“Minnesota-based American Public Media is selling their Classical South Florida radio stations to Education Media Foundation, a California religious broadcaster for $21.7 million … There has been no announcement of the sale on the stations’s airwaves or on its Classical South Florida website.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Greek National Opera Robbed At Gunpoint
“Police are seeking an armed robber who burst into the Greek National Opera box office in central Athens on Wednesday morning and forced the cashier to hand over 11,000 euros, the GNO said over the weekend.”
Ludovic Morlot Extends With Seattle Symphony
“The Seattle Symphony has extended music director Ludovic Morlot’s contract for two additional years, through 2019 …. Morlot’s original agreement covered the time span of September 2011 through August 2017.”
Shepard Fairey To Turn Himself In On Detroit Arrest Warrant
“World-renowned street artist Shepard Fairey is planning to turn himself in to Detroit authorities today on charges that he illegally tagged public and private property in the city.”
Ira Glass Takes Full Ownership Of ‘This American Life’
“Both [Chicago Public Media] and WBEZ will still benefit from This American Life, having agreed to kick over their shares in exchange for a portion of future profits from both TAL and Serial. In turn, all 22 employees of This American Life will become Glass’s employees.”
What Does It Mean To ‘Sound Gay’?
“I suspect many queer people will identify with being bullied not only for what they say, but how they say it. … Even though sexuality itself is interior, one’s behavior and mannerisms are used to infer with whom they like to go to bed.”
‘Phantom Of The Opera’ Gets A Dark, Gritty Revamp (No More Staircase!)
Producer Cameron Mackintosh: “We wanted to get into the grit of the opera house and the lair and make it far more atmospheric, in a stylized realistic way. … It’s a much more visceral show … more a musical play – a gothic musical play.”
Guy Who Tried To Charge His Phone On A Broadway Set Gives Press Conference (With The Play’s Publicists)
Nick Silvestri, age 19, in a prepared statement: “I don’t go to plays very much, and I didn’t realize that the stage is considered off limits. I’ve learned a lot about the theater in the past few days – theater people are really passionate and have been very willing to educate me.” But the Hand to God publicists organized the event. Does that mean the entire thing was a publicity stunt?
Who’s Really Been Making The Decisions About ‘Go Set A Watchman’, And Why?
The enormously anticipated book is, after all, one that Harper Lee had refused for decades to publish (at least to the extent that she even remembered its existence as a distinct work). Claire Suddath traveled to Monroeville, Alabama to investigate, and to meet Lee’s attorney and de facto manager, Tonja Carter.
Harper Lee’s Lawyer Explains How She Found ‘Go Set A Watchman’
Tonja B. Carter: “Accidents of history sometimes place otherwise unknown people in historic spotlights. Such was my fate when last August curiosity got the best of me and I found a long-lost manuscript written by one of America’s most beloved authors.”