“The orchestra’s $40 million plan, designed by Toronto architects Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (KPMB), would double the size of the lobby, add a multi-use room that could be used by outside groups, and create an unmistakable entrance facing Peavey Plaza and the Nicollet Mall.”
Tag: 04.09.10
Disney Gets Three Bids For Miramax
“Each of those potential owners — if Disney indeed accepts any of the offers — brings strikingly different prospects to what was once Hollywood’s best-known independent film company.”
Hollywood Studios Cut Advertising
“From Time Warner Inc’s Warner Bros to Walt Disney Co, Hollywood’s stalwarts are employing Youtube and Twitter, consolidating advertising staff, using fans to spread the message through viral marketing — any way to get the word out in an era of stretched budgets.”
Classical Countdown – BBC To Count Down The Classical Chart
“The Official Specialist Classical Chart, which was launched in February 2009, is compiled on a weekly basis with the results released on Mondays. Radio 3’s Monday afternoon drivetime programme In Tune will countdown the chart and play a track from the album at number one.”
Ozawa Cancels Concerts For Cancer Treatment
“Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa said Friday he was recovering well from cancer but decided to cancel more engagements to concentrate on treatment.”
Survey: For First Time – Americans Prefer Internet To TV
“For the first time, the Internet is the winner by a narrow margin: 49 percent said they would drop television, and 48 percent said they’d give up their Internet connection, according to a survey released Thursday by Arbitron Inc. and Edison Media Research. The survey included 1,753 Americans aged 12 and older.”
Canadian Orchestra Plans Expansion
“Symphony New Brunswick plans to expand its orchestra, using the grants worth more than $250,000 announced by the federal government Thursday. The symphony foundation will hire up to five salaried woodwind and brass musicians by as early as this fall.”
Rare First-Edition Of Kipling’s “Jungle Book” Found
“The book was found by librarians at the National Trust’s Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire, where Kipling’s eldest daughter, Elsie, lived. The author wrote the inscription to his daughter Josephine, who died in 1899 aged six, said Trust officials.”
Australian Ballet’s Accidental Dancer
“Being the only boy at a ballet school in the small New Zealand town of Warkworth would make most seven-year-olds nervous. So Ty King-Wall agreed to go along with his frightened friend. … Sixteen years later the blond New Zealander has been elevated from soloist to perform the principal role of Octavian in Graeme Murphy’s The Silver Rose, opening tonight at the Sydney Opera House.”
Cost Of Proposed L.A. Music Center Renovation Rises To $250M
A report from the bond rating firm Moody’s Investors Service says that the ambitious plan, which includes an acoustical and physical overhaul of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, a redesign of the plaza between the Chandler and the Mark Taper Forum, and construction of new office space, could require the Music Center to incur $100 million to $150 million of additional debt.