“If a proverbial alien landed on earth and tried to figure out what human beings did with their time simply on the evidence of the literature sections of a typical bookstore, he or she would come away thinking that we devote ourselves almost exclusively to leading complex relationships, squabbling with our parents, and occasionally murdering people. What is too often missing is what we really get up to outside of catching up on sleep, which is going to work at the office, store, or factory.”
Tag: 05.31.09
MassMoCA Takes A Turn To Profitability
“For the first time in its history, Mass MoCA is close to breaking even without a desperate round of fund-raising. This month, the museum celebrated an important milestone. It has been 10 years since the largest contemporary art museum in the world opened on the shuttered campus of the former Sprague Electric Co.”
Critics Sniff, But Author Martina Cole Has The Most Loyal Fans Around
Cole “might be the bestselling British author today, but it’s certainly not through publicity. She’s built her readers from the ground up. And now they’re some of the most loyal around. There’s a huge amount of snobbery towards commercial fiction in literary circles and although you’ll see Ian Rankin on Newsnight these days, Cole still finds herself at the receiving end of a certain amount of patronising comments.
How Broadway Is Treating Choreography
This year’s nominees for Tony choreography “represent three separate genres of show choreography. The first genre features dance and movement that are perfectly in keeping with the rest of the show without exhibiting any distracting distinction of their own. The second, a rarer type, is choreography that actually becomes part of the show’s inner motor. The third — and rarest — occurs when movement, dance and choreography are right at the center of the image that the work puts across.”
Ballet Star: Alexei Ratmansky’s First Year In New York
“There is an odd disconnect between Mr. Ratmansky’s quiet, private persona and the It Boy status he has attained in the ballet world. He obviously is not drawn to the spotlight, yet he successfully ran the huge Bolshoi company, a famously difficult place to work.”
Music Industry Looks To Generate More Revenue From Live Venues
“As the music industry searches for a way to make up for plunging sales of compact discs, it is pushing to generate new revenue, not just from Australian clubs but also from Italian restaurants, Chinese karaoke bars and U.S. radio stations, as well as fitness centers, retail stores and myriad other businesses that play music, around the world.”
The Obamas’ Night Out
“I am taking my wife to New York City,” the president said in the statement, “because I promised her during the campaign that I would take her to a Broadway show after it was all finished.”