“Owning a building that consolidates operations is typical for major American ballet companies. The companies with the largest budgets either have them or are well on the way.”
Tag: 08.06.08
Solzhenitsyn Buried In 16th Century Monastery
The writer was buried on the monastery’s grounds after the service which was broadcast live on state television, featured a military band and had all the hallmarks of a state funeral.
Archaeologists Discover Shakespeare’s First Theatre
“It is thought that they have uncovered the original brick foundations of The Theatre – one of London’s first playhouses, which was built in 1576 and was home to the company in which Shakespeare first performed as an actor, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. It was dismantled in 1599 and its timbers were shipped across the Thames to construct the original Globe Theatre.”
Poll: One-Fifth Of Brits Wish They Could Be Musicians
“In a new poll, 20% of those surveyed said that they would love to trade their jobs for a gig in the music biz, and 50% complained that in school there was not enough information about music careers.”
The Play, The Protests & The Publicity
Protesters picket a show in Toronto that takes on their church’s anti-gay preaching. “Controversial as it all sounds, it could be a marriage made in heaven from a publicity perspective, as each side draws more attention to the other’s message than either might receive on its own.”
The Architects Who Will Define China’s Future
“In the crudest narrative of contemporary Chinese urbanism, foreign architects are carpetbaggers — some more talented than others — while the institutes are sclerotic bureaucracies, practically allergic to innovation. But there is a third group of architects that may, in the end, have the definitive say about the shape of the new Chinese city. It is made up of young designers who were born in China and educated in the U.S. or Europe and have returned to start their own firms, burdened by neither stereotypical Western ideas about Chinese culture nor ties to the hidebound institutes.”
The Next Harry Potter?
“Breaking Dawn is the fourth and final book in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, a vampire/human love story aimed primarily at teenage girls that has the book industry drawing comparisons to the monster success of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Within 24 hours of its release 12:01 Saturday morning, Breaking Dawn sold more than 1.3 million copies.”
The Biographer Turned Forger
Between 1990 and 1992 Lee Israel “forged some 400 letters by such literary celebrities as Noel Coward, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman and Edna Ferber. Dealers paid her about $100 per letter, which they in turn sold for as much as several thousand dollars.”
The Survey Says: Academics Are Satisfied
“One of the concerns many academics have had in recent years is that the increased financial pressures in higher education and what critics call the “corporatization” of academe would make higher education a less desirable place to work. But a study presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association finds that academic scientists — in the natural and social sciences — are more satisfied than are their counterparts outside of higher education.”
Grafitti Artist Alters Large Keith haring Mural
On July 22 a graffiti artist and onetime protégé of Haring’s seriously altered it by filling in the negative space with an intricate black interlocking pattern and spray-painting it with the repeated tag LA II. “When I was painting that mural, I didn’t feel like it was me, I felt like it was Keith’s spirit in me,” said the artist.