“‘These books promote infidelity and call for disobeying Allah. So they will be burned,’ a bearded militant in traditional Afghani two-piece clothing told residents” of Mosul in ISIS-occupied Iraq. The extremists “loaded around 2,000 books – including children’s stories, poetry, philosophy and tomes on sports, health, culture and science – into six pickup trucks. They left only Islamic texts.”
Tag: 01.31.15
David Hallberg As Bridge Between American And Russian Ballet
“If dance, for two countries with a fractious history and a tense present, is a mutually comprehensible language, then Hallberg is something of a poet laureate. Who better to represent the state of American art? Who better to turn rivalry into collaboration?”
Why Will Amazon Lose BBC Shows? Because It Wants Them All To Itself
“It’s a bit of hardball that could frustrate Amazon’s customers in the short term, but demonstrates just how serious the company is about Prime.”
This Writer Wrote The Book Gravity, And Sold The Rights To Hollywood – And This Is What Happened Next
“The principles involved go far beyond my individual lawsuit. Every writer who sells film rights to Hollywood must now contend with the possibility that the studio they signed the contract with could be swallowed up by a larger company — and that parent company can then make a movie based on your book without compensating you. It means Hollywood contracts are worthless.”
Theatre Explores What Will Happen If Football Goes Away
“The playwrights wondered whether, as fans, they had some responsibility to the players — and to the future of football itself.”
Flex Dance Is Traveling Far And Away From East New York
“Flex is said to have originated in the 1990s in Jamaica with a dancer who called himself Bruck Up. It developed in Brooklyn, mainly in dance battles and tournaments, both informal and organized. Although the form has found exposure through television competitions and an ocean of online music and dance videos, the attention from the likes of Mr. Sellars is recent.”
‘Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark’ Writer Explains What Really Went Wrong (If Anything Actually Did?)
“What gets lost in this story is how many people actually wound up loving the show. … For a lot of people, because it was Spider-Man, it was their first musical ever, and for some it was kind of a gateway drug. They were turned on to Broadway musicals in a way they hadn’t been before.”
Yes, We Can – And Should – Enjoy The Music Of Richard Strauss
“It seems more and more obvious that the composer’s critics were merely looking for the wrong things.”
The Star Violinist Who Defies Putin’s Russia – And Thinks Western Orchestras Should Too
“She agreed to play in the concert but prepared a gesture of protest that was characteristically elegant. She commissioned an encore for solo violin from a Georgian composer, Igor Loboda, titled ‘Requiem for Ukraine,’ which she performed after her concerto — as Mr. Gergiev stood in the wings.”
What’s It Like To Write A Composition About Frank Gehry’s House?
“The new piece, for four musicians, tries to evoke the Gehry home with means both literal and conceptual. As with much of his music, Norman acknowledges, there’s a chance that some listeners will find ‘Frank’s House’ as unpleasant as those neighbors in 1978 found Frank’s house.”