James Levine, etc: Morning reading

We  posted the news of James Levine's surgery yesterday, but the BSO wasn't talking. They did tell Geoff for a Globe story that they're expecting Levine back to conduct Beethoven in late October, which seems mighty optimistic. ... Geoff also has a nice P.1 take on a homegrown talent at the Boston Ballet. ... Names meanwhile has the end of the Publick Theatre-Edward Albee contretemps: he's going to let them do the play after all, but with a disclaimer. Which, alas, renders my Tina Packer interview yesterday moot. ... Greg Cook notes that the MFA has supposedly been searching for a contemporary art curator for a year. ... And Big, Red & Shiny clues us in to something we never expected at the Topsfield Fair: A freaky contemporary installation. Inside the Gravitron! ... One more: JC Lockwood on Kristen Miller and her cello.