“It was an amazing place where I, like my eldest daughter, could discover a world of literature, books that my parents have never heard of before. I couldn’t get enough. It saddens and angers me that there will be generations of children that may never step through the library doors for the first time and discover this magical world of imagination and intrigue.”
Tag: 02.08.13
The Bathing Self-Portraits Of George W. Bush (Yes, This Is A Real Thing)
“These works make you wonder if Bush is familiar with Jasper Johns’s ‘Seasons,’ where each of the four paintings is shadowed by a male, seemingly unclothed silhouette, or Pierre Bonnard’s strangely chaste, luminous paintings of his wife reclining in a bathtub”
What Happens To Theatres That Don’t Own Their Own Buildings?
Sometimes, very bad things, as two midsize Portland theatres recently discovered.
Rebuilding Timbuktu’s Sacred Mausoleums: Mud Required
“‘We can restore them,’ [UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova] said. ‘We have all the plans, we have the designs’ for buildings ‘made of mud (for bricks) and local materials.'”
Want To Explain The Space-Time Continuum? You’ll Need A Little Bach
You’ll also need a music box, a Möbius strip, and a mathemusician.
Will Canada’s Ballet Kelowna Survive After All?
After announcing it would shut down in mid-March, the British Columbia-based company garners enough donations to close out the season – and maybe keep going.
Minnesota Orchestra Cancels Yet More Concerts
“The cancellation of five more weeks of concerts came two days before the Grammy Awards, where the orchestra’s recording of Sibelius’ Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 is one of five nominees for best orchestral performance.”
The Duke’s Swinging Girls, Or, How To Deal With Opera Librettos
“The subtitles also use words and phrases like ‘yikes,’ ‘get a load of the new dupe,’ ‘jackpot,’ ‘pack of lousy, rotten rats,’ ‘home run’ and ‘dreamboat,’ none of which, it is safe to say, would have been uttered by Verdi or Piave.”
Stop Blaming Liberal Arts Majors For The Economy
“If liberal arts majors ‘didn’t learn much in school,’ as Jane Shaw put it in the Wall Street Journal, why haven’t they always had trouble finding work? Are there just more of them now, or is this lack of learning just a recent phenomenon?”
Can Spotify Predict Grammy Winners From Its User Data?
“The company looked at song and album streams to determine which artists would win based on streaming data, adding a new spin on the popular-vs.-critically-acclaimed debate.”