“Years ago a shabby box appeared on my porch with no return address, and after hours of suspicious avoidance I opened it to find the manuscript of one of my mother’s novels, lots of notes, and half a dozen of her unpublished stories.”
Tag: 07.29.13
Detroit Institute Of Art Director Appeals For Calm
“After two months of hectic coverage, I call upon journalists to resist the temptation to jump to disaster scenarios or to make the D.I.A.’s singular and highly complicated situation part of a broader story about the structural challenges faced by museums in general.”
Is Stealing An Idea The Same As Plagiarizing? (Or Worse)
“Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists – and sooner or later, parasites kill the host.”
Boston Graffiti Artists Cover An Abandoned Property In Amazing Murals. Now It Will Be Taken Down
“For the time being, the Bartlett Yard will stand as a testament to the best Boston’s graffiti culture has to offer: intricate designs, pop culture throwbacks, wild colorations, and a sense of reclaimed space. And like nearly all graffiti it will be removed, a sign of the medium’s transitory nature and a neighborhood that is, itself, in transition.”
Pennsylvania Ballet Launches Five-Year Plan To Get Back To The Top Tier
“A decade of flat ticket revenues, chronic funding challenges, and a certain lack of artistic sparkle prompted the ballet to engage Kennedy Center president Michael Kaiser, … [whose] blueprint [calls] for new artistic projects, partnerships with local and national arts groups, an expanded school for aspiring professionals and others, a reinvigorated board, smarter marketing – and an additional $1.7 million in each of the next five years to pay for it all.”
Sticker Shock: “Premium Tickets” And VIP Packages Come To London’s West End
“While the high price of theatre tickets is well known, it still comes as a surprise to discover that some members of the audience for Arrivals & Departures, the latest play by Alan Ayckbourn, may have paid £1,500 for the privilege.”
At Ballet Class With The Bolshoi
“Prima ballerina Ekaterina Krysanova takes The Telegraph backstage to watch a training class” during the company’s London visit.
Is The OED Really Changing Its “Marriage” Entry To Include Same-Sex Couples?
That’s what the news media reported last Friday. “Though such a development would not be unwelcome, we [at Slate] had a sneaking suspicion while sorting through the coverage that this story might be a bit overblown.”
Back When Drug Use Was Common, It Turns Out We Were Pretty Creative
“The modern antidrug campaign is not a democratic movement at all; the ancient world didn’t have a Nancy Reagan, it didn’t wage a billion-dollar drug war, it didn’t imprison people who used drugs, and it didn’t embrace sobriety as a virtue. It indulged … and from this world in which drugs were a universally accepted part of life sprang art, literature, science, and philosophy.”
3D Printers Are Revolutionizing The Art Of Puzzles
“They used to have operators for telephones, and now everyone is their own operator. The same thing is going to happen with 3D printing, but it’s going to take a lot longer because that’s another step up in intellectual endeavor.”