“Paul Roche, a noted English poet and translator who was among the last living associates of the Bloomsbury group, the skein of artists and writers twined around Virginia Woolf and her family, died on Oct. 30 at his home in Sóller, Majorca… The cause was cancer.”
Author: sbergman
Stagehands/Producers Talking Again
“Striking stagehands and theatre producers agreed to return to the bargaining table almost a week after negotiations collapsed and kept most of Broadway dark during the lucrative Thanksgiving week – the second full week of no performances.”
If Only They Could Agree On The Definition Of ‘Fair’
There’s plenty of bad blood between the striking Broadway stagehands and the producers who are insisting on changes to their contract. But if there’s one thing both sides agree on, it’s that the dispute comes down to fairness.
France Passes Tough New Anti-Piracy Law
“French web users caught pirating movies or music could soon be thrown offline. Those illegally sharing files will face the loss of their net access thanks to a newly-created anti-piracy body granted wide-ranging powers.”
When Is A Fairy More Than Just A Sprite?
“Fairies and other spirits have long haunted the words and images of English literature,” and the illustrators whose drawings fill the pages of classic English tales created a fantasy world that endures to this day. But is there something sinister, even inhuman, lurking beneath the pen strokes?
Campaigning For Utah’s MD Spot
As the Utah Symphony searches for a new music director to replace the outgoing Keith Lockhart, at least one conductor is making his availability known. Pavel Kogan, the orchestra’s one-time principal guest conductor, is saying all the right things, and clearly has designs on the top job.
Symbiosis In Nashville
Over the years since it formed a partnership with the innovative Naxos label, the Nashville Symphony has quietly become one of the most prolific recording orchestras in the US. The orchestra gave Naxos a foothold in the American scene, and the label’s wide reach has given the NSO an international reputation.
Nonprofits Struggling With Accountability Rules
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed by the US Congress in the wake of the Enron disaster, was designed to restore public confidence in corporate conduct. But for many non-profit groups, Sarbanes-Oxley has meant rising costs, complicated new rules, and many a bureaucratic headache.
New PAC For Maryland
A developer in Annapolis, Maryland has unveiled plans for a $60m performing arts center in the heart of the city. If completed, the project would “host national acts and provide a modern venue the city has sought for more than 30 years.”
Grass Sues Random House Over Nazi Allegations
“Nobel laureate Günter Grass has filed a lawsuit against the publisher of a biography for claiming that he voluntarily joined the Nazis’ murderous Waffen-SS unit during World War II.” Grass, who does not deny serving in the Waffen-SS, claims that he was drafted by the Nazi regime.