“In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches, raised by the tribe, and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years later she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and reunited with her white family.”
Tag: 04.18.13
San Francisco Museum Sued By Former Curator
“A bit more turmoil has come to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Earlier this week a former curator”- Lynn Orr, who worked there for 29 years – “sued the institution saying she was wrongfully fired because she was a union supporter and whistleblower.”
Filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz: ‘I’m Not Proud To Be French Anymore’
The director of La Haine last year tweeted, “Bugger French cinema. Go f*** yourself with your shi**y films,” and has moved to L.A. He says it’s not because his latest movie got snubbed for César nominations.
Take Two Music For Airports And Call In The Morning: Surgeon Recommends Brian Eno to Patients
Inspired by the calming effect an Eno installation had on his utterly wired mother-in-law, orthopedic surgeon Robin Turner approached the ambient music pioneer to help create a special room at the new Montefiore Hospital on England’s south coast.
Too Many British Theatres Run By ‘Oxbridge Tossers’, Says Director
Director Mike Bradwell has criticised the ‘predominance of Oxbridge tossers’ running venues in the theatre industry, claiming the sector has been ‘annexed entirely by the middle class’ … [and] is dominated by ‘half a dozen floppy haired men’ who have no real understanding of acting.”
Half A Million’s Worth Of Rhino Heads Stolen From Ireland’s National Museum
Three masked men broke into the National Museum Archives building in north Dublin and stole four stuffed rhino heads. The heads’ horns, eight in total, are worth an estimated half a million euros on the black market, where they would be bought and used for traditional Asian medicine.
Ivan Fischer: Orchestras Have To Change
“We have this strange situation where the period ensembles have taken over the really early music, say up to Mozart. And on the other side you have new music ensembles who play only that. The standard orchestras find that their repertoire is always shrinking. In the future the orchestra will have to think in a different way – it can’t forever be this rigid formation of 100 players fixed in one role.”
Movie Studios, Theatres Bicker About Ticket Split
“Studios and theater owners split ticket sales according to complex formulas. As much as 75 percent of a movie’s opening-weekend revenue may go to the studio, but in later weeks the percentage typically becomes much more favorable to theaters.”
The Test To Measure Creativity
“So why bother measuring creativity? James Catterall, a psychologist and director of the Centers for Research on Creativity in Los Angeles, says the simple answer is that if society, business and education demands it, then we need to know when it’s happening; otherwise, we’re just guessing when it’s there.”
America’s First Book To Be Sold
“The Bay Psalm Book, which was printed in Massachusetts in 1640, is one of 11 remaining copies of a translated version of the Book of Psalms. The book has not appeared at auction since 1947, when it sold for a record breaking $151,000 (£98,990).”