"You can see that even in the small space of a workshop — I constantly have to say to people, 'It’s okay. You can actually write that'. Because you can see that they’re very worried about what the people in the workshop are going to think." - MSN (The Atlantic)
"(He) was a pianist of arresting insight, majestic technique, and transfiguring grace. In his prime, he was compared with 20th-century luminaries such as Maurizio Pollini and Alfred Brendel. But (he) ultimately chose a quieter path devoted principally to the study and teaching of his art." - MSN (The Boston Globe)
"New data from Nielsen shows that NFL games broadcast on the radio attract audiences so large that they outperform the top-rated stations in many markets. … A change in thinking about how radio is measured – which is by daypart, (unlike) program-focused TV – would show similar dominance by the audio broadcasts." - Inside Radio
"The findings paint a picture of a cultural arts landscape plagued by: dwindling audiences and subscriptions; increased costs and shrinking budgets; declines in private funding and sponsorships; and an uncertain future in the wake of the end of government funding. … But there is hope, too." - Chicago Sun-Times
"In roughly 20 interviews with the Globe, former museum employees and board members described a stressful workplace, characterizing (director Matthias) Waschek as an 'intimidating' and 'erratic' leader prone to 'lashing out' at others for perceived social slights and other offenses." - MSN (The Boston Globe)
"A union official said that it would seek continued intervention by a federal mediator and continue negotiations, but that a strike was possible. In all, the vote was 81-8 as members of Philadelphia Musician’s Union Local 77 voted against the contract." - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
"(He started) the nationally known alternative weekly newspaper with two partners" — editor Dan Wolf and writer Norman Mailer, who stormed off after a few months — "in 1955 and remained its publisher until new ownership dismissed him 19 years later." - The New York Times
Summer festivals now face a balancing act between creative imagination and fiscal conservatism in the wake of a Covid wipeout that dispelled the older audience. If festivals are to survive, they will need to invent a twenty-first century purpose. - The Critic
The new contract mandates a minimum weekly salary of $3,313 ($172,276 annually), rising by the end of the term to $3,450 ($179,400). - San Francisco Chronicle
Breaking into tears on the phone, Deborah Proctor said: "I have a moral decision to make here. What if one child hears this? When I stand before Jesus Christ on Judgement Day, what am I going to say?" - NPR
Now television’s boom cycle has gone bust and Peak TV is winding down, like prestige TV did before it. There are hints of what might come after. - Washington Post
One veteran TV producer predicted the number of scripted shows Hollywood produces could fall by one-third in the next three years. - The Wall Street Journal
This attitude toward reading — in which the only well-meaning response to a text is uncritical approbation, and anything else is tantamount to censorship — is not only disingenuous but ultimately, I think, also hostile to literature itself. If no book invites our disapprobation, what is the value of our esteem? - The New York Times
In his conducting studies, Cooper spent the most time with Dudamel and Nézet-Séguin. He visited Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, dressed and made up as Bernstein, for sessions with Dudamel. - The New York Times
"It has come to our attention that some schools have planned events next week October 1-7, to mark the American Library Association’s “Banned Book Week.” If this is the case, all principals are requested to cancel all events and messaging associated with this observance." - WFAE
