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Tag: 04.25.14
Ben Heppner Talks About His Career
“I see myself now the same way I have since I walked into the Metropolitan Opera competition in New York in 1988. There were Renée Fleming and Susan Graham, both looking gorgeous. Everyone expected them to win. And all of a sudden, this lumpy guy from Toronto walks in.”
The Toronto Symphony Has A New Leader. But Two Of The City’s Other Major Arts Organizations Are In Need Of Extraordinary New Chiefs
“In each case, what’s needed is not just someone to do what the previous leadership did, but a wizard who can reinvent the place and persuade Toronto arts lovers there’s an exciting new creative energy at these venues, not just a rerun of the familiar and predictable.”
Video Games As Sport In Stadiums (China’s Building One)
“Live gaming competitions such as those to be be staged at the new arena on Hengqin periodically fill arenas and draw huge online audiences. A League of Legends competition last November attracted 32 million viewers, and a Call of Duty tournament last month included a $1 million prize purse.”
The Decline Of Rome (It’s Serious)
The Italian capital that is increasingly squalid and close to bankruptcy. Residents say the city barely functions anymore, crime is up and one of the world’s great cities has gone into serious decline.
Managing After The Disaster – Rethinking Cities After The Storms
“In the aftermath of disaster, TV cameras zoom in on survivors picking through the ruins of their shattered houses. Those who are shellshocked yet determined to rebuild make a redemptive story. Yet as neighborhoods look at flood maps that take into account data on sea level rise and more violent storms, that desire to rebuild in the face of horrifying loss begins to look like folly, not heroism.”
Is This Rothko Real?
“For nearly 30 years, a collector has been trying to prove his painting is a Rothko – potentially worth $20 million or more. Now, he’s got new evidence.”
Trying To Bring James Baldwin Back Into American Classrooms
“In a year that marks the 90th anniversary of his birth, educators offer different reasons for Baldwin’s faded presence there, from the concern that he is too controversial and complex to the perception that he has been eclipsed by other African-American voices.”