The American Library Association’s annual list is out, and as usual, there are some head-scratchers. Harry Potter? To Kill a Mockingbird? The media darling of the list is John Oliver’s parody of the Pence family’s leporine romp A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo. – Melville House
Tag: 04.09.19
Seymour Cassel, Longtime Film And TV Character Actor, Dead At 84
For more than 200 appearances over five decades, “[he] played raconteurs, street toughs and cha-cha-dancing hoodlums, frequently collaborating with independent filmmakers John Cassavetes and Wes Anderson.” – The Washington Post
Chicago Symphony Strike: In For The Long Haul?
Despite some movement on dollar amounts and percentages, the two parties appear to remain essentially where they were four weeks ago on the basics. – Chicago Tribune
Rockin’ at the Met with “Play It Loud”: Guitar Action & My Copyright Infraction
The Eagles may have booted Don Felder out of the band, but he was the one who enjoyed a star turn at the Metropolitan Museum’s memorable press preview for Play it Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. – Lee Rosenbaum
Chicago Symphony Musicians Reject Management’s ‘Last, Best And Final Offer’
“According to the musicians’ statement, the offer from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association would ‘freeze the pension plan at its current level today, thereby prohibiting new hires from joining and denying nearly 2/3 of the orchestra currently in the pension plan any guarantee to increase their retirement benefit, even if they don’t retire for another 20 years.'” – Chicago Tribune
State Funding For Culture Slashed In São Paulo By New Reality-Star-Turned-Governor
“Nineteen federally-funded museums, cultural institutions and events in São Paulo could be impacted by steep budget cuts proposed by the state’s governor João Doria, a millionaire who appeared on the Brazilian version of The Apprentice before he took office in January this year.” – The Art Newspaper