“Two years after the actor Harrison Ford was badly injured on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by a hydraulic door on the Millennium Falcon starship, a Disney subsidiary” – Foodles Productions – “pleaded guilty to two criminal charges in a British court.”
As Controversy Over Deaccessioning Raged, Troubled Fisk University Sold Off Two Pieces Of Art
“When Fisk University, the historically black school in Nashville, tried to sell two paintings several years ago from its storied Alfred Stieglitz art collection, a firestorm erupted. … [But] with the debate over the future of Fisk itself swirling around her, Hazel O’Leary, then the university’s president, on behalf of the school quietly sold off two other paintings owned by Fisk.”
Warning: This Mozart Opera Is So Extreme And Shocking That We’ll Let You Turn Your Tickets In For A Refund In Advance
“Graphic depictions of violence, racist abuse and sexual assault are all expected to feature in a hard-hitting new production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte. But the [Edinburgh International Festival] failed to fully warn buyers when the tickets went on sale on April because it had not seen the three-and-a-half-hour opera, which will be performed at the Festival Theatre at the end of August.”
New York’s Big Apple Circus To Fold Its Tent After Fundraising Falls Short
“Despite its reputation and position in the city’s cultural firmament, many New Yorkers never realized that … the Big Apple is a nonprofit institution. Begun … in the 1970s, the circus was founded with a Robin Hood spirit that some families would pay full price; those lacking the means would pay nothing.”