“The plan also calls for remaking Alameda itself as it runs in front of the station, making it easier for pedestrians and cyclists to navigate. Complicating this goal, the city’s existing plan for Alameda actually anticipates widening the street to make room for the heavier car traffic produced by a busier Union Station.”
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Is The Google Library Project Fair Use (And Is It Hurting Authors)?
“Regarding the effect on potential market value — you think that might be something that would vary from book to book, but the court really did not consider it that way. It treated the books in the aggregate.”
What Does A Designer Think Of The Flap Around Los Angeles’ 99-Seat Theatres?
“I have come to find the 99-seat plan to be a blessing and a curse. It allows for creative freedom and risk taking in production. With such a vast talent pool in Los Angeles, the work often can be amazing. It can also be terrible.”
When A Theatre Boxes Out Critics On Opening Night
“Critics are invited to a separate ‘media night’ five days later – and this is a formula that the company intends to follow for the rest of the season.”
The Night Baby Hipsters Completely Swarmed The NY Art Book Fair
“Nate: If you had told me three years ago that I’d be mentioning Coachella while talking about the NY Art Book Fair …
“Alanna: Haha, yeah, right? It’s great though, print is alive and well.”
First Theatre Certified Paying “Living Wage”
“Theatre Delicatessen has said it will pay all of its permanent staff the London living wage, which is £8.80 an hour. All other temporary staff, such as box office attendants and bar staff, will get the living wage rate of £7.65 an hour.”
What Do You Do With Taller Dancers?
“Some companies are more tolerant of taller star ballerinas than corps dancers. The question is how to advance beyond the back row.”
Vinyl’s Back! And So Are The Pressing Plants That Make Them (But They’re Getting Stressed Out)
“Despite the increased public demand for vinyl records, spanning mass reissue campaigns of premium-quality vinyl by classic bands such as Pink Floyd to small seven-inch runs by local bands to sell at gigs, press operators say that profit margins are narrowing because of the increased costs involved in locating, refurbishing, installing, operating, and ultimately repairing machines that are no longer made but are pushed harder and faster than they were in their heyday.”
Why Leonard Bernstein Still Grabs Hold Of Our Imaginations
“It turns out Lenny was truly great after all: one of the biggest, most colorful, most popular and recognizable figures in American classical music. And posterity shows no signs of abandoning him. Recording catalogues and publishers’ lists are as full as ever of his recordings, DVDs and Bernstein-related publications.”
Report: Music Sales Dropped Precipitously In First Half Of 2014
“According the Recording Industry Association of America, which collects sales numbers from the major record companies, just under $3.2 billion in music sales was recorded in the first half of 2014. That is down 4.9 percent from the same period in 2013, the association reported on Thursday. But a closer look at the numbers shows how much music consumption patterns are changing.”