The lack of fanfare associated with the June 15 announcement, which came in the form of a simple Medium post rather than a costly PR blitz, was part of the point, according to Scott. - Artnet
Daniel Riley, who comes from the Wiradjuri people of central New South Wales, spent 12 years dancing with and choreographing for Bangarra Dance Theatre, Australia's (and possibly the world's) most prominent indigenous dance company. At the beginning of 2022, he starts work as artistic director of the company's oldest contemporary dance troupe, the Adelaide-based Australian Dance Theatre. - ABC...
"Employees at are terrified that criticizing their station's leadership could result in being singled out for layoffs and reprimands by human resources." Employees express particular concern about editor-in-chief Audrey Cooper, hired away from The San Francisco Chronicle one year ago this month. Says one staffer, "I can't remember a time when newsroom morale has been lower." - The...
"The average number of video streaming services utilized per U.S. user has fallen for the first time, according to technology research firm Omdia. … 'In the past, many have posited an ultimate limit to the number of services a consumer will be able to manage,' Omdia highlighted. 'With U.S. growth stumbling, many will be asking if seven is the...
"If I had it to do all over again, I would not have tried so hard to move the BSO out of the Ivory Tower. Sometimes you have to say, 'OK, this is not where people want to go. Try to enjoy the orchestra and community as much as you can.' … I didn't have problems with any one...
"The reopening means the end of mandatory mask requirements for vaccinated patrons of California movie theaters, gyms, restaurants, stores and family entertainment centers. However, businesses may choose to retain mask requirements or opt to implement a vaccine verification system, but those verification systems have not yet been developed. 'It's the honor system,' Newsom admitted. 'We're not requiring...
In the months after the catastrophic 2019 blaze, more than €800 million was raised to reconstruct the 13th-century cathedral. Why is the Diocese of Paris now seeking €6 million more? Not long after the disaster, the French parliament passed a law that the first round of money raised may be used only for structural work and conservation; these new...
It's taken Australia's oldest orchestra five years to find a successor to Andrew Davis, whose tenure ended in 2019, but they've now settled on this Spanish-born, London-based flutist-turned-conductor. Martín is also chief conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin, and he recently extended his contract as the LACO's music director to 2027. - Limelight (Australia)
CRB hiked the current rate 17% from the current $0.18 for every 100 songs streamed on on-subscription advertising-supported webcasts to $0.21. - Inside Radio
We found that the Green Code is changing Buffalo’s urban form in ways that had been difficult, if not impossible, under former zoning rules. - Fast Company
Taken seriously, the essay seemed to be suggesting an entirely new version of Silicon Valley: a movement away from making software to support existing institutions, and toward creating the institutions themselves. - The New Yorker
While venues try to maintain pre-pandemic ticket prices and the availability of shows by offering multiple gigs on the same day, their economic viability is massively diminished by the drop in capacity. - The Conversation
He is the intellectual of the moment, this soft-spoken biographer of great men. Meacham whispers in the president’s ear and appears on TV constantly. - Harper's
Watching audience members take to the stage of a Washington theater for a “milonga” — a gathering to dance the tango — one observes a moving milestone in the ending of the drought of human contact. - Washington Post
The five-person jury for the category picked the finalists but the larger Pulitzer Prize Board, which selects the winners for all the prizes in journalism and the arts, did not do so for cartooning because no consensus pick emerged. - Washington Post
