Joyce Slocum was instrumental in TPR’s growth from an organization of modest size and ambition to one whose reach and influence is recognized nationwide, with a deep passion for storytelling rooted in South Texas. - Texas Public Radio
Before Leonard Bernstein, it was a given that U.S. orchestras wanted their maestros to be European. Yet by 2008, American conductors were music directors in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis and D.C. Today only one of those jobs is held by an American. - The New York Times
"The battle to remove censorship from the British stage was fought primarily at the Royal Court Theatre in London during the mid-1960s. The plays of Edward Bond, one of the most important British dramatists of the 20th century, … were an essential part of that story and that struggle." - The Guardian
Mayor Brandon Johnson, who took office last May, dismissed Commissioner Erin Harkey in February, and nobody knows why (other than wanting to replace his predecessor's appointee with his own). Johnson has named no replacement, and with Chicago's festival season coming on, there's some concern. - WBEZ (Chicago)
During the '00s, Gabo went through several drafts of Until August and planned to publish it. But by 2012, afflicted with dementia and unable to finalize the book, he asked that it be destroyed. A decade later, his sons decided it could be salvaged. Were they right to try? - The New York Times
"Groupe Juste pour rire Inc. said that it is seeking protection from its creditors as it begins formal restructuring under Canada’s Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. … The company plans to continue operations in what it called a scaled-down format as it restructures (and) hopes the festival will return in 2025." - AP
Violist Hank Dutt, 71, who's been with the group for 46 years, and violinist John Sherba, 69, who joined one year after Dutt, will leave the group as the season ends in June. They leave violinist, founder and artistic director David Harrington, 74, as Kronos's only veteran member. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
The Louvre is seen as the worst offender (tickets up from €17 to €22), though most other state museums have raised prices as well. The additional cash flowing into the Louvre will be an estimated €44.3 million. - Artnet
Now deep into the five-year grant, the combined newsrooms reach 2.8 million readers and listeners; newsletter subscriptions total 760,500; and the Sun-Times’ pageviews increased 55% over the past year. Staff sizes also have grown — crucial to producing more content — as have staff compensation and diversity. - NiemanLab
Censorship is on the rise globally, say artists and art professionals: two groups that carry the unofficial but historic burden of speaking truth to power and offering political critique on behalf of wider society. - The Art Newspaper
According to circulation data from the Houston Independent school district, the number of books checked out per student at NES schools dwindled to nearly zero compared to over five books to more than 12 books a student at non-NES schools in the district from August 2023 to January 2024. - The Guardian
“This decision sends a powerful message — no company, not even a monopoly like Apple, can wield power abusively to control how other companies interact with their customers,” Spotify said in response to the ruling. - The Verge
None of these efforts moved the audience measurement needle, in most cases because they didn’t sufficiently address the primary cause of audience — the appeal of the programming. The industry just keeps running content through the same psychographic filters and keeps getting the same audiences. - Current
“The problem isn’t your memory, it’s that we have the wrong expectations for what memory is for in the first place. Severe memory loss is undoubtedly debilitating, but our most typical complaints and worries around everyday forgetting are largely driven by deeply rooted misconceptions.” - Undark
"Wasabi vapors have been found to effectively treat fungal infections on both painted and unpainted samples of mock ancient Egyptian papyrus, and to do so without impacting the papyrus's delicate chemicals or painted pigments." - Artnet
