Conceived of and paid for by travel industry players, the show is produced and performed Off-Broadway. It’s open to the public but a number of performances have been bought out by travel-related businesses.
Tag: 01.21.14
Yo Yo Ma: Why The Arts Are Essential
“For me the most proficient way to teach the values of collaboration, flexibility, imagination and innovation — all skill sets needed in today’s world — is through the performing arts. If you have these tools, you can do well in any field from software engineering to the biosciences.”
Classical Music in America Is Dead, Says Concern Troll
Mark Vanhoenacker: “When it comes to classical music and American culture, the fat lady hasn’t just sung. Brünnhilde has packed her bags and moved to Boca Raton.” (No, actually. She got a makeover and moved to downtown Brooklyn.) Readers are arguing back in the comments, so join the battle, comrades!
Shia LaBoeuf Says His Plagiarism Was Really Performance Art
“In recent weeks, Shia LaBeouf has been accused of plagiarism and then of plagiarizing his apologies for plagiarism. He has been embroiled in Twitter feuds. He written his apologies for his behavior with an airplane. He even said he sent a picture of his genitalia to a director to land a role in Nymphomaniac. This, he says, was all part of the act.” (Sure it was.)
Top Posts From AJBlogs 01.21.14
Pearl Buck’s Final (?) Novel
Source: The Great Flourishing | Published on 2014-01-21
International piano competition launches improvisation prize
Source: Slipped Disc | Published on 2014-01-21
Such a disappointment
Source: Sandow | Published on 2014-01-21
Pasta Vazool: The Conclusion
Source: Out There | Published on 2014-01-21
The Folk Art Museum Mess And Modern Architecture
Source: Real Clear Arts | Published on 2014-01-21
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Why Sales Of Vinyl Records Are Thriving
“For the sixth straight year, more analog was sold than the year before. In 2013 in particular, the jump was Van Halen-sized: In the United States, 6.1 million vinyl LPs were bought – up 33 per cent from 2012. It’s not just the fogies who grew up on vinyl who are buying the old-fashioned product. Younger listeners are also in on the RPM revolution.”
Thousands Of Latvians Form Human Daisy Chain To Move Library Books
“Around 15,000 people braved freezing temperatures – as low as -14C – to form a chain stretching more than a mile across the capital, deliberately echoing 1989’s Baltic Way when some two million protesters formed a human chain across Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to fight for independence from the Soviet Union.”
Italians To Vote On Which Artworks To Save
“The idea is to raise awareness — and money — for those artistic treasures that need restoration, something the culture ministry says has become a Sisyphean task amid the euro crisis.”
The Cincinnati Symphony’s Remarkable Turnaround
“During a period of artistic transition – in which music director Paavo Järvi departed, the orchestra underwent a search and Louis Langrée was appointed to the top artistic post – the orchestra launched projects that may be viewed as visionary in an industry that is struggling in many cities across the country.”
How Does The Brain Respond To Art? (The Neurological Answer)
“Certain artworks, albeit unfamiliar, may be so well-matched to an individual’s unique makeup that they obtain access to the neural substrates concerned with the self—access which other external stimuli do not get,” writes a research team.