She is taking over an organization that recently experienced significant turmoil following allegations of sexual misconduct against founding artistic director Albert Schultz, and his departure from the organization in January along with executive director Leslie Lester. (Schultz recently settled with his four accusers out of court).
Tag: 08.30.18
Labor Day jazz fests, starting with Chicago’s
The 40th annual Chicago Jazz Festival, four days free to all of unfettered, usually joyous music held in beautiful downtown Millennium Park, started last night, setting the tone for a weekend of exciting, civically-supported music here — and similar outpourings of jazz and blues, America’s vernacular musics, are offered throughout the U.S. this Labor Day weekend.
Louisville Courier-Journal “Recommits” To The Arts. Why?
From the paper’s editor: “Louisville’s arts scene also means big bucks. It’s estimated our A&E ‘industry’ has an economic ripple effect in the region of more than $450 million, providing jobs to thousands — from bartenders and waiters to parking garage operators, musicians and the performers themselves.” This after laying off the paper’s longtime arts writer last year.
Paul Taylor, Dead At 88
Mr. Taylor, whose highly diverse style was born in radical experimentalism in the 1950s, created poignant and exuberant works that entered the repertory of numerous dance companies. His own company, eloquent and athletic, has been one of the world’s superlative troupes.
America’s Favorite Dictionary Began As A Nationalist Project
“Merriam-Webster‘s … original goal [was] to create and preserve a monolithic American culture. Noah Webster Jr., the dictionary’s founding author, was one of the first American nationalists, and he wrote his reference books with the express purpose of creating a single definition of American English – one that often existed at the expense of regional and cultural variation of any kind.”