“Despite affecting about 5 per cent of people – roughly the same proportion as are dyslexic – dyscalculia has long been neglected by science, and people with it incorrectly labelled as stupid. Now, though, researchers are starting to get to the root of the problem, bringing hope that dyscalculic children will start to get specialist help just as youngsters with dyslexia do.”
Tag: 01.24.09
Orlando Opera Cuts 25% Of Its Staff
The company denies “that the 51-year-old company, which has an annual budget of $2.9 million and a $350,000 to $400,000 deficit, is in danger of closing its doors.”
New Jersey… The Culture State?
California? Too much fantasy, too much hazardous sunlight and too much obsession with software and hard bodies. New York City? Too much reality, too little sunlight and too much obsession, period. Everywhere in between? Riches, to be sure, but no place has New Jersey’s tightly packed diversity, its quick changes from urban to country, from mountains to coast, from gritty to gorgeous.
Composer George Perle, 93
Like the Serialists, Mr. Perle argued that if the 12 notes of the chromatic scale were treated equally, they would yield greater expressive possibilities than the seven-note major and minor scales that had dominated Western harmony for centuries. The difference between Mr. Perle’s method and strict Serialism, though, was that he did not insist on predetermined and rigorously ordered tone rows (or note sequences). He was equally free in his use of rhythms and dynamics.
Parents Petition Cameron Mackintosh To Pay Child Actors Decent Wages
“The impresario is currently employing about 150 children who appear on stage in the show at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and some of their parents have been muttering that the £20 that each child is paid per performance seems a little parsimonious.”
Canadian Artists Pummel Arts Minister With Pleas For More Support
“Aware they have his ear – and well aware, also, of the sense of financial crisis framing the upcoming budget – arts advocates are making a hard argument for the economic soundness of policies that support the arts, rather than dwelling on their nation-building or soul-sustaining functions.”
Video Game Generation Moves Into Middle Age (What Does It Mean?)
“The first generation to actually grow up playing video games is turning 40. As a group, they aren’t in the basement and they’re not maladjusted. They are responsible middle-aged parents, and many are coming into the full flower of their professional lives. People who play video games (most of whom probably do not consider themselves ‘gamers’) are moving into positions of power all over our society, even in the White House.”