“The series of linked 5- to 10-minute shorts, aimed first on the Web and then perhaps television, will be set at a point in time before 2019, when the Harrison Ford movie takes place in a dystopian Los Angeles.”
Tag: 06.04.09
Baltimore Keeps Alsop Through 2015
“Marin Alsop, the dynamic American conductor who became the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s 12th music director in September 2007, will remain in that post until 2015 under the terms of a five-year contract announced Thursday. That contract will begin when her initial three-year deal ends in September 2010.”
20-Year-Old Aussie Wins Queen Elisabeth Competition In Brussels
“Ray Chen of Australia has won Belgium’s Queen Elisabeth Competition, which this year was for violinists. His prize includes 20,000 euros, concert engagements, a CD recording contract, and the loan for three years of the 1708 ‘Huggins’ Stradivari.”
World Premiere At Luminato Postponed Due To – Weather
“Rain damage to the roof of a warehouse built in the 1930s has delayed the world premiere of the ambitious new opera, The Children’s Crusade, by composer R. Murray Schafer, as crews scramble to repair the structure and rebuild sets.”
A Journal For People Who Won’t Keep A Journal
“About the same size and shape as a Moleskine notebook, in candy colors, the diaries are full of pages that have been started for people like me. Mad Libs-style, each page has a space for the date, a thought or emotion and multiple-choice prompts. And the bits and ideas that spread out on those pages are actually interesting.”
IKEA Puts On Opera In London Store
“The show, titled Flatpack, offers answers to questions such as ‘Why is my bookcase called Billy?’ ‘What is domestic harmony?’ and ‘What do our homes have to say about us?’ … Four classical singers, a cellist, a pianist, an accordionist and four percussionists, plus a cast of actors and dancers – many dressed in traditional Ikea yellow and blue – are performing the opera in front of an unsuspecting audience for four nights only.”
Renoir, Stolen In 1984, Seized By Police Near Venice
“Police in Venice have recovered a canvas by the celebrated French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir that was stolen 25 years ago in Rome. A police spokesman told AFP on Wednesday that a resident of Treviso city, north of Venice, had doubts about the origin of the painting after consulting a list of stolen artworks.”
A Dozen Philadelphia Artists Awarded Pew Fellowships
Twelve Philadelphia-area artists have won $60,000 Pew Fellowships in the Arts, “the largest unrestricted grants of their kind for which artists may apply. Pew received nearly 400 applications for this year’s awards in media arts, works on paper, and fiction and creative nonfiction.”
Canadian, American Poets Win $50,000 Griffin Prize
“A Rhode Island academic described as ‘America’s most original daring and scary poet’ won the 2009 Griffin Prize for international poetry at a ceremony in Toronto Wednesday night.” C.D. Wright snagged the award for her “Rising, Falling, Hovering.” “Toronto poet A.F. Moritz won the prize awarded annually to a Canadian poet for his work The Sentinel.”
Foundations Adjust Giving To Help Better In Hard Times
“Some foundations have decided to increase the amount they dispense each year, even though that may trigger a higher excise tax. Others are allocating their grants to support nonprofit groups’ operating costs, when they have traditionally supported only program expenses.” A significant minority, including the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, are renegotiating grant agreements.