Broadcasts from Tanglewood particularly bristle with presence — you can hear every detail of the orchestra, and sometimes even the stubborn starlings chirping in the rafters of the Shed. - Washington Post
WRR Classical 101, long owned by the city of Dallas, is now run by public radio outlet KERA: there are sponsorship announcements rather than advertising and nonclassical paid programming is gone. Music director Emilio Alvarez aims to deepen ties with the community off- and on-air. - MSN (The Dallas Morning News)
A collective called Looty "seeks to give people from former colonies who are unable to travel to the West three-dimensional replicas and knowledge of their stolen treasures. Their aim is to end Western museums' monopoly over the narrative and give the public a more complete picture." - The New York Times
"Jackson Arn has written several pieces for The New Yorker, including reviews of a Georgia O'Keefe show at MOMA and a van Gogh exhibit at the Met. … In addition, Arn also written for Art in America, The Drift, Artforum, and The Nation." - MediaPost
"(An administrator wrote that) 'the specific allegations against Carlos Kalmar did not violate the Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and Sex Non-Discrimination Policy Under Title IX.' About 30 students, faculty and staff were interviewed as part of the investigation by former U.S. Attorney Carole Rendon." - Ideastream Public Media (Cleveland)
"Rachel Parikh alleges she was 'mocked and ridiculed because she is a brown-skinned South Asian' Indian woman and 'subjected to a hostile and offensive work environment.' She resigned from her job as associate curator of the arts of Asia and the Islamic World last fall." - WBUR (Boston)
"The return to formal negotiations was announced Aug. 10, nearly a week after both sides met in an exploratory meeting about the talks between the two parties. It marks the first step in what may be a long road to the parties reaching a resolution." - The Hollywood Reporter
Disney+ reported a total of 146.1 million subscribers for the quarter, a decrease of 11.7 million from 157.8 million in the previous quarter. - The Wrap
"When you look back at what the fringe has turned out, surely a wee bit of it somewhere can be allowed to upset. It's an open access Fringe, the most famous open access Fringe in the world. The other parts of the Fringe are going along fine. - BBC
Google and Universal Music are in talks to license artists’ melodies and voices for songs generated by artificial intelligence as the music business tries to monetize one of its biggest threats. - Ars Technica
The University of Kentucky upgraded its campus to the tune of $805,000 a day for more than a decade. Its freshmen, who come from one of America’s poorest states, paid an average $18,693 to attend in 2021-22. - The Wall Street Journal
As dance, the show is simple and unoriginal — yet exceptionally effective. Swift is a pop superstar who dances but is not known for her dancing. - The New York Times
"Around 90 students at the elite school, which prepares young people for careers with leading dance companies, will complete a series of strength tests as part of the study, due to finish in early 2025." - The Independent (UK)
While the filmmaker and actor was by no means a leftist, he was outraged by Senator Joseph McCarthy and his House Un-American Activities Committee and considered it unconstitutional for Congressmen to, in effect, put US citizens on trial for political opinions. So he moved his family to Ireland. - History Today
