“Operating in the master-builder tradition, [Edmund] Bacon essentially used the force of his personality to prod a crumbling, has-been, industrial city into accepting the redevelopment he believed would reposition it for a modern future.”
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An Artist, Among Poets
“The show is an exercise in anthropology as well, an exploration of an ever-receding way of social life among successful creative people in the city, one in which the friendships built and circles configured seemed more firmly rooted in genuine affection, in affinity, in shared notions of whimsy, than in the prospect of mutual professional advantage.”
Can An ‘Alt-Arts’ Space Survive NY Housing Codes, And Bills?
“They did things that impulsive do-it-yourselfers are not supposed to do: they made a budget (albeit, on a piece of salvaged sheetrock), found investors and spent more than $150,000 on interior construction.”
Dancer Who Lost A Foot At Boston Marathon Makes Plans To Dance – And Run – Again
“Doctors had amputated her left foot and then decided the lower leg couldn’t be saved, either. Haslet still finds reason to be grateful. ‘They decided because of my dancing, they kept a lot of my calf muscle, so I’m very happy,’ she says, adding that she is eager to be fitted for a prosthetic so she can start dancing again.”
Will Copyright Law Choke Out Vine, The Video App?
“Right now, we’re enjoying a rich new age of images — everything from Vine videos to BuzzFeed cat GIFs that are shared, recast and then shared again. If lawyers began to throw copyright grenades into this mix, these splendid strains of creativity could be quickly snuffed out. “
Civic Theatre, Where Everyone Is, Or Could Be, An Actor
“MDR’s works can look like interactive street art, or theatrical ice-breaking, or social work, but they’re all about coaxing people to act out an ideal of social relationships. The question is always how far people really want to go in that direction.”
Contemporary Chinese Art Is Exploding Onto The World Scene. Is That A Problem?
“For Chinese contemporary art the market is voracious and developed so quickly from zero to where we are today, so there has been a tendency to validate artists by their market’s worth.”
Can The Owners Of The Real Downton Abbey Cash In?
“The television show has brought worldwide fame to Highclere Castle (which Lady Carnarvon’s husband’s family has owned since the late 17th century), especially among what she calls ‘lots of lovely Americans.’ But the house costs $1.5 million a year to run, and it has not received the windfall that viewers of the show would assume.”
How Uganda’s Women Writers Found Their Voices
“Traditionally, Ugandan women are the storytellers and keepers of the oral tradition but it takes a considerable leap of consciousness to become a writer.”
How To Tolerate Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Gatsby:’ Turn It Into A New ‘Rocky Horror’
“Every time Gatsby says, ‘Old sport,’ spritz the air with Old Spice cologne and yell, ‘Hello, ladies!'”