“Death may be unchanging, but the human experience of it isn’t. If every age has its style of dying, its moral-ethical and literary view of it, from the “tame death” to the “beautiful death,” ours is surely the age of the “protracted death” — a slow, medicalized end, portrayed in documentary detail.”
Tag: 07.03.13
Big Data, Bigger Issues
“Soon, data concerning trillions of objects and activities will be available; self-powered and self-networked sensors will track everything from our blood sugar to how many steps we take.”
A Plan To Speed Up Artist Visas To The USA
” The amendment would enable museums to schedule foreign artists to give lectures, teach courses and complete residencies more easily.”
How Much Is That Tony Worth? About $2,500 (Pay Up!)
“Unlike the Oscars and the Grammys, for which actual awards are given only to hands-on producers and artists, organizers sell Tonys to dozens of major investors, which helps finance the multimillion-dollar awards ceremony.”
Minnesota Orchestra Dispute Is Ruining The Orchestra
“That, I think, would be a major tragedy and a major wound,” Lebrecht said. “It will be something that Minnesota and Minneapolis will not recover from easily and possibly not for a generation.”
Why Do Writers Care So Much About Genres?
“It’s amazing how the question of genre category, and especially the definition of “literary” fiction, is still sparking more passion and frank upset among writers and fans than any subject (except perhaps gender, and the two are not unrelated, since some genres are associated with genders; “hard” sci-fi with men, paranormal romance with women, etc).”
High School Students Descend On Broadway
Each student has come to New York having won a regional award for a specific performance. They arrive prepared with a song from that show to perform, not to mention their costume in tow. A group of coaches–this year that included the musical theater performers Liz Callaway and Leslie Odom Jr. who, yes, was on “Smash”–split them into groups where they create medley around their songs, much like the openers on “American Idol.”
Opera Australia’s Ring Finds Its New Conductor: A(nother) Gifted Young Finn
Pietari Inkinen, who was appointed music director of New Zealand’s national orchestra at age 27 (he’s now 33), is stepping in to replace Richard Mills, who resigned last month over problems of “personal chemistry” and “unity of vision” with the cast and director.
German City Loses Its Beloved Irish Choreographer
“Marguerite Donlon … has become something of a local celebrity since founding the Donlon Dance Company in 2001. After a dozen high-flying years, however, … the Saarland state theatre terminated her contract by mutual agreement– two years early. The news came as a bombshell in Saarbrücken and triggered an extraordinary outpouring of love for the diminutive 47-year-old.”