Keepers of the Pina Bausch Flame

“In the months following Bausch’s death, [Dominique Mercy] took over the joint artistic direction of the company with Robert Sturm, the assistant director, and together they are committed to the continuation of the company she had built. … Initially, their decision to keep the company going was entirely pragmatic: they were away touring when Bausch died.”

Public Radio Thrives While Other Media Decline

“More listeners continue to find public radio and, as evidenced by a couple of developments in recent days, the network and some of its executives want to make the footprint even larger. With NPR already well established as a national and international news source, its biggest gaps are on the local front. And that happens to be where newspapers and other media have cut back.”