“French President Nicolas Sarkozy says the country’s national museums and monuments will soon stop charging admission to visitors under 25. Sarkozy says the measure will go into effect April 4.”
Tag: 01.13.09
Canadian Heritage Minister: Arts Funding Won’t Be Harmed
“Two weeks before a hotly anticipated federal budget, Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore is preaching sustained cultural funding, saying the CBC’s budget is safe and the Conservatives intend to deliver on their election promises despite the financial downturn.”
Tom O’Horgan, Original Director Of Hair, Dies At 84
“Tom O’Horgan, a famously innovative director who brought a Downtown, countercultural sensibility to Uptown theater, most exuberantly in the 1968 hippie-celebration-cum-musical ‘Hair,’ one of four shows he had on Broadway at the same time in 1971, died Sunday at his home in Venice, Fla.”
Reorganization Begins At Christie’s; Jobs Will Be Cut
“‘We have begun to implement a companywide reorganization, which includes significant staff reductions, not renewing many consultants’ contracts and the continuation of other cost-reduction initiatives, that will ensure we remain competitive and profitable in 2009,’ Christie’s said in a statement on Monday, without saying how many positions might be cut or giving any further details.”
Amato Opera Director Explains Why He’s Closing Up Shop
“The Amato Opera is as far from the Metropolitan Opera as high school hoops are from the N.B.A., but it is a beloved part of the constellation of small performing-arts companies in the city.” Its impending closure after 60 years is a product of that smallness, as director Anthony Amato, yearning for retirement at 88, “said he had decided to shut down the company because he feared its quality would suffer without his dedication.”
Tom Tomorrow Takes On The Crisis In Memoirs
Oprah interviews the author, a.k.a. Sparky the penguin: “You were a meth-snorting sex addict with an insurmountable gambling debt, framed for a crime you did not commit! How did you ever manage to turn your life around?”