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Tag: 06.19.13
Alice Munro Says She Has Retired From Writing
Says the 81-year-old author of her decision, “I’m delighted. Not that I didn’t love writing, but I think you do get to a stage when you sort of think about your life in a different way. And perhaps, when you’re my age, you don’t wish to alone as much as a writer has to be. It’s like, at the wrong end of life, becoming very sociable.”
ABT Star Appointed Director Of Ballet San Jose
The California company, now on the rebound after a year of upheaval in 2012 that saw both financial struggles and the acrimonious departure of longtime artistic director Dennis Nahat, will be led by former Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer José Manuel Carreño, effective immediately.
Post-Recession, U.S. Arts Philanthropy Is Inching Up
“Total 2012 giving to charities was $316.23 billion, up by 3.5 percent over 2011, according to estimates … Adjusted for inflation, that represents just a 1.5 percent increase in donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations.”
Seattle Opera Names Successor To Speight Jenkins
Speight Jenkins will be a tough act to follow, having led Seattle Opera to a prominence – especially in Wagner – well beyond its size over his 30 years at the company’s helm. The man who has landed this challenging job is 56-year-old Aidan Lang, who currently runs New Zealand Opera.
Slim Whitman, 90, Country Music Star
“The singer, whose tenor falsetto and ebony moustache and sideburns became global trademarks, recorded more than 65 albums and sold millions of records. His 1955 version of ‘Rose Marie’, the title song from the venerable operetta that spawned ‘Indian Love Call’, was No 1 for 11 weeks in Britain, where he was particularly popular.”
Kafka Tales For Kiddies
“Matthue Roth, a thirty-four-year-old writer and video-game designer, is usually met with befuddlement when he tells people he has written a children’s book of re-told Kafka stories.”
America’s Most Endangered Heritage
“Houston’s Astrodome and the Gay Head lighthouse on Martha’s Vineyard are two of 11 endangered places to be cited Wednesday by the National Trust for Historic Preservation on its annual list of sites at risk of damage or destruction.”
The Mark Morris Phenomenon
“At a time when the culture rewards the most jaded expressions of all that’s wrong with the world, Morris remains an eloquent witness for the plain truths of human experience. Those include the need to poke fun and be silly, which he also does in his dances, often right in the middle of a section that breaks your heart.”
A Different Way Of Thinking About The Internet Of Things
“While many of his colleagues are focused exclusively on the future, Heun constantly references our evolutionary past. Millions of years of biological development have given humans the ability to process information using all of our senses, but the last 30 years of technology advances have focused everything through our eyes and fingertips.”