“Developers, neighbors, city-planners and Burqueños are eyeing the property, imagining what those 18 buildings can house, what opportunities they present—and who will benefit.”
Tag: 04.01.14
The Evolution of ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’
David Ward recounts what he found among the 3,100 items about the play in the Brian Friel archive at the National Library of Ireland.
Marc Platt, 100, Veteran of Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, Broadway, and Hollywood
He was one of the few Americans to dance with the legendary troupe (he had to Russify his name) before making his name in such landmarks as the original Broadway Oklahoma and the films Tonight and Every Night and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
In Search Of The Real John Updike
“He forgot to kiss the bride at his first wedding. He rarely drank and avoided drugs. He was plagued by his deep love for an overbearing mother. He was a poor family man. Even the arc of his career was marked by a strange blandness.”
Student Figures Out How US Government Could Save $400 Million By Changing A Font
“In what can only be described as an impressive piece of research, a Pittsburgh schoolboy has calculated that the US state and federal governments could save getting on for $400m (£240m) a year by changing the typeface they use for printed documents.”
The Touchy Business Of Ranking Great Composers
It’s true that ranking composers ought to be just a bit of fun, but it’s astonishing how touchy people get on the subject.
Why Are Books Less Shareable In The Age Of E-Books?
“It is a paradox: Books that traveled around the world via interlibrary loan in the 20th century paper era are safeguarded locally in the Internet age.”
Goodbye “Toy Story.” “Frozen” Is Now The Highest-Grossing Animated Film In History
“The Disney film, which won the 2014 Oscar for best animated feature, has now earned $1.072-billion internationally, beating Toy Story 3‘s record-holding $1.063-billion and making it the highest-grossing animated feature in history. The film is also now the tenth highest grossing film in box-office history.”
Famed Nobel Scientist Freeman Dyson: We Have More Information, Not More Understanding
“I’ve now been active for something like 70 years, and still I use the same mathematics. I think the main thing that’s changed as a result of computers is the magnitude of databases. We now have these huge amounts of data and very little understanding. So what we have now — I forget who it was who said this — are small islands of understanding in a sea of information. The problem is to enlarge the islands of understanding.”
Art-Flipper Stefan Simchowitz Attacks Jerry Saltz For Calling Him Out As An Art-Flipper
“You are a disfigured meat grinder of over inflated, self deluded, petty and insular insults, whose limitations are those of many, whose minds have closed to their once great imagination for hope of a brighter and better future. You are the cynic, but ultimately you are less than that.”