“You have to make choices about what historic theaters you save, because you can’t save them all. People turned to theater restoration in the 1960’s and 70’s. It was a time when cities were trying to save their downtowns. Theater restoration revives an interest in the downtown, and anecdotal studies show that their economic impact on cities is quite substantial.”- New York Times
Tag: 06.23.00
FOR EVERY DUMB RULE …
Earlier this month the Academy Awards folks decreed that any movie shown over the internet before it hits the theaters would not be eligible for an Oscar next year. Dumb, eh? So now, enterprising net-heads are planning to open a small movie theater series in Los Angeles to screen movies that will likely play on the web. – Wired 06/23/00
RUSSELL CROWE AND A SIDE OF RIBS
Women from all around the world are in a bidding frenzy, hoping to get their hands on the much-coveted tickets to see Australian actor Russell Crowe’s band “Thirty Odd Foot Of Grunts.” The concert will be held at Stubbs BBQ restaurant in Austin, Texas – tickets are presently going for around $200 on internet auctions. – The Age (Melbourne)
SOMETIMES IT’S NOT ABOUT THE WORK
Canadian bookseller Chapters has yanked this year’s Robertson Davies Prize for books. The man who won, believing the judges wanted a woman to win, submitted his entry under a pseudonym. When the Chapters people found out, they pulled the prize because they say they were “elaborately and deliberately misled by the author.” – CBC
EXPLOITING YOUR FAMILY
Simon & Schuster has an idea about how to get into the digital world in a big way – find articles, novellas and speeches of between 15,000 and 40,000 words by its writers and authors to be e-published on the web. One catch, though – the giant book publisher wants to pay $1,000 a piece. ”I’m trying not to be outraged,” says one well-known S&S author who was invited to e-publish. But, this writer admits, the $1,000 offer is insulting, and far less than most established authors get for magazine articles that are usually much shorter. – Inside.com
LOOKING AHEAD
Dying? Orchestras dying? Not to hear these orchestras talk about their future. The American Symphony Orchestra League holds its annual meeting and looks forward, not back. – Boston Globe
RUSSELL CROWE AND A SIDE OF RIBS
Women from all around the world are in a bidding frenzy, hoping to get their hands on the much-coveted tickets to see Australian actor Russell Crowe’s band “Thirty Odd Foot Of Grunts.” The concert will be held at Stubbs BBQ restaurant in Austin, Texas – tickets are presently going for around $200 on internet auctions. – The Age (Melbourne)
ALAN HOVHANESS —
— dies at age 89 in Seattle. The prolific American composer “embraced melody in an atonal age and drew heavily on music of the East.” – New York Times
SECOND CHANCES
Last week at the last minute, the US House of Representatives voted down a $15 million increase to the National Endowment for the Arts budget. This week the US Senate Appropriations Committee votes a $7 million increase. Will it pass? “While I anticipate a spirited dialogue, I have every confidence that the Senate will prevail in its strong support for the agency,” NEA Chairman Bill Ivey said. – Washington Post
DRUIDS, REVELERS AND DRUM-BEATERS
Why it must be summer solstice and a party at Stonehenge. Actually, since 1984, the partiers have been kept away from the site. But this year the gates were thrown open and about 6000 showed up to celebrate. “It was most definitely a success. We were delighted at the large turnout and we will consider more managed open access in the future”. – Times of India (Reuters)