“Disorderly environments seem to inspire breaking free of tradition, which can produce fresh insights. Orderly environments, in contrast, encourage convention and playing it safe.”
Tag: 08.27.13
Finding Benjamin Britten’s Score – A Detective Story
Now Ballet Theater is waiting for Britten experts to weigh in on the rediscovered score. If it is deemed to be Britten’s Ballet Theater plans to use it when the company brings “Les Sylphides” to the David H. Koch Theater this fall.
Why America’s Small One-Screen Movie Theatres May Be A Thing Of The Past
“According to the Motion Picture Association of America, at the end of 2012, 84 percent of U.S. movie theater screens were digital. Starting this winter, it will become essentially impossible for the remaining theaters to find first-run films from major studios on 35mm, meaning they’ll have to settle for showing older or independent films that won’t bring in enough traffic to remain profitable.”
Shakespeare On The Run
“Shakespeare-on-the-run productions–in which actors move around a designated area and the audience follows along, by running–are quite fun, and more common than you might think.”
NY Public Library Rethinks Its Renovation Design
The library’s new design would make a section of the historic stacks accessible to the public for the first time. Leaving the stacks empty and untouched “would be irresponsible for the library. It’s probably one of the largest indoor spaces in Manhattan. We need to use it for the public.”
Looters Steal 18th-Century Artworks From Colonial-Era Church In Andes – Again
“Thieves have again stolen treasures from a colonial-era church in Bolivia, including priceless 18th century oil paintings. The Roman Catholic church in the small town of San Miguel de Tomave has been looted three times in the last five years – and it’s not the only one.”
Nashville Symphony Musicians Accept 15% Pay Cut
The one-year deal “takes effect immediately and will expire on July 31, 2014. The musicians’ pay cuts are in line with recent pay cuts given to the orchestra’s top leadership, including CEO Alan Valentine and music director Giancarlo Guerrero.”
2013 Gramophone Awards: Fewer Categories, Lots Of British Winners
“Seven out of the 11 are releases from British soloists, ensembles or conductors.” Interesting tidbit: the Early Music Award went to Paul McCreesh’s Gabrieli Consort and Players for a new remake of the program that won them the very same prize 23 years ago.
Think You’re Doing A Good Job? Not If the Algorithms Say You’re Not
The app-based temp agency Gigwalk “scrupulously gathers performance data on it each of its temps, with the goal of being able to better match them with future gigs. It tracks how long it takes a person to respond to a job alert on their app – too slow and you ding your rating. It tracks the GPS on a temp’s phone see how long they spend on a job and takes that into account in measuring his or her productivity.”
Defending The English Major (It’s Not Easy)
Adam Gopnik: “As the bromides roll by and the platitudes chase each other round the page, those in favor of ever more and better English majors feel a bit the way we Jets fans feel, every fall, when our offense trots out on the field: I’m cheering as loud as I can, but let’s be honest – this is not working well.”