One judge on the 784-page Mr. B: George Balanchine’s Twentieth Century, by Jennifer Homans: "I’m hopeless on the dancefloor, ... but this book takes you in. It’s a story of the 20th century." - The Guardian (UK)
Barbie director Greta Gerwig: "There was a big meeting that was like, ‘Do you need this?' And I was like, ‘Everything in me needs this.' They were like, ‘What do you even mean? What is a dream ballet?' And I was like, ‘A dream ballet? Where do I begin!'" - MSN (Variety)
The U.S.'s fervor for banning books (based, studies say, on 11 people's complaints) is being met with busloads of the censored cultural capital. - The Guardian (UK)
Poet Vona Groarke: "I think my voice is being appropriated, my life, in a strange way, I fear, is also being appropriated, my sensitivity, my sensibility." - Irish Times
A financial review shows that the festival gets up to 80 percent of its budget from ticket sales - a high number that puts the 88-year-old repertory company at risk. - Oregon Business
“It’s not that there is no money. There’s a lot of money. It’s just that there must be a reason to spend it. To say, ‘We’re going to have another symphony concert’ is excellent. But what else are you offering?” - Waterloo Record
Georgie Wolton launched the careers of Norman Foster and Richard Rogert, but all that's left of her legacy now is a house in deep disrepair. - The Observer (UK)
"The books feature sheep that lived in a village and had to defend themselves against wolves. In the series of books, the sheep take action such as going on strike or escaping by boat." - Seattle Times (AP)
