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Hundreds Of Indie Publishers Scramble Following Small Press Distribution’s Sudden Collapse
"The closing of the distributor sent shockwaves throughout the entire independent publishing community, as it came with little warning. … SPD provided distribution to...
Minnesota Public Radio Sells Its Only Station In Idaho (Wait, It Had A Station...
KWRV in Sun Valley, launched in 1993 with funds raised locally, aired classical music programming from MPR's St. Paul headquarters. (MPR also has outlets...
The Legal Issues Involved With A Ballet Company’s Rehearsals
"According to the dancers’ union contract, the temperature must be just so to reduce injuries. The floor must have the correct level of springiness....
Over 100 Russian Avant-Garde Paintings Seized By French Law Enforcement
An attorney for collector Uthman Khatib says that the paintings — including works attributed to Wassily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, and Natalia Goncharova, and collectively...
Playwright Christopher Durang, 75
"In a career spanning (over) 40 years, he established himself as a hyperliterate jester and an anarchic clown. Regarding subject and theme, he pogoed...
John Barth, Postmodernist Novelist, Is Dead At 93
"The playfully erudite author, whose darkly comic and complicated novels revolved around the art of literature and launched countless debates over the art of...
Suspect Pleads Guilty To Theft Of Maurizio Cattelan’s Golden Toilet
"James Sheen, 39, pleaded guilty to burglary, converting or transferring criminal property and conspiracy to do the same. … The fully functioning toilet" —...
After 22 Years, Miami Lyric Opera Is Closing Its Doors
"Raffaele Cardone, the founder and long-time general and artistic director, … said the main reason for closing the company was, no surprise, money difficulties....
Edinburgh Fringe Denied By Scotland’s Arts Funder Twice In One Month
"The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society is demanding an overhaul of how culture funding is allocated in Scotland after a bid to secure £155,000 to...
FCC Is Investigating Pacifica Radio’s New York City Station
"The Commission has received a petition asking it to deny (WBAI) a new license for allegedly violating rules that prohibit noncommercial stations from airing...
Not The Norman Rockwell Of Verse — Robert Frost At 150
"Frost remains one of the greatest literary enumerators of a particularly modern darkness, regardless of his reputation (among those who refuse to read him...
Klaus Mäkelä Appointed Chicago Symphony Music Director
"A Finn who turned 28 in January, Mäkelä has had an astonishing rise in the music world. … Mäkelä will become CSO music director...
How The Logistics Of Transferring A Show To Broadway Work
"It’s a massive undertaking that, among other things, includes the public relations team finalizing (materials) for marketing and advertising, the box office setting ticket...
Some California School Districts Are Misusing New Arts Education Funding, Say Unions
The measure approved by voters, Prop. 28, explicitly said that the money authorized must go for additional arts education programs. That means not using...
The Sad, Infuriating Story Of Vice’s Collapse
"Any attempt to look at the company’s finances suggests a long history of issues at the very top. … Sources described a corporate culture...
British Newspaper The Independent Will Take Over BuzzFeed’s UK Sites
"As part of a multi-year licensing deal, … The Independent will take over BuzzFeed’s sub-brands in the UK, including food vertical Tasty UK, black...
How Bad Are Things At The San Francisco Symphony? Quite Bad, And They’ll Get...
"The financial crisis (is) so dire that the leadership is willing to take this huge public black eye (Salonen's departure) rather than let it...
Let’s Not Be So Quick To Condemn “Madama Butterfly” and “Turandot” For Cultural Appropriation:...
"Puccini’s universalism was sincerely felt, even if it’s unfashionable today, and it deserves to be appreciated rather than cynically apologized for — as some...
Nelson-Atkins Museum Is Auctioning Off One Of Its Monets
The Mill at Limetz (1888) is expected to sell for between $18 million and $25 million at Christie's next month. The Nelson-Atkins owns only...
Maryse Condé, Award-Winning French-Caribbean Author, Has Died At 90
The Guadeloupe-born writer didn't publish her first book until age 40, and she came to international prominence in her 80s: in 2018, she won...
Government Watchdog Is Investigating British Museum Over Sacred Ethiopian Tablets
"The information watchdog is investigating the British Museum over claims it has been overly secretive about some of the most sensitive items in its...
The Artist Who Makes His Inks And Pigments From Guns
"For more than five years, (Thomas) Little has performed this kind of alchemy, purchasing handguns and automatic rifles from pawn shops and dissolving the...
Hiring Party Operatives As Paid Pundits For TV News — Has It Become More...
Well, obviously not for Fox News, but otherwise, NBC News's rapid hiring-and-firing of former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel after an on-air staff rebellion (because...
At 60, Alessandra Ferri Prepares To Leave The Stage For Good — And Start...
On retiring: "At this stage in my life, dancing takes up the whole day, for my body, the training. I have the energy for...
Without Warning, A Linchpin Of The Entire U.S. Indie-Publisher Ecosystem Has Closed
Small Press Distribution, founded in 1969, was the country's only not-for-profit literary distributor. It served roughly 400 small. independent presses and was known for...
