“A former York Symphony Orchestra employee admitted in court Wednesday to stealing more than $200,000 from the symphony to cover her gambling addiction. Phyllis A. Shoff, 56, of New Cumberland, will serve 9 to 23 months in York County Prison, followed by 10 years’ probation for theft and access-device fraud.”
Tag: 04.04.12
CBC Faces Three Years Of Job And Programming Losses Following Budget Cuts
“CBC/Radio-Canada will eliminate hundreds of jobs, cancel some programs and boost ads as part of cost-cutting measures to cope with planned budget cuts outlined in the recent federal budget.”
National Film Board Of Canada To Cut Jobs, Close Viewing Rooms
“The National Film Board will cut 61 jobs and close its viewing rooms in Montreal and Toronto to comply with a $6.68 million cut over three years imposed in Thursday’s federal budget.”
David Sefton Charts New Course For Adelaide Festival
“Sefton has joined the Adelaide Festival at a critical juncture. Since its foundation in 1960, the arts jamboree has been held every two years. From next year it will become, in Sefton’s word, “annualised”, raising the stakes with at least two other interstate festivals, and with Adelaide’s highly popular Fringe and WOMADelaide events.”
Case Over Negative Amazon Reviews Thrown Out Of Court
Chris McGrath, an online entrepreneur from Milton Keynes, tried to sue Vaughan Jones, 28, from Nuneaton, over a series of reviews and postings he made on the Amazon website about his self-published and little-known book “The Attempted Murder of God”.
Prominent UK Theatre Directors Call On Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre To Withdraw Invitation To Israeli Theatre
Habima is due to perform The Merchant of Venice in Hebrew during the international festival at the Bankside venue in May. It will mark the company’s first visit to the UK. However, the letter calls on Shakespeare’s Globe to withdraw its invitation so that “the festival is not complicit with human rights violations and the illegal colonisation of occupied land”.
Top UK Composers Blast New-Music Organization
The letter accuses the organisation – which is tasked with promoting new music and which was formed in 2008 following the merger of the British Music Information Centre, the Contemporary Music Network, Sonic Arts Network and the Society for Promotion of New Music – of alienating “virtually the entire contemporary music sector”. It calls for the “reinstatement of the core functions of the founder organisations without delay”.
Legalizing Crowdfunding To Invest In Startup Companies
“The Crowdfund Act, which passed the Senate last week as an amendment to the larger Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, would let anyone invest up to 5 per cent of their annual income, or $2000, in a project or firm that is listed on a crowdfunding website. People earning more than $100,000 a year would be allowed to invest 10 per cent of their income.”
Ai Wei Wei Ordered To Take Down Webcams
“Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says he has been ordered to shut down four live webcams at his home, which he set up as a nod to the 24-hour police surveillance he has lived under for the last year.”
Ãngel Corella To Retire From American Ballet Theater
“Mr. Corella, 36, was born in Madrid and joined the company as a soloist in 1995. He has danced leading roles throughout his career from the company’s stable of story ballet classics.”