“The musicians voted last night on the most recent proposal and unanimously rejected it, according to a statement. In the statement, musicians say they cannot accept an offer that restricts them from performing elsewhere, provides limited job security and includes a pay cut.”
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Are There Any Writers Who Are Always Brilliant?
“When we say that we love a writer’s work,” Martin Amis recently opined, “we are always stretching the truth: what we really mean is that we love about half of it.” (He suggests as exceptions only Homer and Harper Lee.) Is Amis right?
Attention Must Be Paid: Subconscious Perception Isn’t Enough
“Yes, awareness may require only minimal attention; but it does require some attention. Nothing happens quite automatically. … We can be paying attention even though we’re not completely aware of doing so – but we can’t be aware of something if we’re not paying attention to it.”
It’s All About The Screaming: Alexei Ratmansky On Western Vs. Russian Ballet Training
“[In North America and in Europe] it’s more liberal. You can’t push the kids to work very hard. You can’t touch the kids, of course. You can’t scream. It’s hard to convince little children to work very hard and to go through pain. In Russia, it was like the army. It’s one of the reasons they produce very good dancers.”
UK Book Sellers Want End To Tax Breaks For Charities That Sell Books
“The Booksellers Association has called for an end to tax and business-rate concessions for charity bookshops, arguing that they represent unfair competition.”
Patrick deWitt: How An Arts Grant Made It Possible To Write Award-Winning Book
The B.C.-born author was “at the end of his rope” when the fateful envelope from Canada finally arrived at his Portland home. “My hands were shaking and my wife and my mother were there,” he recalled. “There was this really intensely dramatic moment. When I opened it up and got [the grant] we all erupted in cheers. It was a really fine moment for me.”
Shock: DC’s Arena Stage Drops Play Because Of Federal Funding Cuts
“The potential loss of half a million dollars had Arena scrambling, and the decision was made to drop a show near the end of the season.”
Authors Protest Amazon’s New Lending Library
American authors are up in arms about Amazon’s new Kindle lending library, accusing the online retailer of “boldly breaching its contracts” with publishers as it exercises its “brute economic power”.
Why Author Ann Patchett Is Opening A Nashville Bookstore
“I have no interest in retail; I have no interest in opening a bookstore. But I also have no interest in living in a city without a bookstore.”
TV Filming In LA Is Way Down Compared To Last Year
“Blame New York and the lousy television advertising market. Fewer dramas are filming in Los Angeles because of more competition from New York, which is having a record year for TV production.”