“A fleshy rebellion is spreading hot and fast across the cybersphere, as a growing number of activists are stripping down in support of Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who was reportedly banned from her homeland after posing topless for French magazine Madame Le Figaro.”
Tag: 01.30.12
Reborn Orchestra In Honolulu Set For Debut
Just over a year after the Honolulu Symphony’s ignominious collapse, musicians and backers have created the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra, which has announced a slate of eight classical programs to be performed in Honolulu from March through May of this year.
Long Wharf Theater Cancels Stage Version Of Sophie’s Choice
“The Long Wharf Theater in New Haven has replaced what it had billed as the ‘world premiere’ of the play Sophie’s Choice.” The script, by David Rintels, is said to be unready for production.
Texting As Poetry? Rubbish, Says Oxford Professor
“Texting is like the old ticker tape: highly dramatic and intense if it’s reporting the Wall Street Crash or the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, not through any inherent virtue of the machine. Is the breaking news which runs at the foot of the screen on the BBC news channel condensed and consequently poetic? I fail to see how anyone could rationally claim that it is. Again texting is linear only. Poetry is lines in depth designed to be seen in relation or in deliberate disrelation to lines above and below.”
Painting By Young Hitler Sold At Auction
A painting created by the 24-year-old Hitler has recently sold at an online auction, according to reports. The painting, titled “Maritime Nocturno,” sold for approximately $12,000 in a closed sale by the Darte auction house in Slovakia.
New “Micro-Licenses” For Copyright Aim To Get You To Pay For That Soundtrack For Your Wedding Video
“Industry watchers say that many potential licensees have been perplexed by the complexity of rights management since different copyrights exist for the lyrics, score and recording of a song. That means that three or more parties might have to give permission before a track could be used.”
Engage! Arts Council England Launches £37M Fund To Do Just That
“Arts Council England has launched a £37 million fund aimed at engaging people in cultural activities in areas where involvement is low. The ‘creative people and places fund’ will support around 15 initiatives that will develop cultural experiences for communities that are currently not engaging with the arts.”
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Film Banned In India
“Oscar-nominated crime thriller The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo will not be shown in India after director David Fincher refused to cut scenes depicting rape and sexual intercourse.”
New York Philharmonic Players Agree To New Contract
“The New York Philharmonic and its musicians agreed a two-year contract, which leaves pay unchanged this season and raises it two percent for 2012 to 2013 … Management ‘dropped its plans for drastic cuts to health insurance and a radical reduction in pension benefits’.”
Camilla Williams, 92, Pioneering African-African Opera Singer
“[Her] debut with the New York City Opera on May 15, 1946, was thought to make her the first African American woman to appear with a major U.S. opera company.” In 1954, Williams “became the first black artist to sing a major role with the Vienna State Opera.”