“IRS records show the DSO’s total revenue increased by nearly 5 percent to $2.46 million from fiscal 2008 to 2010. Still, the symphony lost about one-fourth of its subscribers over the last four seasons, totaling 521 subscribers in the last season. New executive director Lee Williamson, who began in March, blamed the uncertain economic climate.”
Tag: 06.10.12
The TV Dial These Days Is Crowded With… Dance
“You can hardly change the channels these days without seeing a pasa doble, a pirouette or a pop.”
Top Syrian Playwright On Making Theatre During The Rebellion
Mohammad Al-Attar: “[Many] Syrians are bitter that a decent number of intellectuals were afraid to speak out or slow to criticise what the regime was doing. Each person has his or her own reasons for this. … People are trying to liberate themselves – we have to explore questions we have postponed and examine our political positions.”
Is Addiction A Disease, Or A Choice Made By The Addict? (Yes.)
“[The] question rests on a false dilemma. … If we think, however, of addiction as involving both choice and disease, our outlook is likely to become more nuanced. For instance, the progression of many medical diseases is affected by the choices that individuals make. … Linking choice and responsibility is right in many ways, so long as we acknowledge that choice can be constrained in ways other than by force or overt coercion.”
‘Singapore’s Banksy’ Gets Arrested (Unsurprisingly) – But Singaporeans Clamor To Defend Her
“In Hoxton or New York, it might be regarded as commonplace – witty stencils and stickers posted by an artist around public spaces. In Singapore, however, a city obsessed with order and where ‘vandals’ can be flogged, 27-year-old Samantha Lo – the so-called ‘Sticker Lady’ – has inspired a massive online campaign after being arrested for posting stickers.”
Did The Arts Win In Kansas – Or Get Set Up For A Big National Loss?
“Opposing the arts – then reversing one’s position after recognizing the huge outcry against such a move is (especially for GOP candidates) often a win-win situation. They appease the base then placate the opposition. They look tough, then moderate. And in the process the arts yet again spend valuable time, energy, money and soul defending their very existence and consider their survival a real victory. Meanwhile as Richard suggested, they move the arts towards the private sector version of creativity, and valuable only as an economic stimulator.”
Frank Cady, 96, Of Green Acres Fame
“Reflecting on his TV career, Cady told the Portland Oregonian in 1995, ‘You get typecast. I’m remembered for those shows and not for some pretty good acting jobs I did other times. I suppose I ought to be grateful for that. Because otherwise I wouldn’t be remembered at all. I’ve got to be one of the luckiest guys in the world.'”
She’s Got A Pulitzer, But L.A. Theatre Doesn’t Care
“At 34, playwright Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes has a lot going for her: this year’s Pulitzer Prize for drama, a piece of a Tony Award-winning musical (In the Heights) and a growing repute as one of the most poetic, socially clued-in young voices in the American theater. Now what she really could use is a little West Coast love.”
The Colorado Symphony Saved Itself By Reinventing Just About Everything
“Just seven months ago, the CSO was poison — so toxic that 20 trustees made an angry and abrupt exit when a move to make players part-time failed. Now it is re-emerging as something everyone wants a taste of.”
At Book Expo An Uneasy Peace Among Publishers
“Nearly two months after the U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five major publishers, the tensions over commerce were audible on the show floor.”