“David Gockley has a dream, and it’s to transform a parking lot behind the Veterans Building into a multi-storied annex for the San Francisco Opera.”
Tag: 02.28.10
Kate Moss To Pair With Baryshnikov In Dance Film
“Miss Moss will star in a short film with the 62-year-old Russian – with the working title Baryshnimoss – made by the renowned choreographer and director Michael Clark.”
Are We Ready For The Literary Mashup? (Plagiarism Anybody?)
“Not that there isn’t the occasional team-written novel. But the popular conception of the creative writer is still by and large one of the individual trying to wrestle language, maybe even the meaning of life, from his soul.”
Long-Lost Descartes Letter Discovered Using Google
“A letter by French philosopher René Descartes, stolen more than 150 years ago, has been located at a small college in the U.S. Dutch scholar Erik-Jan Bos discovered on a Google search that the 1641 letter was mentioned as part of a description of the Charles Roberts Collection at the Haverford College Library, located just outside Philadelphia.”
Chicago Symphony Begins Muti Era
“In America they use the word ‘vision’ a lot,” the Neapolitan maestro, 68, observed dryly at a press conference, streamed live from Symphony Center over the Internet, in which he commented about the CSO’s 2010-11 schedule. “What is vision? I do not see myself as St. Francis, offering Chicago my beatific visions. Rather, in my first season, I see myself giving, together with this great orchestra, a panoramic view of the history of music..”
In Praise Of Really Bad Movies
“As the Academy Awards draw near, let’s take a moment to applaud the bad films that give us perspective, the zero-star efforts that put four-star masterpieces in context, the campy, mistake-riddled, poorly acted celluloid train wrecks we laugh at yet watch intently.”
A New Generation Of Political Playwrights
“Nearly 40 years on from the heady days of the early 1970s, yet another new generation of political playwrights is emerging to confound the Jeremiahs. Why has such a frequently unfashionable form proved so resilient?”
Damn Those Celebrity Books!
“In a time when good books are finding it increasingly hard to reach publication, it’s irritating that someone momentarily famous for having a high-profile job, or making an arse of themselves on a reality show, or for having an especially distressing private life, is then encouraged to heave out a novel. Maybe they do have a book in them, – but it’s very unlikely they’ll flourish under those circumstances.”
British Columbia Artists Fear For New Arts Funding Budget
“First, gaming grants were cut. Then funding for the B.C. Arts Council was slashed from $19.5-million in 2008/09 to a projected $2.2-million by 2011-2012, according to the service plan presented in last year’s budget. When the province brings down its new budget tomorrow, the arts community will be watching closely.”
Europe’s Top Modern Art Dealer Dies At 88
“Ernst Beyeler (pronounced BY-ler) took over a small antiquarian book and print shop in Basel at 24 and, relying on his discerning eye, refined taste and sharp business sense, became Europe’s pre-eminent dealer in modern art.”