Artists Repertory Theatre had plans to sell half of its building, including one of its theatres, to a development group that was going to turn the pricey Portland real estate into a 20-story housing and retail building. That may still happen, but the $7 million – one of the largest arts gifts in Oregon’s history – allows the theatre company to pay off its mortgage and be, the artistic director said, “in control of our own destiny.”
Tag: 02.02.18
Barbara Kruger, Still Relevant – Actually, Essential
The artist isn’t personally on Twitter or Instagram – or rather, she’s on them all of the time, but simply to observe. “As uncomfortable as she seems with contemporary standards of personal exposure, she is at ease in the realm of the abstract. As in her work, she quickly distills dissertation-worthy topics into stuff you want to put on a sweatshirt. ‘History is a circle jerk of hurt and damage,’ she told me at one point.”
How Is It That ‘The Simpsons’ Has Predicted Everything From The Current President To Disney’s Takeover Of Fox?
Basically, you put a bunch of very smart people in a writers’ room and let them loose: “The result is a show packed with references to art, literature, pop culture, politics and science.” (Alternative theory: The Simpsons has so many episodes that it’s bound to get a few things right.)
Here’s How You Get Millennials To The Symphony
You hire them as musicians. But for real, even though they’re not in the marketing department, four Millennial musicians in Milwaukee “were willing to share their ideas on how to attract more people their age to performances. Their thoughts boil down to ‘accessible repertoire,’ to use McCullough-Benner’s phrase, and friendly concert experiences.”
CBS And Lionsgate Cable Station Pop Sued For Gender And Age Discrimination
The lawsuit is from a current vice-president at the basic cable station. The woman suing the station, Leslie Isaacs, “contends she was unfairly passed over for a promotion and a raise. The suit alleges that other female employees also faced repeated crude and demeaning comments from their superiors.”
With Podcasts, Intimacy Is A One-Way Street
Says one of the hosts of a popular NPR roundtable podcast: “No wonder you feel as if you know them; that the sound of their voices comes to fire precisely the same neurons, arouse the same feelings, that the voices of your closest friends do. It’s purely biological, and it’s indistinguishable from intimacy — except for one minor, mundane, trifling detail: It’s unidirectional. You know them, you trust them, you love them, and they have absolutely no idea who you are.”
So The Los Angeles MOCA Gala Is Going Really Well
After a gay Latino board member resigned and a straight white male artist declined to be honored because all museum’s honorees have been straight white male artists, “MOCA said it is rethinking its gala and will send out a new announcement in the next few weeks.”
This Woman Wrote A Book That Seems To Be A Roman À Clef About An Affair With Philip Roth
Lisa Halliday won the Whiting Award for her first novel, in which an editorial assistant meets a famous writer on a bench. The writer is pretty clearly modeled on Roth. “The likeness is no accident. Ms. Halliday, 41, and Mr. Roth, 84, are good friends. And for a time, when she was in her 20s and working at the Wylie Agency, which represents him, they had a romantic relationship.” (Should any of this matter in the reception of the book?)
The Best One-Star Reviews Of James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’
“If you want to read through a magnifying glass, you will like this book. Otherwise, it is worthless as the pages are too thick for toilet paper.”
The Union Representing A Fired Director – And The Chorister Who Reported The Director – Says The Met Acted Too Swiftly
A Met official disagrees with the union (American Guild of Musical Artists), which asserted that a written apology and a rehearsal change would have been enough. The Met official said “that while the chorister had indicated that he would accept a written apology, he had also communicated to Met officials that he did not want to see Mr. Copley either in the underground rehearsal rooms or on its stage, and threatened to consult a lawyer if he did.”