Amanda “Ghassei has developed a technique to make records using a laser cutter, in a bid to make the technology more accessible, and has cut records out of acrylic, wood and paper.”
Tag: 05.13.13
Jacqueline Brooks, 82, Classical Stage Actress And Teacher
“[She] appeared in films and on television but … won her widest acclaim on the stage in New York and around the country, performing the work of Shakespeare, Molière, Pirandello, Edward Albee and other dramatists over a 60-year career.”
Michigan School Declines To Ban Anne Frank’s Diary For Being ‘Pornographic’
Northville, Michigan’s “assistant superintendent for instructional services Robert Behnke wrote a letter to the community regarding the school’s decision, stating that the committee worried that removing the book would constitute as censorship.”
Attendance At Broadway Touring Shows Down Again
“Attendance at touring Broadway shows nationwide dropped for the second straight season, according to a newly released report from the Broadway League. … The attendance for touring shows is the lowest since the 2003-04 season. In the last 10 years, attendance peaked at 15.9 million in 2009-10.”
Is Money Laundering A Problem In The Art World? (Yes)
“April’s federal charges against the New York dealer Helly Nahmad included that he worked ‘to launder tens of millions of dollars on behalf of the illegal gambling business.’ While Nahmad has pleaded not guilty to all the charges in the indictment, the accusation raises the questions of whether (and if so why) art would be used in this way.”
Margaret Atwood On Utopias And Dystopias
Science fiction tends to locate itself in one or the other; Atwood, looking back to the 19th century, talks about why.
A New Golden Age For Opera?
“I think opera is experiencing the most creative period it’s ever experienced in the last half-century; certainly I would say forever on this continent. …. “There is still huge audience interest in this multimedia art form called opera.”
Is Investing In Going To College Worth It? (In Many Cases Not)
“An April study from Payscale.com, a data firm based in Seattle, ranked 1,500 educational programs on their return on investments for 2013. There were 74 schools that showed a return of $1 million or more on the investment in an education, while 30 schools had a negative return on investment–meaning the cost of attending was more than what the students would make up with increased wages, even over a 30-year period.”
When Everyone Has This Internet, Is This A Good Thing?
Facts are essential to a free and informed society, but when every answer is but a touch or click away, the cultural argument is, ‘How could it not foster a generation and culture of laziness?’
Plan To Sell Banksy Mural Raises Protests
“This is a piece of art given to the community for public enjoyment, and people will find it galling that you can only view this work at an expensive champagne reception, when it belongs with the people of north London, not a private owner.”