City Pages has cut film editor Rob Nelson and his job. “Nelson, who has been with the paper since 1994, has won numerous awards for film criticism, including several from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies and a Page One Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.”
Tag: 08.23.07
Atlanta To Get Arts Funding Jump?
“For years, artists and arts activists have bemoaned Atlanta’s bottom-of-the-barrel arts budget. Proof of the city’s underfunded cultural scene became more pronounced earlier this year, when a national Americans for the Arts study showed the wide disparity between what Atlanta contributes to its arts and culture organizations and what other, similarly sized cities and counties do. Only Anchorage, Alaska, and Orange County, N.Y., give less.” So now a proposal to quadruple the city’s arts funding.
Grace Paley, 84
“Ms. Paley’s output was modest, just 45 stories in three volumes: “The Little Disturbances of Man” (Doubleday, 1959); “Enormous Changes at the Last Minute” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1974); and “Later the Same Day” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985). But she attracted a devoted following and was widely praised by critics for her pitch-perfect dialogue, which managed to be surgically spare and unimaginably rich at the same time.”
Miami’s Coconut Grove Wants School Afilliation
“Leaders of the now-closed Coconut Grove Playhouse said Tuesday that they are exploring a future partnership with a local college or university to reopen and revitalize the historic theater.”
And Now… The YouTube Ad
“YouTube on Tuesday unveiled a new form of advertising to cash in on its 130 million registered users, who watch 3 billion minutes of video a month.”
Serious Competition Might Help Apple
So big competition is lining up to challenge Apple’s iTunes. But in a twist, “the competition might actually help Apple. That’s because the Cupertino, Calif., company makes a slim profit on selling songs but cleans up on every iPod music player.”
Grease Ad – Not The One That They Want
Some New York theatre critics were upset after producers of the show “Grease” ran an ad Wednesday that suggested the critics endorsed the show. “The ad is deceptive. Quotes are always considered an endorsement from the publication and its theater critic. Any critic misquoted is entitled to feel misrepresented.”
Rose Bampton, 99
The legendary soprano sang 18 seasons at the Met. “Bampton premiered songs of Samuel Barber, and was the first American to sing Parsifal’s Kundry at the Met. Schoenberg called her voice a miracle.”
Denver’s New Contemporary Art Museum Ready To Open
Two months away from opening, the new Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver is shaping up as a series of boxes within a box, galleries opening into hallways that encircle areas devoted to art.
A Great Summer For Cable TV
“Ad-supported cable networks collectively are outperforming the six broadcast networks this summer in the coveted adults 18-49 demographic by more than 2-to-1, the largest margin ever.”