The gift from an anonymous donor “comes just days after board members pledged $510,000 beyond their previous contributions to help the orchestra cure its financial troubles. Combined, the donations put the orchestra nearly two-thirds of the way toward the $1.77million goal of an emergency fund drive it launched in May.”
Tag: 08.27.09
Critics Quit New UK Theatre Website Over Unpaid Invoices
“Four leading critics have quit a recently launched theatre website, claiming they are owed thousands of pounds in back-pay and accusing the organisation of a lack of professionalism.”
Council Rejects Design For London’s Kensington Palace As ‘Twee’
“The cast-iron and glass structure was part of a £12 million redesign of the historic building, once the home of Diana, Princess of Wales, aimed at enhancing its appeal to visitors. The entrance or loggia was … thrown out by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s planning committee last night.”
Malaysia Bars Muslims From Hip-Hop Concert
“The Malaysian government has barred Muslims” – mostly the ethnic Malays who make up a majority of the population – “from a Black Eyed Peas concert next month in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, because the event is sponsored by Irish beermaker Guinness.” Members of the ethnic Chinese, Indian and other minority communities may attend, as may tourists.
Fight The Power! How To Beat Amazon’s Kindle
“It’s in everyone’s best interest for lots of eBook makers to flourish – that’ll keep down prices and keep one company from dictating the terms of eBook sales,” says Farhad Manjoo. “Anyone looking to beat the Kindle, then, should look to the iPod: Study everything that Apple’s rivals did, and do the opposite.”
A Terrible Summer For The Music Festival Business
“With few exceptions, this year has been a dismal one for festival organizers. Many were forced to slash tickets costs. Edgefest, for example, cut prices in half. Others, like the recent inaugural 1000 Islands Music Festival, have seen fan turnout rates at about one-third of what was anticipated.”
Why It’s Important To Have Bad Dancers On A “Dancing” Show
The journey from awful to amazing is what really matters and Strictly is the only reality show in the world that makes a virtue of celebrating effort rather than fame.
Britain’s Last TV
The country’s last TV manufacturing plant is closing. It marks the end of mass TV manufacturing in the UK, a technology the country invented.
Heritage…. Ewww!
“What an ugly word it is, to begin with. Why heritage, exactly? Why not inheritance – a much more forceful and imperative word? But that’s the point: to call historic art and buildings our inheritance would suggest a heavy burden of debt. The effect of the word heritage is, by contrast, to mute and disempower history and weaken our sense of relationship with it.”
Yale Declines To Publish Cartoons In Scholarly Book
Yale University Press has backed down from publishing reproductions of cartoons that appeared in a Danish newspaper in 2005 and led to Muslim rioting and deadly violence. The book is about the controversies. The publisher says its advisers have advised against it.