The troubled Dance Theatre of Harlem has named Catherine B. Reynolds as its new chairwoman. “Mrs. Reynolds is chairwoman of the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation, a nonprofit group based in McLean, Va., that supports education and the arts. She is also the chairwoman and president of EduCap Inc., which administers privately financed student-loan programs. She founded Servus Financial Corporation, which creates and markets consumer loan programs. She has been a major benefactor of a number of organizations, including the Kennedy Center, the National Gallery of Art, Ford’s Theater, the National Symphony and the Black Student Fund.”
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Frank Conroy, 69
Frank Conroy, who “headed the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa for 18 years, published just five books, a relatively small number for a writer of his reputation. But one of them was the lucid and evocative 1967 memoir that has been a model for countless young writers – the sort of book that is passed along like a trade secret. But Mr. Conroy was a personal model as well, a sympathetic but exacting teacher who at Iowa helped shape the early careers” of scores of writers.
Levine: A Man Of Two Cities
Leading the Boston Symphony and the Metropolitan Opera are (at least) two full time jobs. But “those who doubted that James Levine could juggle two of the most demanding and prestigious music directorships in the United States have been proved wrong. Moreover, in Boston, the question of his physical health and stamina has been a nonissue. But what about his creative health and stamina?”
Will Resale Royalties To Artists Hurt UK Art Market?
Staring next year artists in the UK will earn a percentage of the resale value of their work when it changes hands. “The measure would earn artists royalties of 4.5% on sales of up to £50,000, with a sliding scale coming into effect above that. However, royalties to the handful of artist millionaires would be capped at £9,000 for each sale. The payments would help some well-known artists.” But some say that the plan will chase art sales out of the country to the US