“The arts tax has been something of a comedy of errors every since voters approved it with a “yes” vote of 62 percent in November.”
Tag: 06.12.13
Twelve Fossil Words That Survive Purely By Idiom
Why the ever-living heck is the second word in “just deserts” spelled with one s but pronounced like desserts?
A Playwright Edits Sweet Bird Of Youth
Tennessee Williams “spent nearly two decades writing and rewriting, long after productions had opened and closed, long after film adaptations and printed texts appeared. There are an eye-watering numbers of performable versions. In some of them characters survive, in others, they don’t. Endings are sometimes hopeful, in others gruesomely tragic.” James Graham writes about sorting through them all for a new production at the Old Vic.
Struggling With Who Sets Value For Music
“None of the people I met in D.C. last week were content to create music in a society that doesn’t value it, either aesthetically or economically. We should not be content either.”
The Connection Between Art Sales And The Venice Biennale
“So why are so many dealers unwilling to acknowledge the commercial side of the Venice Biennale, let alone discuss details of sales?”
Authors Challenge Royalty Rate For Library E-Book Lending
“According to the Society of Authors, publishers are wrongly treating revenues from online libraries as one-off sales rather than licences.”
How The “Black Swan” Ruling Could Change How Interns Are Used
“For anyone who has ever had an unpaid internship, the Black Swan situation sounds familiar, which makes this ruling even more encouraging. Indeed, many internships appear to be within the grounds of the very internship that a U.S. federal judge just found illegal, both setting a precedent for future disgruntled worker bees and also scaring potential intern abusers into paying their summer or short-term staffers some actual money.”
Want To Become A Less Rigid Thinker? Read Novels
“Are you uncomfortable with ambiguity? It’s a common condition, but a highly problematic one. The compulsion to quell that unease can inspire snap judgments, rigid thinking, and bad decision-making. Fortunately, new research suggests a simple antidote for this affliction: Read more literary fiction.”
Greece’s Public Broadcaster Will Be Back Soon, Say Officials
“The government promised to relaunch ERT within weeks, saying it was taken off air so suddenly only due to fears that workers would damage state equipment. … Many Greeks have little love for ERT journalists and the state broadcaster is often cited as an example of inefficiency, overspending and jobs given in return for political favors. … About 2,000 of its 2,600 employees are non-journalists.”
L.A.’s Center Theatre Group Can’t Stop The Deficits
“The 2012-13 fiscal year that ends June 30 is expected to yield the fifth consecutive splash of red ink since mid-2008 for the company that runs the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre.”