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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 11 May 2019

Woodstock 50 concert organizers sue investor that backed out

By JENNIFER PELTZ More than 75 performers
Associated Press have been announced,
NEW YORK (AP) — A dis- including Jay-Z, Dead &
pute over the future of the Company and the Killers as
Woodstock 50 festival has headliners. Others include
spiraled into a court fight, John Fogerty, Miley Cyrus,
with organizers suing and Santana, Imagine Dragons,
at least temporarily silenc- Chance the Rapper and
ing a former investor that Janelle Monae.
sought to call off the anni- Behind the scenes, trouble
versary show. began brewing between
Woodstock 50 organizers the organizers and their
are accusing ex-partner chief investor about six
Dentsu Aegis Network of weeks ago, according to
verbally and financially the lawsuit. It says Dentsu
sabotaging the big-name started to slow-walk pay-
event that organizers insist ments and accused Wood-
will still unfold Aug. 16-18 in stock 50 of violating their
Watkins Glen, New York. agreement — allegations
Denstu Aegis, meanwhile, that the lawsuit denies with-
has pulled out of the con- out detailing.
cert and raised concerns Then, on April 29, Dentsu
about safety. And the two announced it was cancel-
sides are clashing over ing the event.
nearly $18 million that the “We don’t believe the pro-
organizers say their ex-in- This Aug. 15, 2009 file photo shows a crowd on the lawn during the Heros of Woodstock concert at duction of the festival can
vestor withdrew from the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y. be executed as an event
festival bank account. Associated Press worthy of the Woodstock
“Dentsu’s actions have Manhattan this week. ers. London-based Dentsu Ae- brand name while also en-
caused a worldwide up- The suit seeks the return of A Manhattan judge on gis and its Japanese par- suring the health and safety
roar over its efforts to kill the the bank account money. Thursday temporarily grant- ent, Dentsu. of the artists, partners and
festival’s commemoration Woodstock 50 also wants ed the gag order, at least Woodstock 50 and Dentsu’s attendees,” the company
of one of the most iconic an order barring Dentsu, until a hearing set for Mon- Amplifi Live LLC arm inked said in a statement at the
cultural events of the 20th an international market- day, court records show. a deal in November to pro- time. “As difficult as it is, we
century,” Woodstock 50 ing company, from talking There were no immediate duce the anniversary show, believe this is the most pru-
LLC’s lawyer, Marc Kasow- about the festival with the responses to requests for planned at Watkins Glen In- dent decision for all parties
itz, wrote in a lawsuit filed in media, performers or oth- comment sent Thursday to ternational racetrack. involved.” q

Tembi Locke’s ‘From Scratch’ is a gorgeous read

By KIM CURTIS a career in Hollywood. She from the open sky.”
Associated Press meets Saro, a Sicilian chef, Because of her obvious
“From Scratch: A Memoir when she’s 20. Their inter- writing skills, readers get lost
of Love, Sicily, and Find- racial, intercultural relation- in her prose, which leads
ing Home” (Simon & ship is shocking enough to some confusion and un-
Schuster), by Tembi Locke that his parents boycott the answered questions. For
Not interested in yet an- wedding. Then Saro is diag- example, the book glosses
other memoir of moving nosed with a rare cancer over Saro’s cancer diag-
to Italy, discovering great and dies early in the narra- nosis, lengthy treatments
food and falling crazy in tive. and Locke’s 10 years as his
love with the man of your The writing in “From caregiver. And while read-
dreams? Me neither. But Scratch” is sublime. Locke ers understand that they
don’t let that stop you from allows her readers to revel were each other’s great
picking up “From Scratch: in the sensory experiences love, we’re not sure how or
A Memoir of Love, Sic- of Sicily. She offers a peek why that became true.
ily, and Finding Home” by into her deeply satisfying re- Her characters, too, are
Tembi Locke. lationship with her daugh- presented in broad strokes
Yes, the literary debut from ter, her husband and their and feel two-dimension-
the Houston-born actress is family. al. Zoela as a typical kid
the no-longer-unique com- When she compares is whiny and impatient at
bination of travelogue, cheese-making to grief, times, but she’s also smart,
recipe book and love story. describing how both need kind and wise beyond her
And, yes, it’s primarily set in “time, labor and atten- years. Saro is handsome,
Sicily. tion,” she offers a new per- supportive, understanding
But “From Scratch” man- spective on an age-old and great in the bedroom
ages to elevate itself with emotion. Even her descrip- as well as the kitchen. And
a few key additional ele- tion of the classic Los Ange- Locke herself, despite shar-
ments. les fog feels fresh: “A haze ing stories of her love, fam- This book cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows
“From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home,” by
First, Locke is a black always hung over the city, ily and grief, keeps a safe Tembi Locke.
American actress forging separating the lives we led distance.q Associated Press