“Who wants to go out to a theatre when you can call up anything on your smartphone?”
Tag: 01.28.13
Is This Where The Arts Are Most “Vibrant” In America?
“ArtPlace has released a report on the ‘top 12 ArtPlaces’ in the country – the neighborhoods or clusters that scored highest on a subset of the funder’s much-discussed vibrancy indicators:”
NEA Chief Of Staff Jamie Bennett Talks About The Landesman Years
“What has made this such an exciting time to be doing this work is that Rocco never ran away from an interesting conversation. When he raised the now infamous “#supplydemand” question at Arena Stage, his instruction to me wasn’t to go into gatekeeper mode.”
Antigua, The Next Intellectual Property Pirate’s Paradise?
“Any day now, you might be able to download Argo, Lincoln and Les Mis for a dime a piece. Microsoft Office could go for a quarter. … As part of a long-running trade dispute, the tiny island nation of Antigua and Barbuda (population: 90,000) won the right to use the intellectual property of U.S. firms – without having to pay any royalties or licensing fees.”
Bolshoi’s Sergei Filin Forgives Acid Attacker
“A priest came to visit me. I said to him, ‘You know, I forgive them all, let God be their judge. Because man is weak.’ I forgive all those people who were involved.”
The Art Of Programming New Work (It’s A Dance)
“There’s no one way artistic directors go about finding new work to bolster their seasons and raise their company profiles. It’s as individualized a process as directing a company.”
Washington Performing Arts Society Gets A New Director
“Bilfield, who transformed Stanford Live (formerly Lively Arts at Stanford) from a simple university presenter to a full-fledged producing organization and oversaw the planning and construction of the new Bing Concert Hall, which opened earlier this month, will become only the fourth leader in WPAS’s 47-year history.”
Your E-Book Is Tracking You
“You can tell everything about how somebody reads a book,” says Turow, “whether they are the kind that skips to the end, how fast they read, what they skip … So [data from e-readers] can give the author specific feedback. You know, ’35 percent of the people who bought this book quit after the first two chapters.’ “
Detectives Probe For Bolshoi Secrets
“Among their tasks is to peer into the dark side of the ballet company: old rivalries and professional grudges that Bolshoi officials believe may have motivated the attack.”
A Tale Of Two Arts Cities (And Countries)
Seattle and Vancouver – their arts scenes say much about approaches to building culture…