Filer, a mental health nurse, takes the £30,000 prize for his the first novel, narrated by an English boy who recounts his descent into schizophrenia following his younger brother’s death.
Tag: 01.28.14
Minnesota Dance Theatre Board Resigns En Masse
A statement signed by the board said “the organization remains solvent and critically successful. We hope that the company and school will continue to succeed in the hands of a new board and the artistic director.”
‘Sensory Fiction’ – Researchers Develop Wearable Book
“It’s straight out of the pages of science fiction: a ‘wearable’ book, which uses temperature controls and lighting to mimic the experiences of a story’s protagonist, has been dreamed up by academics at MIT.” (includes video)
London Theatres Report Their Tenth Year In A Row Of Record Box Office
This means London box office receipts have more than doubled since the turn of the century. In 2000, total box office across SOLT members was £286.6 million.
Strad Stolen in Milwaukee Mugging
“A 300-year-old Stradivarius violin on loan to Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond was stolen during an armed robbery after a performance by Almond at Wisconsin Lutheran College.”
When Pete Seeger Faced Down the House Un-American Activities Committee
“I love my country very dearly, and I greatly resent this implication that some of the places that I have sung and some of the people that I have known, and some of my opinions … make me any less of an American. I will tell you about my songs, but I am not interested in telling you who wrote them, and I will tell you about my songs, and I am not interested in who listened to them.” (includes complete transcript)
Complete Works of Ben Jonson Now Available Online
“The new Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online, produced by a team of 30 scholars and available partly on an open-access basis, presents the texts of all his plays, masques, poems, letters and criticism in an interactive digital format, along with hundreds of supporting documents and musical scores and a bibliography.”
Social Activist Dance Company Gets $3M From Agnes Varis Trust
The estate of the late pharmaceuticals mogul and philanthropist “will give $3 million to Gibney Dance, the formerly all-women dance troupe that is known for its social activism and is about to expand its operations to 280 Broadway in Lower Manhattan.”
José Emilio Pacheco, World-Renowned Mexican Author, Dead at 74 After Fall
The Cervantes Prize winner “emerged in the 1960s as one of a group of socially concerned poets and authors who addressed burning issues like pollution, poverty and governmental bureaucracy.”
Northern Ireland Town Council Unbans Play Banned for Blasphemy
“A Northern Irish borough council has reversed its ban on the Reduced Shakespeare Company’s The Bible: the Complete Word of God (Abridged), allowing scheduled performances in Newtownabbey’s Theatre at the Mill later this week to go ahead as planned.”