“For the moment, at least, paper remains the standard to which digital media can only aspire.”
Tag: 03.19.14
By The Numbers: Classical Music’s Appalling Gender Gap
“It’s a shocking gender gap among classical music’s soloists and conductors, and talented women are being prevented from having the successful careers they deserve.”
What Alain de Botton Doesn’t Understand About Art
“If Alain ruled the world – let’s say he were one of Plato’s philosopher-kings (never mind that Plato distrusted art and wished to banish it) – museum captions would offer more than bland, neutral facts like name and date, but moral instructions ‘appropriate’ to the work of art, prompting us to, for example, ‘remember to be patient’.”
Dolora Zajick Gives Terry Gross a Singing Lesson
Okay, Terry doesn’t sing on the air, but the dramatic mezzo teaches the Fresh Air host about Italian pronunciation, head resonance, placing the voice to project, and the importance of the tongue. (audio)
Dreamworks To Invest $2.4 Billion In Shanghai Entertainment Center
“This will become the world’s third great urban center of entertainment and arts alongside New York’s Broadway and London’s West End,” said DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Barack Obama, Patent Troll Slayer?
“Even now, a perfect storm of patent reform is brewing in all three branches of government. Over time, it could reshape intellectual property law to turn the sue-and-settle troll mentality into a thing of the past.”
Art Taken From Museums By Ukraine’s Ousted President Is Returned
“Ukrainian museum officials and campaigners had complained for years that works were being taken from museums by government officials and not returned, or were being replaced by copies.”
San Diego Opera to Shut Down
Said executive director Ian Campbell, “Over the last several years, we have lost a number of prominent contributors, frequently because of death, but especially during the recent economic downturn … The demand for opera in this city isn’t high enough.”
One of Canadian Ballet’s Top Male Stars Moves On
After 23 years, National Ballet of Canada principal Aleksandar Antonijevic is retiring – to become a photographer.
Busby Berkeley Biopic in the Works
“Warner Bros. Pictures is giving Busby Berkeley the biopic treatment, with Ryan Gosling circling to play the famous director and choreographer of musicals from Hollywood’s golden age.”