“Voting in a secret ballot, musicians with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra Thursday unanimously rejected the latest management proposal of wage cuts. … Both sides said they are willing to continue negotiating.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Netflix Launches In 130 More Countries
“Chief Executive Reed Hastings took the stage … to announce during a keynote speech that Netflix was switched on in countries like India, Russia, Vietnam, Nigeria, Poland, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey and Indonesia. … [The service] is now in more than 190 countries, with the notable exception of China.”
The New Republic Is Up For Sale Again
“A year ago, [owner] Chris Hughes … vowed to continue his fight to transform the century-old magazine into a more digitally-focused media operation, despite a mass walkout by staffers who bristled at his efforts. On Monday, he said he was done.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 01.11.16
When Libraries Realize That The Most Valuable Thing They Own Isn’t Their Collections
Remember when the internet came along and everyone wondered whether there would still be a use for libraries? Oddly, just as the question was being called, in the early 2000s there was a building boom… … read more
AJBlog: diacritical Published 2016-01-11
A Boomerang at the Metropolitan Museum
Stay tuned this afternoon for a strange and perhaps (a little) juicy announcement from the Metropolitan Museum of Art*. When trustees meet late this afternoon, one item on the agenda … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2016-01-11
Time Remembered: A Bill Evans Film
Time Remembered, a film about pianist Bill Evans (1929-1980), is being screened in selected showings around the United States. It is set for tomorrow, Tuesday, evening in San Diego, California. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-01-11
Charlotte Moorman to Get a Full-Dress Close-Up
On a visit I made years ago to Northwestern University’s Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections its curator at the time, Russell Maylone, showed me a room piled high with ramshackle boxes that had… … read more
AJBlog: Straight|Up Published 2016-01-11
Antiquities and ISIS: Something Doesn’t Add Up
I care deeply about cultural heritage, and have spent much time over the last year agonizing about the destruction caused by ISIS in the Middle East. The last thing I want is for ISIS to … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2016-01-10
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Cultural Institutions Are Slashing Admission For Low-Income Families
The national initiative Museums for All is one of several programs through which museums and other institutions offer free or nominal admission to families with EBT cards or similar forms of public assistance.
Elizabeth Swados, 64, Obie-Winning Creator Of Avant-Garde Musicals
“[Her] experimental and socially searching pieces of musical theatre were a mainstay of 1970s and ’80s theatre in New York,” often at Joe Papp’s Public Theater. One of her works, Runaways, transferred to Broadway in 1979 and won her five Tony nominations.
Paul Bley, Experimenting Jazz Pianist, Dead At 83
“[He] released more than 100 albums, each of them vastly different from the one before … stretch[ing] the limits of the avant-garde with his innovative and continually changing musical styles.”
Cynthia Harvey Named Artistic Director Of American Ballet Theater School
“Her appointment comes with the retirement in April of the current artistic director, Franco De Vita, who became the school’s principal in 2005 before taking on the directorship in 2013.” Harvey danced with ABT for 20 years before retiring in 1996.
Why The British Tell Better Children’s Stories
“If Harry Potter and Huckleberry Finn were each to represent British versus American children’s literature, a curious dynamic would emerge: One defeats evil with a wand, the other takes to a raft to right a social wrong.”
The Folks At Miami City Ballet Explain ‘Why We Dance’
“For its 30th Anniversary Season, Miami City Ballet asked members from every rank of its international, 51-member company to tell their stories; what inspired them to dance, and what motivated them to devote their lives to this incredible physical and artistic discipline.” (video)