The public network “plans to run arts programming on Friday nights for nine straight weeks starting in October to highlight a subject where it can offer something different, network executives said Monday.”
Tag: 05.09.11
Tony Kushner’s Honorary Degree Restored By CUNY Board
“The trustees board of the City University of New York (CUNY) brought to an end an embarrassing row over freedom of expression by voting unanimously to award an honorary degree to the award-winning playwright Tony Kushner.”
BBC And RSC Launch Student Shakespeare Competition
“The BBC has teamed up with the Royal Shakespeare Company to launch a nationwide competition which will see secondary school students perform speeches and monologues written by Shakespeare.”
What We’ll (Probably) Never Understand: ‘Known Unknowns’ And ‘Unknown Unknowns’ In Science
Just as a chimpanzee can’t understand or even conceive of, say, quantrum mechanics or arts administration, there are surely countless ideas and phenomena in the universe that are beyond the abilities of the human brain. “But the limits in knowledge and understanding that we do recognise are, if anything, cause for celebration. … We may never be able to know everything, but discovering what we cannot know usually leads to us knowing more.”
Tim Minchin’s Empirical Comedy
“[In] one song, he contemplates the inconceivability of soulmates and sings to his wife, ‘But I’m just saying/ I don’t think you’re special/ I-I mean, I think you’re special. But you fall within a bell curve’.”
Robot Ethics: Five Principles (For Humans)
“Real robotics is a science born out of fiction. For roboticists this is both a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing because science fiction provides inspiration, motivation and thought experiments; a curse because most people’s expectations of robots owe much more to fiction than reality.”
What’s An iPad Reader Worth?
“Anybody in publishing will tell you that the prices they can charge advertisers for print (and now tablet) subscribers are far above the commodity pricing that rules on Web-based content. As more and more magazines end up in people’s laps, backlighted and without a mailing label, it’s a huge win for magazines, right?”
Legendary Editor Calls It Quits
“Robert Loomis holds a revered place in the publishing industry as an editor known for nurturing writers including Maya Angelou, William Styron, Shelby Foote and Calvin Trillin. He is considered one of the last great old-school editors, a legend from the days when writers tended to stay put at a publisher rather than jump to a new one with each book, and when editors called all the shots within a publishing house, even if then, as now, they remained largely unknown to the public.”
China Bars Writer From Traveling
“Chinese authorities have barred dissident writer Liao Yiwu from travelling to Australia for a Sydney festival for ‘security reasons’ and advised him against publishing his works abroad, event organisers said.”
Vladimir Ashkenazy Extends Contract As Conductor Of Sydney Symphony
He “will extend his contract as principal conductor and artistic adviser with the Sydney Symphony until the end of 2013.”