A Saturday night concert was canceled, but both sides may be ready to return to the bargaining table.
Author: ArtsJournal2
Don’t Trust The Mouse With Star Wars
“It wouldn’t matter to me if all six Star Wars movies got wiped off the face of the earth tomorrow. Which means that, logically speaking, it shouldn’t matter to me what Disney does with the franchise either, right? Um, yes and no.”
That Powerful (And Power-Deprived) New York Magazine Cover
“An improvised newsroom was soon up and running, with 32 editors, photo editors, designers, and production specialists squeezed around a conference-room table, down the length of which snaked a tangle of power strips, extension cords, and chargers.”
Minneapolis City Council: Orchestra & Musicians, Return To The Bargaining Table
“The council’s resolution also urged both sides to resume talks and stated that the city discourages the use of lockouts to settle labor disputes.”
How Can Orchestras Recover From Their Crises?
“I am dismayed by the ratcheting up of hostility, the evidence of poisonous internecine warfare. The musicians’ blogs, in particular, are painful expressions of hopes, dreams and aspirations being destroyed. How an orchestra comes back from such an experience with relationships and trust totally wrecked, I have no idea.”
A Heritage Theatre Shuts Its Doors
The Paramount Theatre in Peekskill, N.Y., successfully remade itself from an aging movie theatre into a performing arts center – until the Great Recession (and a rival town’s theatre) took its support and business away.
Australia’s Film Industry Should Probably Turn To China
“In less than two weeks, the shark-in-a-shop film Bait has become the most successful Australian movie ever released in China. Like the sharks themselves, nobody saw it coming, but the success of the 3D horror-comedy points to the potential rewards that await Australian filmmakers in the world’s fastest-growing movie market.”
The Vatican’s A Real Country – The Venice Biennale Says So
“The Vatican is finally due to have its own pavilion at the next Venice Biennale (1 June-24 November 2013), after speculation and delays since the idea was first mooted in 2009.”
Penguin Authors Not Looking Forward To Possible New Corporate Overlords
HarperCollins – owned by the News Corporation, Rupurt Murdoch’s many-tentacled empire – may win a bid for Penguin. How do Penguin authors feel? “A number of writers warned that Penguin’s reputation would be damaged by a Murdoch takeover.”
Winter Monsters Run Riot In The Alps
Exotic monsters stalk children (and adults) at Christmastime in Europe, making Halloween in the U.S. look positively wholesome and gentle.