Was a final proposal made to Louisville Orchestra musicians and rejected? Different sides make opposing claims, but the mediator still hopes for a resolution.
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George Baker, 80, Better Known As Chief Inspector Wexford
Americans know him best as Chief Inspector Wexford from the Ruth Rendell Mysteries, but the actor also appeared in I, Claudius and in countless other stage and screen roles.
The Wildly Colorful Paths Of Twain’s, And Our, Mighty Mississippi
We might not be able to predict or control the path of the major river, but could its history be art?
Retiring After 47 Years Of (Cleaning Up After) Disney
After almost five decades at Disneyland, the head janitor retires — and tells a few tales. “It was a little disconcerting at first, because Walt Disney was watching us,” Ray Sidejas says. “Then Walt would come and ask us what we were doing.”
Do Oppressive Regimes Lead To Great Art? Exiled Iranian Filmmaker Says Maybe
Amir Naderi, who left Iran 24 years ago and hasn’t been back, thinks Iranian film gets a boost from political oppression: “I believe my country has one of the best cinema [industries] in the world. But I know for art, any dictatorship, any censorship, it allows you to do something new.”
The Past Actually Is The (Unromantic) Past, And We Might Need Economics To Explain Why
“One of the most important outcomes of a liberal education should be the permanent eradication of a romanticization of the past. On any measure we care to generate, from health to wealth, we are better off than at any point in history.” But why do inequalities persist?
Like A Euro Disney, But For The Arts – And In Brasil
This week, Brazilian mining entrepreneur Bernardo Paz “unveiled plans to build a mecca for contemporary arts fans around the Inhotim Cultural Institute, a sprawling rural estate in the hilltops of Minas Gerais state, already one of the most talked-about and unusual arts destinations in Latin America, if not the world.”
James Earl Jones, Driving Ms. Redgrave
Jones is 80, and Vanessa Redgrave recently turned 73, but they’re motoring on in a revival of “Driving Miss Daisy.” What makes these actors tick? (Hint: Politics, and love of the craft.)
Why So Many Flutes? No, Seriously, Why?
Mozart’s Magic Flute not only makes little narrative sense, but it’s imbued with weird racist, sexist and other problematic connotations. But it’s performed like mad. Beyond the obvious musical attractions, why?
Christopher Hitchens: Life, Politics, And Living With – Not Dying Of – Cancer
Hitch still has a lot to say, and when he’s not talking or writing articles, he says some of it in a recent book that covers terrorism, oral sex and wine waiters.