“The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra reported a $2.3 million deficit for fiscal year 2010 Thursday, fueled largely by a 20% drop in contributions from donors over the previous fiscal year.”
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London’s Menier Chocolate Factory to Open Second Stage and ‘Rocket-Building’
“The Russian owners of the Menier Chocolate Factory have unveiled ambitious plans to expand the London venue, adding a 300-seat theatre and restaurant in an adjacent complex that will also feature offices and a rocket-shaped, multi-storey apartment block.”
Taper Culture – “We Record Everything”
“Permission is required and not all bands are taper-friendly. But as the music industry tries to adapt to the many opportunities to download something for nothing, this taper community is being embraced by more and more musicians.”
Trial Over Beuys Estate Highlights Artworld Debate Over Intellectual Property Rights
“Aside from illustrating some of the glaring differences between jurisdictions when approaching copyright protection and infringement, the trial illustrates, perhaps more significantly, the problem of balancing an artist’s rights of authorship (as inherited by their estate) against the freedom of expression of museum curators and other creators; in this case, photographers.”
New Google Deal With French Publisher Could Break Google Books Stalemate
“A new agreement between Hachette Livre and Google could offer a way forward in the ongoing dispute between authors, publishers and the search engine over the digitising of out-of-print books.”
Royal Opera House Opens Spiffy New Scenery Workshop
“[An] £8.3m building overlooking the Queen Elizabeth II bridge and the mighty vessels docking on the Thames … is about to open with, for the first and last time, the staging of an opera.”
Is the 18th Century a ‘Less-Distant Mirror’ of Our Own Day?
“Many of the ethical norms of the previous century were loosened significantly, and folks tended to have a sense that they were operating in greater freedom” – and with a greater social conscience – “than their ancestors.” Social reform movements arose, parenting became less strict (and violent), politics became polarized, and many people were “spiritual but not religious” (e.g., Deism).
Coming Soon: Ballet for iPod
“On Wednesday, the New York-based distributor of dance programming TenduTV announced that a select group of dance performances and movement-based short films will be among the initial offerings, available in December, for download on [iTunes].”
And Why Would Someone Start a Digital Dance Video Company Anyway?
Entrepreneur Marc Kirschner founded TenduTV to help turn the popularity that serious dance videos (often posted without permission) enjoy on YouTube into actual income for cash-starved dance companies. And he hopes that his venture will inspire choreographers to create dance specifically for download.
Two Decades of Answering Machine Messages Become a Film
When British filmmaker Mark Craig “got an answering machine in 1985, he wouldn’t erase. He’d just replace the tape and throw the old one into a shoebox. Twenty years later, he had amassed hours and hours of what was, effectively, an audio diary of his life.” So, naturally, he made it into a film.