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At least 50 Russian regions now require employers to reserve jobs, usually 1 percent, for veterans of the war in Ukraine. Meduza, the exiled Russian news site, found a state theater seeking ballet dancers and a regional philharmonic seeking choir soloists under the quotas. Employers may not ask about PTSD (Meduza).
In 1976 David Bowie told Playboy that “Adolf Hitler was one of the first rock stars.” A new book by British musician Daniel Rachel shows how much company he had, from Lennon’s Hitler salutes to Motörhead’s Lemmy collecting Nazi memorabilia. Alex Ross notes that pop takes credit when its influence is progressive and calls it harmless fun when it isn’t (The New Yorker).
Art Basel Paris closed two days early in October ahead of protests and will cut booth fees 20 percent. Small galleries were hit hardest; they rely on the weekend to close sales (ARTnews).
The Phoenix Symphony, which laid off all 66 musicians last month, is performing again. The emergency money lasts only through December 31 (Phoenix New Times).
The Onion, a few thousand short of 100,000 print subscribers, wants to buy naming rights to a college bowl game to get there. The New Orleans Bowl turned down its mid-six-figure offer (Nieman Lab).
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