“London’s Southbank Centre is to bring its Festival Wing out of the 1960s and into the 21st century with a £100m overhaul that marks the “final piece in the jigsaw” in the transformation of the cultural venue.”
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London’s Westminster City Council Eliminates Arts Funding
“Soho Theatre and English National Ballet are among the groups set to lose funding under the plans, which will see the £350,000 the council currently spends on ‘commissioned community arts projects’ reduced to £192,00 in 2013/14 and cut completely in 2014/15.”
George Lucas Proposes New Museum For San Francisco
“The filmmaker said he has long sought to showcase his collection of 150 years of populist art, which includes illustrations by Norman Rockwell and Maxfield Parrish, comics and digital technology. Lucas, 69, said he doesn’t have enough wall space at his 6,000-acre Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, so he wants to invest up to $300 million of his own money to build the museum.”
The Cal Ripken Of Broadway
“She acts eight times each week in “Perfect Crime,” showing such dedication that she is the Guinness World Records holder for the most performances by a theater actor in the same role. She has missed just four performances since 1987.”
Art Found In Garage Worth $30 Million
“In 2007, the new owner of a bungalow in Bellport, on Long Island, found thousands of paintings, drawings and journals by Arthur Pinajian in a garage and attic.
Bolshoi Attack Mastermind: I Didn’t Mean For Them To Use Acid!
“Bolshoi soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko told a Moscow court that he had complained about ballet chief Sergei Filin to an acquaintance, who offered to ‘beat him up’. ‘It’s not true that I ordered him to throw acid at Filin,’ Dmitrichenko told the court … The 29-year-old dancer said he did not intend for the attack to cause such bodily harm.”
How Is It Possible To Like John Milton?
“There is certainly a great deal to dislike. Most people would think of him as an overlearned poet who combines labyrinthine syntax with a wide range of moral and intellectual vices. His views on sex and women, for example, were mostly gruesome.” But Colin Burrow has a suggestion or two.