"Trade body the Publishers Association found that sales were up 4% from 2021. In 2022, 669 million physical books were sold in the UK, the highest overall level ever recorded, … with a total income of £6.9 billion." - The Guardian
"Over 600 students, faculty, and Providence locals joined a walkout at the Rhode Island School of Art and Design last week in support of … the workers, represented by the Teamsters Local 251 chapter and spanning groundskeeping, operations, and maintenance, (who) went on strike April 3." - ARTnews
The author of the Pulitzer-winning Fat Ham was one of a trio of revolving artistic directors who succeeded Wilma cofounder Blanka Zizka in 2020. When Ijames departs this summer, Lindsay Smiling will join Morgan Green and Yury Urnov as co-artistic directors. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Gelb: "It's not contemporary opera. It's the right contemporary opera." YNS: "Now, composers are more aware of how to appeal to audiences. It's not about tonal versus atonal. It's larger than this." Gelb: "To find the right balance (of contemporary and classic operas), we have to experiment." - The New York Times
"Nearly 98% of the 9,218 votes were cast to authorize the strike, with nearly 79% of guild members voting. … The writers' three-year contract expires May 1, and leaders could call for a walkout the following day, but could extend the deadline if the two sides are close to a deal." - AP
"(She was a freelance) oboist for the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's who turned her experiences in the classical music world into the best-selling and critically lauded memoir," which became a hit Amazon Prime series. - Deadline
Who picks up the tab of paying for journalism when the audience won’t, and how does that change the truths that we journalists want to tell? - The Point
The website Box Office Mojo lists data on the top grossing films in more than 70 countries, but not Canada. Why are there no easily accessible Canadian box office figures, and what could be gained from sharing them? - CBC
First appearing in February 2022 amid a surge of games that used the format of Wordle, which the New York Times bought in January of that year, Heardle plays fleeting moments of a song and challenges users to see how quickly they can guess it. - Toronto Star
We are a long way from understanding the ramifications of having it all available at the click of a button. Still, music will survive. After all, there was plenty of music before Caruso sold a million records in 1903. If the music industry only lasted a century, so be it. - The Nation
How do we weigh an artist’s accomplishment against his personal wickedness? “Do we believe genius gets special dispensation, a behavioral hall pass?” Should we draw clear distinctions between a transgressive work of art and behavioral transgressions? - The Atlantic
"I got the gig of a lifetime. There's no other way to describe it," says Richard Poole, who's been a member of the ensemble, playing small roles, for almost 25 years. - NPR
Noam Gagnon, who runs dance company Vision Impure, is premiering a solo work online at the Vancouver International Dance Festival. "My physicality is still pretty much the same," he says. "It's a little bit more textured and a little bit more colourful." - CBC
Boris Eldagsen says, "It was not about winning anything. ... I have been a photographer for 30 years before turning to AI and I’m very involved in the German scene in making workshops, lectures, and helping to draft up proposals for AI-related legislation." - Hyperallergic
That is to say, "the former Beatle debuts on two of Billboard’s dance charts with a new single titled 'Say Say Say'" - his first time on the dance charts in his entire career. - Forbes
