Presented in Los Angeles by MOCA and the director Yuval Sharon’s company of operatic experimenters, the Industry, “The Comet/Poppea” was commissioned by the American Modern Opera Company. - The New York Times
Concert planning and programming are still what he likes doing most of all, he says, but nonetheless he has found himself running an operation that employs almost 200 people. - The Guardian
If you ask me to describe someone I cannot see at that moment, or something, I have no idea how to do it since my mind forms no pictures. The idea that a mind could form pictures is, to me, science fiction. - Hedgehog Review
The dancers competing at the Olympics in Paris this summer may not know the theoretical physics or mathematics on which their moves depend, but they have a thorough, intuitive understanding of friction, inertia, linear momentum, angular momentum, torque, and axes of rotation. - The Conversation
The recent analysis of 16,327 compositions scheduled for performances revealed that 7.5% of works were composed by women (down from 7.7% in the 2021/22 report on the same topic). Of these, 5.8% were composed by white women. Works by women from the global majority accounted for 1.6%. - The Violin Channel
"Starting with the 2024-25 academic year, incoming graduate students, as well as continuing MFA students studying acting and dramatic writing, will shoulder no tuition cost. … School officials (say) the tuition-free MFA programs allow the university to more competitively recruit extraordinarily gifted creatives." - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
The journals that were withdrawn were all owned by Hindawi, a company Wiley bought in January 2021, that was later discovered to have a paper mill problem at some titles. - Chemistry World
"Over 30,000 field experiments with The Washington Post and Upworthy showed that readers prefer simpler headlines (e.g., more common words and more readable writing) over more complex ones. A follow-up experiment showed that (they) paid more attention to, and processed more deeply, the simpler headlines compared to the complex headlines." - Science Advances
According to independent events planners, publicists and marketers, more and more authors are seeking out their services to augment the efforts of their publishers’ in-house staff. - The Guardian
In a 3-2 vote, the Indian River County School Board in Vero Beach overruled its own book-review committee to remove "Ban This Book" by Alan Gratz. One member described the children's novel as "teaching rebellion of school board authority"; another called it "just a liberal Marxist propaganda piece." - Tallahassee Democrat
Members of the public have been free to visit the portrait of the monarch, which is on display at the Philip Mould gallery in central London until June 21. - CNN
"The National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto is considered one of his classic designs, with floating forms of glass, metal and concrete. ... In the U.S., Maki’s projects included the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and 4 World Trade Center in New York." - AP
"Metro Arts violated multiple government policies in the last two years, according to (the) report. … The agency struggled for months to pay artists and arts organizations the grant money they were promised. The audit revealed numerous problems with grant distribution and employment practices that had not yet been publicly known." - WPLN (Nashville)
"Redstone's change of heart, after months of drama and tensions spilling into the public, was the culmination of several forces that had been playing out behind the scenes, according to seven people close to the situation who were not authorized to comment on internal discussions." - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
While they haven't made a formal offer yet, sources say that Bronfman, former CEO of Warner Music Group (and, before that, Seagram's, his family's business), and Bain (known for being co-founded by Mitt Romney) are reportedly assembling $2.5 billion to buy National Amusements, Shari Redstone's company, which controls Paramount. - Variety
