“The organisers of the Edinburgh International Festival have said they will not bow to pressure after pro-Palestinian campaigners called for an invitation to an Israeli dance company to be withdrawn. Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company is due to perform three shows at the event between August 30 and September 1, as part of a UK-wide tour.”
Tag: 07.16.12
Rose Theatre, One Of Shakespeare’s Own Venues, To Be Revived
“The Rose Theatre, one of the few surviving Elizabethan theatres in London, could be fully excavated and restored to a playhouse in time for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.”
Last Artist Leaves LA MoCA Board
“Following a week in which John Baldessari, Catherine Opie and Barbara Kruger all resigned from the board of trustees at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art, Ed Ruscha has also resigned, leaving no artists remaining on the museum’s board.”
Actress Celeste Holm, 95
“[She was a] versatile actress who achieved fame on Broadway in the original production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s hit musical Oklahoma! in 1943 and five years later won an Oscar for best supporting actress in the landmark movie-drama Gentleman’s Agreement.”
A Book Fair In Somalia? Yes, Indeed
“It is an unlikely spot for a literary festival, a town of half a million people with no theatre and no cinema. But Hargeisa is carving out a reputation as the Horn of Africa’s answer to Hay-on-Wye by attracting readers and writers from around the world to its book fair.”
Why Is It So Devastating That The Artists Have Abandoned LA’s MoCA?
“Certainly no institution comes into being or grows into an entity of international stature without a host of important contributing parties. But artists reside at the core of MOCA’s being. They’re the soul inside what sometimes seems to be a soulless institutional life.”
Study: Viewers Increasingly Turning To YouTube For News
“A new study has found that YouTube is emerging as a major platform for news, one to which viewers increasingly turn for eyewitness videos in times of major events and natural disasters.”
Report: Arts Content Declines On BBC
Drama output across the BBC’s television channels fell by 156 hours last year, with arts content also down by 90 hours.
The World’s Wealthiest Comic Book Publisher? The US Army
“The government-funded comic doesn’t try very hard to create believable, sympathetic characters caught up in meaningful conflicts. Instead, America’s Army focuses on making the Army look good.”
Study Confirms: Watching TV Makes Kids Fat, Slow
“Researchers have found that each extra hour of TV watched per week by two-year-olds increases their waist size by half a millimetre and reduces the distance they can leap from a standing start. That in turn could determine how active they are as adults.”