Saying it was “a personal decision, … San Antonio Symphony President and CEO Jack Fishman has resigned from the organization,” effective immediately. The orchestra’s board chairman said Fishman’s resignation was unexpected.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Does The Rest Of The World Find Blackface Offensive?
Yes, mostly – though the practice does persist in a very few places, and folks in some countries don’t understand the taboo. A Slate explainer.
‘Ten Things The Nutcracker Won’t Tell You’ – MarketWatch Takes On America’s Favorite Ballet
“1. You see sugar plums. We see dollar signs. … 2. Your family outing might equal your mortgage payment. … 3. We depend on child labor. …” And so on.
British Stage Stars Share Their Secret Acting Tips
“What makes a great stage actor? As a competition to find Britain’s best am-dram society gets under way, old hands Roger Allam, Miriam Margolyes and others offer a few words of advice.”
What’s So American About Edward Hopper?
“Hopper’s Americaness has so often been his story, despite the fact that he himself was quite dubious of such a label. ‘The French painters didn’t talk about the ‘French Scene,’ or the English painters the ‘English Scene’,” was Hopper’s usual response to claims of his art’s geographical specificities.”
Rifling Through Frida Kahlo’s (Fabulous) Closet
A new exhibit at the Kahlo Museum in Mexico City features “300 accessories, corsets, clothes and health contraptions worn by Kahlo that have been locked away for over 50 years since her death in 1954, aged 47.” The items are fantastical, sometimes witty, and – in the case of her many orthopedic devices – a bit frightening.
Minnesota Orchestra Musicians Say They Cannot Negotiate With This CEO
“The musicians’ statement said that his removal ‘is key to resolving the current lockout.’ The strongly worded statement continued, ‘Henson is the major obstacle between the Musicians and the Board of Directors working out a new contract.'”
Did Minnesota Orchestra Management Actually Cook The Books?
Robert Levine: “There are really only two possibilities. One is that the board essentially covered up the ‘internal reality of deficits in 2009 and 2010’ in order to make its financial condition look better to the state than it actually was. The other is that the deficits of 2011 and 2012 were equally phony in order to bolster the board’s case ‘to reset the business model’ … But either possibility means the board misled the public, the state, its donors, and its employees.”
$1.4 Million Embezzled From Atlanta’s Woodruff Arts Center
“Woodruff Arts Center officials scrambled to explain Tuesday how an employee defrauded the city’s largest cultural organization to the tune of $1.438 million over the last five years by submitting invoices for unrendered services.”
Dallas Museum Of Art To End Admission Fees
“Beginning Jan. 21, the Dallas Museum of Art will take the unprecedented step of offering an unusual one-two punch: Free general admission and free memberships, making it the first art museum in the country to do so.”