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Tag: 08.17.12
Colorado Symphony Fires Violinist Who Pled Guilty In Sex Abuse Case
“David Waldman, a longtime violinist with the Colorado Symphony, was officially terminated Thursday, two days after news of his guilty plea in two child-sex cases.”
End Times Are Always Approaching, So Chill Out A Little
“We seem to crave ever-more-frightening predictions–we are now, in writer Gary Alexander’s word, apocaholic.”
As Predicted, Pussy Riot Found Guilty
The judge handed down a verdict of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred,” and protestors thronged the court.
Spawn Of ‘This American Life’ – In Your Local Cinema
The movie Sleepwalk With Me literally began as a dream, or rather a nightmare, and the story of that dream on public radio. Then Ira Glass got more seriously involved.
Passing The Torch To New, Young Book Dealers
Larry McMurtry on the Last Book Sale: “Mainly I was irritated to discover that I still had 30,000 novels to sell. Still, I had seeded the clouds and caused some freshets to sprinkle on the American book trade.”
Can Canada Represent Everyone Canadian On Its Money?
Not so much, shows a test run of $100 bills with an Asian scientist on them.
What Troubled Arts Orgs Can Learn From Detroit Institute Of Arts
“[E]verybody in the art world is now talking about the Detroit Institute of Arts, a world-class institution that just came within inches of closing. Instead, it’s now more financially stable than at any time in the past quarter-century” – because it convinced voters to approve a decade of public funding. How did they pull that off?
Nudity In Dance – Sometimes It Works
Alastair Macaulay: “That was the year I became a critic; I had no inkling how much stage nakedness awaited me. In experimental modern dance, it is now a widespread condition. A bigger surprise has been to find that sometimes – infrequently, but sometimes – it succeeds.”
Old Brewery Becomes New Art Ecosystem In Zurich
“On the west side of the city center, once abandoned to warehouses and cheap housing, the renowned Löwenbräukunst” – yes, as in the beer – “art complex will reopen after two years of intensive redevelopment. Since 1996, … the complex has been the engine behind Zurich’s growing status as a world center for contemporary art.”