“Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has unveiled plans for a new television channel that will carry local news and content. … ‘At the same time we will implement a new licensing regime to foster the creation of local TV services whose output will be carried on the new channel’, he said.”
Tag: 01.19.10
Concept Stagings Of Shakespeare Don’t Go Far Enough, Says David Cote
“I also wince at conceptual Shakespeare, but for another reason: most directorial concepts are far too timid. Shakespeare was a moderate, nonsectarian humanist? Nonsense. Why not assume that if the Bard were alive, he’d be a bug-eyed anarchist or an eco-terrorist (he did love nature imagery, after all). … [He] certainly wouldn’t be churning out well-behaved divertissements for conservative critics.”
Orlando’s New PAC: Build Now, (Maybe) Pay Later?
“Orlando officials and arts boosters plan to break ground this spring on the first phase of the Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center – but they don’t yet have the money to pay for it or a firm plan on how to get it.”
Screwing Up On A Test May Be Better Than Studying For It
Experimental psychologists are finding that making big, embarrassing mistakes on tests and quizzes can lead to more effective and thorough learning than simply getting answers right the first time. (“Fear and failure are good motivators.”)
Avatar‘s Planet Pandora: A Biologist’s Dream
“When watching a Hollywood movie that has robed itself in the themes and paraphernalia of science, a scientist expects to feel anything from annoyance to infuriation at facts misconstrued or processes misrepresented. What a scientist does not expect is to enter into a state of ecstatic wonderment, to have the urge to leap up and shout: ‘Yes! That’s exactly what it’s like!'”
Hub Of L.A. ’60s Art Scene To Be Reborn (Temporarily)
“Los Angeles’ Ferus Gallery helped to nurture the talents of such artists as Ed Ruscha, Billy Al Bengston, Robert Irwin, Ed Moses, Wallace Berman and Ed Kienholz. From 1957 to 1966, the gallery, which was located on La Cienega Boulevard, served as a hub for the city’s nascent postwar art scene. … Starting Feb. 9, the Samuel Freeman gallery in Santa Monica will create a replica of the Ferus within its own walls.”
Cleveland Orchestra Musicians’ Perception Problem
Tom Service: “It’s going to stick in many people’s craws that some of the best paid and most union-protected musicians in the world, whose jobs aren’t under any real threat, should protest against proportionately small cuts rather than continuing to play and to serve their community.”
Cleveland Orchestra, Players Reach Tentative Deal
“The agreement requires ratification by the musicians and the orchestra’s board, and that is expected today, giving the orchestra enough time to move forward with a scheduled trip to Miami for a series of concerts and educational events.”
At Berklee, Learning To Compose For Video Games
“Video games pull in $20 billion a year, roughly the combined revenues of the film and music industries. Berklee, one of a handful of schools prepping students for a field that barely existed 10 years ago, is eager to tap that booming market, one that’s making boldfaced names out of its most talented and prolific composers.”
Jeffrey Deitch Brings A Spectacle-Filled Résumé To MOCA
“More than a little art-world lore surrounds the 57-year-old mega-dealer with a business degree from Harvard and voracious appetite for the new, the hip, and, of course, the headlines. Over the last three decades, Deitch has pioneered, chased and cashed in on just about every art-world trend,” including “a failed attempt at reality TV and a brush with bankruptcy.”