The founder and director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater sure does love her man – maybe because she fell for him in middle school.
Tag: 03.04.12
Restringing The Violin With Spider Gut, Or Rather, Spiderweb
“The strings are said to have a ‘soft and profound timbre’ relative to traditional gut or steel strings. That may arise from the way the strings are twisted.”
Quit That Hierarchy, Arts Organizations, And Explain What You’re Doing – If You Want To Survive
“Why do we continue to have so many layers through which the simplest of decisions must pass? Why are more of our trained managers with potentially game changing ideas not empowered to make critical decisions on the spot? Is it because of egos and people “deceived into thinking they have something to protect”? (line from Bob Dylan song: To Ramona). Is it because we really don’t trust the people we have hired and trained? Is it because we are so afraid of failure? Or are we just basically stupid?”
The Alarm Is Raised Yet Again: Picasso Painting May Leave UK, Unless A Buyer Arises
“Picasso’s painting Child with a Dove – which has been on public display in the UK since the 1970s – is to go on sale, amid fears it may leave the country.”
Artists Gone Wild – That Is, Entering The Political Fray – In Russia
Embarrassed by their earlier passivity (and maybe fear) during the reign of Vladimir Putin, Russia’s artists are joining the protests on the streets – and adding their creativity to the mix.
Letting All Of The (Physical) Books Go. Yes, All Of Them.
“A valued book is no longer one that I admire and cherish on my bookshelf, but one that is discussed and debated by people in my professional and social networks. Books are portals to both ideas and people, and reading has moved from an individual to a networked experience.”
Show-Based App Plus TV Equals … What, Exactly?
“Forty percent of smartphone and tablet owners in the United States self-reported that they used their devices daily while watching TV. The Nielsen survey respondents also noted the various things they’re doing with that second screen. At the top of the list were checking e-mail, during programs and commercials, along with Web surfing unrelated to the TV program.”
Just Another Song And Dance Routine – About Banking, Capitalism And More
The director of the new musical Mission Drift says, “I think we’re at this moment where there really is this sense of exhaustion and this question of how do we find a new narrative that is as satisfying as this narrative of continued growth.” Now, how do you make that into a musical?
A Masterful Collaboration Comes To A Probable, If Satisfactory, Close
“The long and faithful collaboration between director Bela Tarr and novelist Laszlo Krasznahorkai stands apart. Spanning five features over a quarter of a century, two of them indebted to the writer’s novels, their alliance is among the most triumphant of enduring novelist-director pairings, alongside Graham Greene and Carol Reed. And the shared vision pursued in their works — of human longing, struggle and folly in a disintegrating, predatory world, where all paths only circle back unto themselves — has been, above all, uncompromising.”
Collecting Every Book In The World, Twenty Thousand At A Time
Brewster Kahle, who’s expanding his archive to about 10 million books (and films): “We must keep the past even as we’re inventing a new future,” he said. “If the Library of Alexandria had made a copy of every book and sent it to India or China, we’d have the other works of Aristotle, the other plays of Euripides. One copy in one institution is not good enough.”