“Rumors have been swirling around the musician’s network in the Twinks about both orchestras for months now and the question has to be asked: How in the world could both of these organizations be in such bad shape simultaneously? This is certainly NOT what the Twin Cities are known for.”
Tag: 06.13.12
US Justice Department Investigating Cable Companies Over Internet Video Access
“Having invested billions of dollars building their networks, some pay-TV companies have shown little inclination to get out of the business of packaging television channels and become mere conduits for other companies’ data. Some major entertainment companies also have an interest in preserving the current model of television viewing because they want cable companies to take bundles of their channels, rather than just cherry-picking the most popular ones.”
Portrait Of Young Jane Austen Authenticated (And Why That Matters)
“Last week, researchers unveiled new evidence suggesting that a long-disputed portrait does, in fact, depict a thirteen-year-old Jane Austen. … Of all writers, she is one that we would like to visualize accurately, in the half-belief that if we could just get a good look at her, we would be able to see something more of her world.”
Five Odd Facts You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Erik Satie
The dapper French composer-cum-prankster, best known today for his piano pieces called Gymnopédies, was even more eccentric than you think. For a start, he was a lousy pianist.
Ziplining The Olympic Torch To London
“Ever since Olympic basketball gold medalist Sergei Belov’s memorable torch run in 1980 at the Moscow Games where he appeared to run over the heads of athletes into Central Lenin Stadium, lighting the Olympic Cauldron has become one of the most anticipated events of the Opening Ceremonies. We’ve seen the fire lit via bow and flaming arrow (Barcelona, 1992), and from a pool of water (Sydney, 2000). This year … British adventurer Bear Grylls will fly across the River Tyne on a zip line on the last leg of the day.”
Meryl Streep To Movie Studios: Don’t You Want Money, People?
“The Iron Lady cost $14 million to make, Streep said, and generated $114 million in global ticket sales. ‘Pure profit,’ Streep said, noting that despite the strong showing, studios continue to make few movies specifically targeted at women. ‘Why? Why? Why? Don’t they want the money?’ Streep asked” at the Women in Film awards ceremony.
Parks Canada Minister Tries (And Pretty Much Fails) To Reassure First Nations People, Academics About Artifact Move
“In Nova Scotia, academic, Mi’kmaq and Acadian groups have come forward to say the move should be abandoned, because the decision came without consultation, and because they believe artifacts should remain near the ancestral grounds where they were found.” The minister: But it’s more cost-effective to store them in Quebec.
David Brooks Is Lazy In His Criticism Of Eisenhower Memorial (And He Doesn’t Understand Memorials In General)
Philip Kennicott: “No surprise, Brooks likes the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials because they invite you to look up at the great man. He argues that more recent memorials ‘evade the thorny subjects of strength and power.’ The Maya Lin-designed Vietnam Veterans Memorial is ‘about tragedy’ while the Korean memorial ‘is about vulnerability.’ But these are war memorials, not monuments to individuals. They aren’t about leadership, but rather about the most colossal failure of leadership.”
Rioting Islamists Attack Art Gallery In Tunisia
“The provocative exhibition was the annual Le Printemps des Arts, the Northern African country’s largest visual arts show, which took place in the Tunis suburb of La Marsa. The exhibition featured a work that spelled out the word ‘Allah’ with a string of ants, as well as other pieces that depicted the city of Mecca.”
Can A New Director Rejuvenate A Stale American Dance Festival?
Jodee Nimerichter spent years working alongside longtime ADF director Charles Reinhart, whose programming had come to rely heavily on artists who made it big in the 1980s and ’90s, such as the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Pilobolus. Nimerichter has re-engaged those two, but she’s already freshening things up with, among other things, a long-overdue ADF appearance by Stephen Petronio and his company.