Jasper Rees recounts the long and tortured genesis of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood.
Tag: 03.27.14
Bulgari Will Save Rome’s Spanish Steps
“The jewellery and luxury goods company Bulgari has responded to the Italian government’s appeal to restore the Spanish Steps in Rome, with a gift of €1.5m to finance the two-year project, due to start in 2015.”
The Other Levine Boy (James’s Little Brother)
“Tom Levine’s works are represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington. His paintings sell for between $10,000 and $25,000.”
The Importance Of Selfies In Art History
“It’s hard to understand why self-portraits, as a genre, have until now been so little discussed. They include some of the greatest works of all time.”
What Does A Literary Writer Read As A Guilty Pleasure?
“Do you realize that asking writers to pick favorite writers causes us physical pain — like asking a 5-year-old to name her bestest best friend while the rest of the class is listening?”
Dynamic Pricing Actually Means Theatres Doing Their Own Scalping
“After all, scalping—or price-gouging, if you prefer—already works for airlines and sports teams and hotels and Broadway shows and nobody seems to complain—at least, not those that can afford them. And furthermore, like it or not, pretty soon everybody will be doing it. So hey, why fight it?”
Canada Is No Longer Cool With Unpaid Interns, And Magazines Aren’t Happy About That
“Two of Canada’s highest profile magazines have been told by the Ontario Ministry of Labour to immediately end their internship programs after complaints about unfair labour practices.”
Gone With The Wind’s ‘Mammy’ To Get A Book Of Her Own
“It’s a book that respects and honors its source material, but it also provides a necessary correction to what is one of the more troubling aspects of the book, which is how the black characters are portrayed.”
Here’s How to Fix the Metropolitan Opera
Following up on an incisive analysis of what’s really wrong at the company, Dawn Fatale says the Met needs to be more exciting – and makes some intriguing and inventive suggestions for just how to do that.
Rocking Out To Opera (A Whole Different Vibe)
“The company fosters an atmosphere that is the antithesis of intimidating: You can wander in and out without too much worry about losing your place in the story. Shouting during a favorite moment is hardly a breach of etiquette. And if you’re moved (or you pretend to be moved) by a power ballad, the rhythmic waving of a hand clutching a lighter is not out of place.”