cello major Carrie Miller, whom United Airlines did not permit to gate-check her cello for a flight from California back to Tallahassee. She’s trying to crowd-fund a replacement instrument so she can prepare for her senior recital, coming in less than three months.
Maggie Roche, 65, Singer-Songwriter Of The Roches
“On albums from the early 1970s into the 2000s, … [she] developed a pop-folk songwriting style that could be droll or diaristic, full of unexpected melodic turns and often inseparable from the way the sisters’ voices harmonized and diverged.”
For First Time After Bombing Three Years Ago, Cairo’s Museum Of Islamic Art Is Open
“First opened in 1903, the museum was closed in January 2014 after a bomb attack on the Cairo police directorate across the street severely damaged its facade and dozens of exhibits. It reopened last week after a two-year restoration program funded by the United Arab Emirates and UNESCO.”
Sydney Morning Herald And Melbourne’s The Age Will Stop Printing Weekday Papers, Says Analyst
An Australian analyst for Credit Suisse tells The Australian (a national daily owned by a rival, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.) says he expects Fairfax Media, owner of the Herald and The Age, to “formally outline its plans for a move to a digital only weekday model for the metro titles.”
Owner Says Sydney Morning Herald And Melbourne’s The Age Will Keep Printing ‘For Some Years Into The Future’
While Fairfax Media has indicated in the past that ending print runs of weekday papers could be part of a long-term strategy, a spokesman for the chain said that “We have no plans to change from daily printing and we expect that to be the case for some years into the future.”