“The Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts met Friday morning with the city’s newly appointed arts council to try and figure out ways to keep the museum open in the short and long term. The economy has hit many people hard and the museum says it’s no exception. Officials say the museum may have to close in thirty days.”
Tag: 04.03.10
Britain Denies Five Iraqi Artists Entry Visas
“The reason? They could provide no valid bank statements. Proof of financial stability and a bank account in the applicant’s home country is a bureaucratic requirement for British visa authorities, but it is also, according to Iraqi experts, a very tall order in an occupied country with no banking infrastructure.”
The Moscow Theatre That Mirrors Modern Russian History
“The story of the Helikon is very much the story of the new Russia over the past two decades. Conceived as the Soviet Union was collapsing, back in 1990, the company struggled through its first decade on a shoestring budget, bringing new and innovative productions to a Russian audience. In recent years, its plans to expand and renovate its theatre have been blighted by under-funding and corruption.”
Nine Years After The Bamiyan Buddhas Were Destroyed
“Near where the statues stood is a network of cliffside caves. Some have elaborate, centuries-old carvings across walls and ceilings that have been covered by a blanket of dusty shoeprints where Taliban soldiers threw their footwear at the walls in an act of defiant graffiti.”
Author Gets Publishing Deal After Leaving Manuscript On Doorstep
“Ruth Saberton drove to their secluded house and placed a 400 page manuscript on the doormat and a note through the letterbox asking them to read it. She was then stunned when Richard – who along with his wife hosted a regular book club on their TV show – phoned her and said he loved the novel.”
Will Movie-Goers Balk At 3D “Lite”?
“With at least 70 movies in the 3-D pipeline — including many similar conversion projects — studios and theater owners are betting heavily that audiences will snap up increasingly expensive 3-D tickets. It remains too early to tell whether audiences will rebel at 3-D and what some experts are calling 3-D Lite (movies shot the normal way and converted afterward).”
How Theatre Helped Save Disney Animation
In the 1980s Disney’s historic animation business was struggling. Then the theatre people arrived…
Actor Kal Penn Leaves Obama White House
“Actor Kal Penn is headed back to Hollywood after spending nine months working for the White House as associate director of public engagement. The 32-year-old performer, whose real name is Kalpen Modi, made an abrupt exit last summer from the entertainment world to work in the administration of President Barack Obama. He had previously been active in the Obama presidential campaign.”
Did Bureaucracy Foil Garnder Museum Heist Case?
“The FBI was on the trail of recovering the principal masterpieces stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum from a criminal gang in Corsica two years ago only to have its efforts dashed, in part because of bureaucratic infighting among federal agents and supervisors.”
Orchestras Take Recording Into Their Own Hands
“The two main trends for orchestras these days are to sell their own CDs and to deliver their performances to personal computers, where the developments are livelier. The New York Philharmonic and the Berlin Philharmonic offer two of the most ambitious programs, although their approaches differ.”