“Deputies in Citrus County, Forida say Don Terryl ‘Terry’ Plumeri, 71, was found dead due to extensive upper body trauma on April 1. Plumeri had rented the home in tiny Dunellon, about 80 miles northwest of Orlando, for many years.”
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After 11 Months Of Talks, Grand Rapids Symphony Has A Labor Contract
“The [five-year] agreement that will carry the Grand Rapids Symphony through its 90th anniversary season in 2019-20 maintains the present 40-week performance season, preserves the current complement of musicians, and makes no changes to the orchestra’s health insurance.”
La Scala Ballerina Hit By Tram, Suffers Skull Fractures
Antonina Chapkina was walking on the street near Milan’s central train station when a streetcar struck her; though her head hit the pavement hard, her body did not fall under the vehicle.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.05.16
Relationship Maintenance
The arts industry is event-oriented, if not event-obsessed. Our principal contribution to public life is in the presentation of events. On the very deepest level we are “do-ers.” There is an inbred impatience with anything … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2016-04-05
Forrest Westbrook’s Album
Early this year I had the privilege of writing notes for Forrest Westbrook’s only album as a leader. The CD was released five-and-a-half decades after it was recorded and two years after the pianist’s death … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-04-05
What doesn’t kill you makes you stranger
Mrs. T has a longstanding weakness for James Bond films, so we watched Thunderball, which I hadn’t seen, the other night. Midway through the film I said to her, “If this damn score doesn’t get … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2016-04-05
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How Do You Manage The Business Behemoth That Has Become “Hamilton”?
“Ultimately, there may be as many as seven “Hamilton” companies, in addition to the one on Broadway, performing at the same time in multiple American and international cities. Ticket revenues, over time, could reach into the billions of dollars. If it hits sales of a mere $1 billion, which “Hamilton” could surpass in New York alone, the show will have generated roughly $300 million in profit on the $12.5 million put up by investors.”
Court Orders Closure Of Foundry That Has Been Casting Degas Bronzes (Which Degas Would Have Hated)
“The Valsuani foundry, whose bronze sculptures by Edgar Degas have roiled the art market for more than a decade, is closing, by order of a French judge … Degas sculpted in wax and clay but only as an intellectual exercise. He hated the idea of casting his sculptures in bronze.”
Kathleen Battle Returning To Met, 22 Years After Being Fired
“It may be the biggest unfiring in opera since Maria Callas’s New York comeback: Kathleen Battle, a prima donna whose dismissal by the Metropolitan Opera more than two decades ago made front-page news, will return to the Met next season to sing a recital of spirituals.”