But he was young, see? So it was just a boy being a boy! MrBeast, for those who don’t know, makes a lot of money as the person running. YouTube's most subscribed-to channel. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
Is this real? Absolutely. Roy Cockrum won Powerball in 2014, and since then has given millions to nonprofits. “The question I put to artistic directors is, ‘Is there a project you’ve always dreamed of doing that you couldn’t afford?’” - The New York Times
Those lessons in a particular brand of “femininity” aren’t super. Ballerinas “are taught to dance through pain, to perform roles with troubling messages, and that the gaze of an audience (historically male, but even now, certainly patriarchal) gives them worth.” - Vogue
The CSO says that "the new agreement provides salary increases of 23% over the life of the contract, more flexible scheduling,” and “industry-leading audition and tenure practices” that will be clearly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. - CityBeat
That formula worked for Kelundra Smith, at least. One important detail: In criticism and in theatre, “you have to have a strong pitch.” - American Theatre
One former employee says that keeping the info secret, and celebrating Munro, was “a gap in understanding.” The manager says that “she did not know about Alice's response to the situation, or the ensuing criminal case, and would have made different decisions about upholding the Munro legacy.” - CBC
Jaffe, “an NPR correspondent for roughly 40 years who was known for her unflinching approach to journalism and was the first editor of the network’s initial iteration of the weekly national news show, Weekend Edition Saturday.” - The New York Times
“The BBC continued to employ Edwards, formerly its most high-profile newsreader, for five months after he was arrested on three counts of making indecent images of children, during which time he was paid £200,000.” Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is not pleased. - BBC
“Ballet22’s intense three-week rehearsal period is ‘treasured time,’ as dancer Trevor Williams puts it, a chance to learn roles forbidden at their usual dancing jobs and to take class every day in the iconic shoe that traditionally only cisgender women get to train in.” - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
Portland, Oregon, voters recently voted for a new city council structure. That council will have to figure out what to do with the home of Broadway tours and Portland Opera - the historic, downtown, seismically terrifying Keller. Then there’s the end of the arts tax … and so much more. - Oregon ArtsWatch
“Taylor Pelton, 28, has reportedly been charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime. Pasternak’s Brooklyn Heights residence was splashed with red paint in an apparent protest of the museum’s ties to Zionist organizations. The residences of several Brooklyn Museum board trustees were also targeted.” - ARTnews
“Books that are getting published today are not just for Native kids. They're important to Native kids because they affirm our existence as Native people in the present day. But they're also for non-Native kids, because those kids are being shaped by the information in the book.” - NPR
“Given that there are few protections for choreographers’ intellectual property unless that property has been copyrighted, and that copyrighting choreography is highly uncommon and logistically fraught, this is more likely to be an ethical issue than a legal one.” But it’s still gross, and roiling the dance world. - Dance Magazine
"By the end of the 20th century, our understanding of plant behaviour had expanded …, and it continues to expand. Plant behaviour is, as botanist Anthony Trewavas puts it, ‘what plants do’. It turns out that they do a lot. … The new plant philosophy has emerged partly in response to this work." - Aeon
