“The Colorado Ballet is in financial trouble. Again. In what has become a recurring story line for the Denver-based, 30-member company, it is facing potentially crippling budget shortfalls. … Word [had even] circulated in the arts community in December that the ballet was on the verge of closing its doors at the end of the month.”
Tag: 01.17.10
A Book Tour Like A Tupperware Party
Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries: “Originally, my publisher had a standard tour planned for me, bookstores in five large coastal cities. … I didn’t want to travel thousands of miles to read to 10 people, sell four books, then spend the night in a cheap hotel room before flying home.” So he arranged for himself a series of 73 readings in private homes all over the US.
The Triumph Of The Propaganda Poster
“All across Europe populist parties are growing, capitalizing, to an extent unknown across the Atlantic, on a very old-fashioned brand of propaganda art.” One such poster, of a Swiss flag covered with minarets, is credited with helping swing the referendum that banned the building of minarets in Switzerland.
Indie Filmmakers Are Doin’ It For Themselves (Distribution)
“In the Old World of distribution, filmmakers hand over all the rights to their work, ceding control to companies that might soon lose interest in their new purchase … In the New World, filmmakers maintain full control over their work from beginning to end … The Old World has commercials, newspapers ads and the mass audience. The New World has social media, YouTube, iTunes and niche audiences.”
Cincinnati Symphony At A Big, Complex Crossroads
“A beloved Pops conductor – gone. A recording contract – gone. A music director – going. A performance venue – closing soon for renovations. … Never in its 115-year history has the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra faced so many challenges at once and so much uncertainty about its future.”
The Unbearable Lightness Of Tino Sehgal’s Art
He refuses to work with any inanimate object or substance; his artworks are always performed by “interpreters” – but in a gallery space just as if the piece were a sculpture. He insists that his works be completely ephemeral, not preserved or documented in any way. Yet he also insists on selling his works as if they were canvases or statues (though he forbids the use of written contracts).
Why We Misremember All Those Famous Movie Quotes
“Play it again, Sam.” “Excuse me while I slip into something more comfortable.” “Me Tarzan, you Jane.” “Come with me to the Casbah.” “Greed is good.” None of those iconic lines was actually uttered in the movies from which they supposedly came. Yet there are good reasons that the quotations changed as they slipped into our collective cultural memory.