“In a move signaling continuity, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago on Wednesday promoted staff member Glenn Edgerton to the role of artistic director, the third person to hold the title in the troupe’s 32-year history.”
Tag: 06.11.09
A Play Unfolds Over Twitter
“Twitter made it easier, as I could re-post all of the characters’ updates to one account. Plus, the fact that Twitter is a ridiculous concept (communication under 140 characters) that is ultimately really addictive made it perfect.”
Eli Broad: Art Market Has Leveled Out
Prices “went up 500 percent over 10 years, now they’re up 250 percent. Now good things are beginning to come on the market.”
Theatre Offers Money Back Guarantee
Collaboraction/Teatro Vista theatre in Chicago makes the offer. “Of course, money-back guarantees have been around at least as long as the Sears catalog, though not in the theater. They’re a surefire marketing tool, much less about returning cash to a few dissatisfied customers than about giving an exponentially larger number of them the gold-plated confidence to buy the product in the first place.”
The Sokal-Social Text Debacle, Redux
“So kudos to Philip Davis, a graduate student in library and information science at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, who revealed yesterday on The Scholarly Kitchen blog that he got a nonsensical computer-generated paper accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.”
The Piano Man Of Baghdad
“[Christopher] Garabedian plays every night at Al-Rif, a tony restaurant and one of the few doing business in Baghdad these days. […] Some [customers] come to listen to Garabedian’s medley of Western and Eastern tunes, including Iraqi traditional songs, that has earned him many admirers.”
‘World Cup Of Ballet’ Underway At Bolshoi
“Held every four years since 1969, this is the 11th International Moscow Ballet Competition and about 120 of the top aspiring ballet dancers from across the world are in competition for the gold medals.”
More Cuts At PBS
“The Public Broadcasting Service Thursday instituted new staff cutbacks, as well as temporary reductions in salaries and benefits. It is all part of trying to close a $3.4 million budget deficit in 2010, according to a PBS source, who said the cutbacks were announced at a staff meeting.”
Brooklyn’s St. Ann’s Warehouse Displaced For Apartments
“[The] innovative theater that has been a major cultural player in Brooklyn for nearly 30 years must find a new home now that its 14,000-square-foot space in Dumbo is scheduled to be turned into an apartment complex and school.” Fortunately, the developers are longtime friends of the theater and “are committed to helping St. Ann’s find a new space.”
Luc Besson To Build A French Cinecittà
The well-known director and a partner are joining forces “to launch the e30 million ($42 million) Paris Studios, France’s first modern megastudio. […] With nine soundstages, including one at 23,680 square feet, Paris Studios will be part of the ambitious La Cité du Cinema film complex, located at a former power station in Saint Denis, northern Paris.”