“Michigan Opera Theatre officials are breathing easier after the bank consortium that holds its $18-million debt agreed to shift its deadline for payment from May 31 to June 30.” Now they have a simple task: Raise $8 million in June.
Tag: 05.24.12
Toni Morrison Wonders What’s Wrong With People Nostalgic For The1950s
Morrison’s new book, Home, treats what she thinks of as the real era: “‘I think we have erased the truth about the ’50s, which was the Korean War — which was never called a war, we called it a police action,’ she added. ‘It was violent. There was a lot of slaughter of black people during the ’50s.'”
New York’s Outdoor Revels, And The Actors Who Bring Them To Life
During the Delacorte’s 50-year history, millions of people – and more than a few wild animals – have watched Shakespeare and other classics in Central Park. Liev Schreiber: “I used to think we were competing with the sunset and the rain and the animals and the helicopters and the wind and the muggings. But … the setting is really the star of the show.”
Pop Music Is Getting More Complex – And More Morose
“Over the past half-century, pop hits have become longer, slower and sadder, and they increasingly convey ‘mixed emotional cues,’ according to a study just published in the journal Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts.”
The New Yorker Publishes A Short Story Via Twitter
“Jennifer Egan’s last book, A Visit from the Goon Squad, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. There is no Pulitzer yet for fiction published on Twitter, but that’s where she’s taking a couple of her characters from the novel, in a New Yorker experiment that starts today.”
Polina Semionova Joins American Ballet Theater
The 27-year-old Muscovite, who has been a principal at the Berlin State Ballet for the past decade and first danced with ABT as a guest only last year, will become a full-time principal with the company this fall.
After 34 Years, Glenn Dicterow To Retire As NY Philharmonic Concertmaster
“Glenn Dicterow, the longest-serving concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, has decided to step down … following the 2013-14 season, after 34 years, and will become a professor of strings and chamber music at … the University of Southern California.”
Univ. Of Missouri Press To Close
“In its 54 years in operation, [UMP] has published approximately 2,000 titles … on the topics of American and world history; intellectual history; biography; journalism; African American studies; women’s studies; American, British, and Latin American literary criticism; … regional studies of the American heartland; and creative nonfiction.”
Baz Luhrmann Releases First Great Gatsby Trailer – And The Interwebs Object
“The frenetic, high-drama preview promises sweeping shots of Jay Gatsby’s West Egg soirées, immaculate set design, and period-perfect costumes – but also what appears to be a hyper-stylized, extended-music-video treatment of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s American classic,” set to Kanye West and Jay-Z.
The Dream Of Animation Is Alive In Argentina
“Picture what Pixar and DreamWorks are doing, but on a fraction of the budget, using a scrappy team and a startup mentality, and a decidedly Latin American flavor.” And soccer, of course.