“Under the measure, sponsored by Representative Doug Lamborn, a Republican from Colorado, stations could not buy programming from NPR or any other source using the $22 million the stations receive from the Treasury for that purpose. Local NPR stations would be able to use federal funds for operating expenses, but not content.”
Tag: 03.17.11
Honolulu Symphony’s Assets Sold At Auction
“Pending approval from bankruptcy court, the nonprofit Symphony Exploratory Committee will pay $210,000 for the assets, which consist of the 110-year-old symphony’s music library and a variety of instruments, including two grand pianos.”
April On Broadway Is Too Crowded With New Shows, Says NY Times Critic
Charles Isherwood laments the crush of plays and musicals opening in April in order to meet the Tony Award deadline: “You can’t decide to skip Arcadia and catch up with it on Netflix later. … When two dozen plays and musicals have to fight for the minimal attention the media gives to theater, there are going to be lots of casualties.
Turkey’s Ottoman Telenovela Attracts Many Protests, Even More Viewers
The prime-time drama about Suleiman the Magnificent has “attracted a wave of protests from irate viewers and even government officials” for depicting the sultan drinking alcohol and cavorting with his harem. “Still, despite warnings from the government media regulator, or perhaps because of them, ratings remain sky high on Wednesday nights as each colorful chapter of fictionalized history unfolds.”
Malaysian Radio Garbles Lady Gaga’s Lyrics (For Decency’s Sake)
“Malaysians who tune in to popular stations hear edited versions of ‘Born This Way’ that use indecipherable garble to replace the lyrics: ‘No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I’m on the right track, baby’.”
Longtime Music Critic Releases His Own Album Of Lounge Jazz
Tom Moon on how his journalism affected his musicmaking: “When you listen to a lot of music as a critic, what you’re ultimately doing is shaping your aesthetic – shaping your knowledge base in music theory but also seeing who has a way of expressing themselves that you respond to.”
The Wildly Eventful Life Of ‘The Greatest Living Acting Teacher’
Jack Garfein, now 80, went through 11 different Nazi concentration camps in his early teens, was an actual UJA poster child, studied at the Actors’ Studio with James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and Carroll Baker (whom he married), got blacklisted in Hollywood, and opened acting schools in Los Angeles and Paris.
Man Asian Literary Prize To Bi Feiyu’s Three Sisters
The book “follows three female members of a peasant family that counts seven girls and one boy, as they negotiate the transitions China has undergone,” from the Cultural Revolution through rapid development and urbanization. The judges even compared Bi’s Three Sisters to its namesake Chekhov play.
More Carnage At Borders: 28 More Stores To Be Shuttered
The chain “is set to close another 28 of its superstores on top of the 200 locations it is already shutting down as part of its reorganization under bankruptcy protection. … The closings will leave Borders with only half of its superstores.”
Merce Cunningham’s Sets Headed to Walker Art Center
The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, which has had one of the longest and most fruitful associations with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company of any American museum, has struck an agreement with the Cunningham Foundation to acquire as many as 150 of the art objects that have been central to the company’s dances” – works by Rauschenberg, Stella, Johns and others.