Whew, yuck: “Dead fish lay in the street. A foul brew of bayou water and sewage had surged into the Theater District — for the first time ever — and gushed into their elegant performance buildings.”
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An Interim Team Of Four Will Lead City Ballet During Martins Sexual Harassment Probe
The group of four includes “Jonathan Stafford, a ballet master and former principal dancer with the company. Joining him will be Justin Peck, City Ballet’s resident choreographer and soloist, along with Craig Hall and Rebecca Krohn, both ballet masters.”
The Director Of Music Publishing At Disney Is Charged With Three Counts Of Child Sexual Abuse
Jon Heely “is accused of sexually abusing two underage girls approximately a decade ago. He allegedly victimized the first girl when she was 15. According to the charges, he began abusing the second when she was about 11 years old and continued until she was 15.”
The Berkshire Museum Isn’t Really A Big Fan Of The Attorney General Of Massachusetts
Not surprisingly, “the museum takes issue with the sale interruption and implores the court to embrace its request to move the case as quickly as possible.”
China’s Tencent Buys A Stake In Spotify, Which Buys A Stake In Tencent
Why? Well: “The deal gives Spotify exposure to the Chinese music consumer market, as the country is not one of the 61 regions it currently operates in. The company is widely expected to list its shares on the stock market next year.”
A Million People Gather In Paris To Say Goodbye To Rock Star Johnny Hallyday
“In scenes resonant of the mass mourning in Britain following the death of Princess Diana, police said a million fans had lined the route of the funeral procession, which was accompanied by Hallyday’s band playing live, as it made its way from the Arc de Triomphe along the Champs-Élysées to Place de la Concorde and on to the church of La Madeleine.”
Boston’s WBUR Places Popular Host On Leave Over Unspecified Allegations
Boston University and WBUR received reports of allegations against “On Point” host Tom Ashbrook late in the week. The station general manager said, “Tom will be on leave from his duties at WBUR while an outside organization hired by Boston University examines these allegations. We will decide a course of action after getting the results of this investigation.”
Will “Salvator Mundi” Mean Anything For The Market In Old Masters?
“Last year, European old masters generated $594 million of auction sales, just 6 percent of the global total, according to a report published by Art Basel and U.B.S. This modest percentage is surely set to rise after that Leonardo price. But will it have any effect on the wider market for historic pictures, particularly since the “Salvator Mundi” was not offered in a mainstream sale of old masters, but, incongruously, in an evening auction of contemporary art?”
Truth Is, There Just Isn’t A Way (Right Now) Of Preserving History Of The Internet
Across the board, the reality began to sink in that these proprietary services hold volumes of data that no public institution can process. And that’s just the data itself.
Most Of Our Airports Are Bland, Generic. It Shouldn’t (Doesn’t Have To) Be That Way
“I think making an airport as local as possible is a great strategy toward improving the experience. Some people live in this paradigm that an airport should be a global space, super-cosmopolitan, but we’ve seen a reversal of that trend. What you want is a unique experience, not a generic one.” That means good barbecue and jazz at Austin-Bergstrom, country singers at Nashville. BWI sells Baltimore-style crab, and Vancouver has one of the world’s great collections of Northwestern native art. Munich’s airport has a beer garden.