“The Rock Hall generated operating revenues of $14.8 million, a 23 percent increase over the $12 million reported in 2005. Admissions and the museum store accounted for most of those revenues.”
Tag: 08.22.07
Opera Cleveland Gets A New Director
Dean Williamson, a conductor long associated with Seattle Opera, will become artistic director of Opera Cleveland.
New York Bans Musical Fakers
“Musical fakers who illegally impersonate groups they are not affiliated with will now face up to $15,000 in fines after Gov. Eliot Spitzer signed the state’s Truth in Music.”
American Museums Looking For Leaders
“At least two dozen art museums are leaderless, including such plum traditional institutions as the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, the National Portrait Gallery and the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Among modern-art museums, director chairs are empty in Houston, Chicago and at New York’s Guggenheim.”
High School Musical Sets Records
The Disney show premiered last Friday. “With that premiere drawing 17.24 million viewers — the largest audience in cable television history — Disney Channel averaged 5.93 million viewers for its prime-time programming from Aug. 13 through Monday, making it the third-most-watched network of the week, according to figures released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.”
Detroit Symphony Will Talk, Try To Avoid Strike
Musicians and management of the Detroit Symphony have agreed to start talking again about a new contract. The meeting will be the first since the players issued a volatile news release two weeks ago calling management’s last proposal “the worst we’ve ever seen” and announcing that a strike was “probable.”
Museums – Expand Your Way To Success
“A 2006 survey by the American Association of Museums found that 50 percent of responding museums had begun or completed construction, renovation, or expansion in the previous three years. The boom is partly due to museum officials who recognize that using name architects for expansions helps attract tourists.”