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English National Opera Plans To Cut Orchestra. Music Director Quits. ENO Responds

The statement comes hours after Martyn Brabbins said he could not “in all conscience continue to support the Board and Management’s strategy for the future of the company.” Brabbins resigned after the ENO announced plans to cut 19 musical staff positions and put the remaining staff on part-time contracts. - OperaWire

The English Town That’s Been Part Of Every Disney Movie Since 2006

Walt visited an English village and heard a lot of tales about his purported ancestors - and thus, in Norton Disney, was the Disney crest born. - BBC

How A Shakespearen Actor Prepares For His Roles

Patrick Page - the voice of Hades in Hadestown - loves being a villain, or, currently, all of Shakespeare's bad guys. - Slate

What The Kilroys Did With Their List

They destroyed it - or rather, transformed it, turned it into a web. Will that work in a world obsessed with rankings? - American Theatre

What Do Book Censorship Advocates Actually Know About Libraries?

Weirdly: "People who do not know how librarians select material are much more likely to also believe librarians should be prosecuted for that material." - BookRiot

Martin Scorsese’s New Film Is Just The Start

If filmmakers want to tell the stories of the Native peoples of the U.S., well, there's a lot to choose from. - Los Angeles Times

At The London Film Festival, An Eco-Drama From Japan Takes Top Prize

The film is director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning Drive My Car and "is on first glance a simple tale of corporate capitalism despoiling the environment." - The Guardian (UK)

The Pilgrimage To Van Gogh’s Starry Night

One visitor to New York and MoMA from North Carolina: "I was in here for a long time. ... And I turned around and was like, 'Is this real?'" - Hyperallergic

Art Spiegelman Didn’t Create Maus In Order To Become A Reading Rights Warrior

And yet, such are the times we live in. - Washington Post

Can Book Resumes Prevent Censorship?

This New Jersey librarian thinks that's one tool. (Though the ban-fans usually don't care at all about awards.) - The Mary Sue

Houston Grand Opera Gives Dancers Center Stage

"It’s a big story, and dancers are an integral part of the storytelling force. ... They’re not just coming in for their number or routine." - The New York Times

Historical Fiction Readers Need To Be Able To See – And Smell – The Olden Days

For instance: "If you describe a character running a discarded leather glove scented with lavender under her nose, the reader can feel the cool-then-warm of the leather against her upper lip, hear the faint creak of the leather, smell that lavender." - LitHub

Suzanne Somers, Star Of Three’s Company And More, Has Died At 76

Somers demanded equal pay - and was fired for it. - The New York Times

Another Woman Accuses Bill Cosby Of Rape

Her accusation of his drugging and raping her on the set of The Cosby Show adds to the more than 60 other claims. - Rolling Stone

Decades Of Misguided Literacy Instruction Are Finally Ending

But the U.S. remains mired in distrust of public schools, not to mention reading culture. - Slate

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