“Stage actors love theater. Film actors see movies. Musicians dig concerts by their fellow musicians. But TV performers just don’t seem to catch much TV, according to an unofficial survey spanning years of interviews I’ve had with them.”
Tag: 07.21.08
The Morality Of Keeing Your Job
“Since keeping one’s position and not retiring is likely to directly cause the unemployment/underemployment of young philosophers, is it wrong to postpone one’s retirement past a certain age? If so, at what age should one retire?”
What Did Michelangelo Look Like?
There’s a reason the artist has no known self-portraits. “Art historians have long known that Michelangelo wasn’t exactly handsome, but this is the first time that an exhibition focuses on the physical likeness of the Tuscan master as well as on rumors of his horrible personal habits and lack of hygiene.”
For Bloggers, Responsible Work Pays Off
“Want to build a great audience, composed of people you respect? Be picky about who you decide to overserve. Then do it with all the skill and enthusiasm you can muster.”
The Computer As Art Historian?
Researchers have taught computers how to “read” paintings and identify them. “A picture, after all, is more than a thousand words. It can be represented as bits of data, just like a bank account or music on a compact disc, and the researchers have sifted this information through the dispassionate filter of statistics. The authors… are quick to say that they don’t want to replace art historians. Their methods aren’t sophisticated enough to do so even if they wanted to.”
LA Times To Fold Book Review Section?
According to a former editor, book coverage will be placed in the Calendar section of the paper where it will share space with features. The paper responds, “The Times remains committed to book review coverage. What form that takes is what’s under evaluation.”
Guthrie Theatre Sees Big Attendance Jump
More productions and more performances resulted in an attendance jump of more than 80,000 in the Guthrie Theater’s 2007-08 fiscal year.
Wikipedia Hits Print
“Due to hit the shelves in September, a published encyclopedia of German Wikipedia entries, the first of its kind, will list in a single volume the 50,000 most commonly searched terms on the German Wikipedia website over the past two years.”
Itzhak Perlman Cancels Concerts After Surgery
Perlman has canceled his playing and conducting dates at Ravinia Aug. 5 and 6. Doctors have advised him to fully rest while recuperating from rotator cuff surgery.
Venice Population Endangered
“Despite the constant wailing in the media over the decline in the number of Venetians living in Venice–down to 60,000 from 150,000 in the 1950s–the regional government of the Veneto, which has considerable autonomy, has proposed a regional law that that would allow hundreds of private dwellings to be turned into hotel accommodation.”