On April 6 1980, Post-it Notes as we know them hit the shelves, and a year later they were also launched in Canada and Europe. That same year, 3M named the Post-it its Outstanding New Product, and awarded the development team the ‘Golden Step Award’ in both 1980 and 1981. - ClassicFM
In comments to TPR, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, the symphony's former music director, blasted the board's move as a scorched-earth solution. The maestro has led a behind-the-scenes effort to convince city and county leaders to help fund the organization and end the labor impasse. - San Antonio Current
When I hear people in the corporate world talking about creativity and storytelling — how what they’re really doing is ‘telling a story,’ how everything is about creativity and storytelling, how everything is narrative — I hear it and think: Do you actually know what it means to be creative? - Chicago Tribune
Arthur Hughes, who opens in the role at Stratford-upon-Avon later this month, lives with radial dysplasia and describes himself as "limb-different." "I've always wanted to play him," says Hughes, "I think a lot of disabled actors will think playing Richard is their birthright." - BBC
Trintignant received a number of accolades throughout his 60-plus-year career, including the best actor prize from Cannes in 1969 for Costa-Gavras’ political thriller Z and a Cesar Award in 2013 for Michael Haneke’s Amour, which also won the Oscar for best foreign-language film. - The Hollywood Reporter
Two suspects were apprehended on June 9 after investigators determined that the oblivious pair had peddled the art objects—weighing in at around 2,200 pounds in total—to a recycling company for a few thousand euros. - Artnet
The Seattle Police Department, savvy to metal theft, one of the fastest-growing crimes in our region, quickly recovered the cut-up pieces of gate through detective work and a bulletin to scrap metal dealers. - University of Washington Magazine
"For those who know Dark Mofo for its gothic bombast, weird surprises and controversial headlines, this year's festival ... may feel a little different. But after a programming controversy last year which led to public outrage, calls to boycott and an eventual apology, perhaps it had to be." - The Guardian
Most works of art don’t yield their secrets all at once. It takes time, and repeated exposure, before listeners have a good sense of what rewards are available in a particular creation. But that entails a level of financial and institutional overhead unlike that of any other art form. - San Francisco Chronicle
The Museum of Rescued Art opened this week in part of the ancient Baths of Diocletian in Rome. Its exhibits will rotate every month, with various objects recovered by the Carabineri's admired "art squad" displayed there temporarily before being returned to their region of origin. - AP
Gary Ginstling, currently executive director of the National Symphony at DC's Kennedy Center, will assume the title of executive director this fall and move fully into Borda's position, president and chief executive, as of next July. Borda, now 72, will remain available as a consultant. - The New York Times
"Almost" because the Pillow's second theatre, the Doris Duke, burned down in 2020; rebuilding won't be complete until 2024. But the flagship Ted Shawn Theatre's renovation is just about finished, and it will host ten weeks of performances for the festival's 90th season. - Dance Magazine
Mia Yoo took over La MaMa after the death of the formidable Ellen Stewart. (Yoo's father is Stewart's adopted son.) While Yoo has kept going what Stewart left behind (and is overseeing a major building renovation), her leadership style is "polar opposite." - The New York Times
"Related to its new milestone, YouTube also promoted Shorts' ability to drive viewers to creators' long-form video channels as a byproduct of its investments in Shorts. ... (Thus) seems to be an admission that YouTube still sees more value in its longer-form content." - TechCrunch
"Its format and clock have remained basically the same for a generation. Meanwhile, there's been considerable swirl and change in media consumption and audio competition. ... Ironically, part of the answer may lie in letting All Things Considered be free from the mantle of considering all things." - Current
