“A new analysis of the structure predicts where it is most under strain based solely on its shape – and the method may be able to help treat people’s physical problems as well as those of statues.”
Tag: 03.19.08
Prominent Harpsichordist Detained On Suspicion Of Being A Terrorist
Peter Watchorn was on the Boston subway when a fellow passenger reported him on suspicion of being a terrorist. Watchorn was detained by police and questioned, missing a business trip…
The Delicate Art Of Recommending Plays
“Recommending a play is not quite the same as enthusing about a book or an album. You’re encouraging someone to part with what can be a fair sum plus a night of their time, so more careful thought is needed.”
Report: Finances Of American Orchestras Don’t Work
“Most major symphony orchestras in the United States regularly spend more money than they take in, and some dip so far into endowments that they risk their long-term survival, according to a new report.”
Seven Arrested For Selling Fake Picassos, Warhols
“The counterfeiting included the reproduction of actual works by the artists as well as the sale of fakes executed in each one’s particular style.”
SoCal To Get New Summer Theatre Fest
“In an attempt to create in Southern California the bucolic summer theater atmosphere that has spelled success for Massachusetts’ Williamstown festival and others, Ventura’s Rubicon Theatre is announcing ambitious plans for an annual 10-day International Theatre Festival to launch its first season in the theater’s seaside hometown in July 2009.”
Spider Man’s Web May Spell Doom For Frankenstein
A blockbuster musical version of Spider Man may be pushing Mel Brooks’s expensive flop, Young Frankenstein, out of Broadway’s Hilton Theatre. It’s more than a bit ironic, since Frankenstein similarly yanked the venue out from under the dying Pirate Queen just a year ago.
Met’s Tristan May Be Cursed
“The Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde cannot make it through a performance without turmoil. For the second straight performance, the opera was interrupted in mid-act [when] the part of the raked set Gary Lehman was stretched out on came loose… and the tenor slid into the prompter’s box.”
Record Price For Japanese Art Shattered
“A newly discovered wooden sculpture of a Buddha that had religious objects sealed in its torso for 800 years sold for $14.3 million, setting a world record for any Japanese work of art.” The winning bidder was a Japanese department store, and the sale price was more than seven times the highest pre-sale estimate.
Does Toronto Need More Museum Space?
Summer is traditionally a time when museums mount those inescapable blockbuster exhibits designed to draw in the maximum possible number of ticketbuyers. But in Toronto this summer, things will be relatively quiet. “One inconvenient truth about Toronto as a city with an appetite for big art shows is that apart from the AGO and the ROM, we have nowhere to put them.”