Will planned CSO concerts in other cities be cancelled as the musicians and management take hard-line stances on the contract?
Author: ArtsJournal2
Not Surprisingly, Free Tuition Helps Young Music Students
Only a few kids get the free lessons, but they’re good for the kids: “You see them become more sociable as the year goes on. Their confidence increases. Sometimes you can scarcely believe it’s the same child from the start of one year to the end.”
Modernizing A History Museum, And Making A City Take Notice
“The Atwater Kent Museum … is now the Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent, a modernized showcase for everything from George Washington’s desk to Joe Frazier’s boxing gloves.”
Here Comes Everyone, Or At Least, Here Sleeps Everyone
What does the massive success of Air BnB tell us about disruption and what might happen in our future?
Who Built That Internet?
Everyone.
In Crazy Secret Publishing Agreements, Readers Lose Out
Not in love with the author of the Harry Potter series and her new adult book: “The arrival of The Casual Vacancy has been more remarkable for showing the ruthless, bullying side of publishing that has become all too common. And, given Rowling’s history of litigation, one can only imagine she has done little to discourage it.”
Photographer Displays How The (Theatrical) Sausage Gets Made
Martha Swope began documenting dance and theatre rehearsals in the 1950s. “For Ms. Swope, now 84, rehearsals were ‘where you see the creativity and the interchange, how it grows to what it comes to be onstage,’ she said.”
How Can The BBC Support Writers?
A new drama and comedy-writing prize changes the game in the U.K.
Making Hard Decisions In A City Flush With Arts Cash
“It’s not every day that a city finds itself with $57 million to spend on culture and no real plan for how to spend it. But that’s the case with Denver.”
Emmy Award Winners (Yes, A Few Surprises Popped Up)
“What I’ll really remember, I think, were the trio of out-of-left-field acting winners … demonstrating that there’s always a place at the Emmys for mediocrity that draws surprisingly high ratings among young men.”