Vancouver Art Gallery Moves A Step Ahead
Source: Real Clear Arts | Published on 2014-01-09
A Wagner heir has died, at 71
Source: Slipped Disc | Published on 2014-01-09
“We simply do not have the financial resources to continue. We had hoped a large donation from an individual would arrive in time, but regrettably it did not materialize, and in the absence of any other funding, the board had no choice but to cancel the rest of the season and cease operations.”
YouTube user Robert Jones stitched together clips from some of the greatest dance scenes in movie history for a super-cut set to the Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance.”
“The quality of the place is irrelevant, as are collisionable hours per acre per year. As long as talented people born in different places are coming together, even the Orkney Islands can be an innovation hub.”
Hancock, who turns 74 in April, says his lectures will cover the practical lessons he has learned about the harmonious connection between “the essential values in jazz and the values of Buddhism”.
“As Hollywood’s annual two-month frenzy of awards shows begins Jan. 12 with the Golden Globes, the reality is that for the TV networks, awards season now runs all year.”
A technique called statistical stylometry, which mathematically examines the use of words and grammar, was found to be “surprisingly effective” in determining how popular a book would be.
“The Museum of Modern Art unveiled on Wednesday a sweeping redesign of its Midtown building, featuring a retractable glass wall, new gallery space and the opening of its entire first floor, including the beloved sculpture garden, free to the public.”
Anthony Tommasini suggests that the lessons from the demise of New York City Opera and the ongoing Bleeding of the Minnesota Orchestra can be boiled down to a single five-word warning.
A Brooklyn theater company is mounting a site-specific production of Albee’s The Death of Bessie Smith – “which by most evidence is based on an apocryphal account of how Smith, the black, early-20th-century blues singer, was denied treatment at a whites-only hospital” – at a struggling community medical center.
