Elizabeth Rowe has been the face of the orchestra in marketing campaigns, and she and the only other woman who’s a principal in the orchestra were featured soloists in a tour of Japan. Yet “pay disparities can be significant. Ms. Rowe, 44, is paid about $70,000 less each year than John Ferrillo, 62, the principal oboist, based on data in the lawsuit and tax records. That is despite the fact that they play next to each other and are both ‘leaders of the orchestra in similarly demanding artistic roles,’ according to the lawsuit.”
Tag: 07.06.18
Yes, They’re Marketed Brilliantly, But Why Are We Obsessed With Superhero Movies?
What do they say about us, about our time period? What will historians say in the future, when this time (the time of the superhero) is, at long last, over? “Gone is respect for the rule of law and the importance of tradition and community. Institutions and human knowledge are useless. Religion is irrelevant. Governments are corrupt and/or inept, when not downright evil. The empowered individual is all.”
This Curator Had A Job Offer At MoMA’s PS1 – Until They Learned She Had A Baby
The curator was pregnant – visibly so – when she “continued to have face-to-face meetings, conversations and correspondence with Mr. Eleey and with Klaus Biesenbach, PS1’s director, according to the complaint. In fact, she says she saw Mr. Biesenbach just eight days before she gave birth to her first child, a son, in late July.” But later, he seemed shocked that she’d had a baby – and the job offer was soon off the table.
Without The Musician Drake, Toronto Would Lose A Lot Of Tourist Money
Seriously, a study shows that he may be worth as much as $440 million to Toronto. (Be sure to watch the video.)
Why Canadian Libraries Are Having A Problem With Audio Books
Buying them is expensive, for one thing. But there are also rights issues, payment issues, and, oh yes, Amazon’s Audible service, which stand as obstacles in the increasingly popular audio book space.
Tom Wolfe, Cartoonist
“Tom Wolfe, who died on May 14, had a lesser-known but not-so-secret passion: He loved to draw caricatures and cartoons with the same incisive, sarcastic wit that came through in his written social commentary.”