“Daley’s cultural pronouncements are rarely adorned with Shakespearean eloquence. But it’s hard to think of another American government official who has stepped out so far, and so often, in support of the arts as the lynchpin of a vibrant, modern city.”
Tag: 09.08.10
Tim Waterstone (Waterstone Books) On Being An Entrepreneur
“You know, as an entrepreneur, and I hate calling myself an entrepreneur” – here our digression begins – “you don’t do it for the money at all, really you don’t; you’re doing it because you get caught up in an idea and you want that idea to work.” The ultimate achievement, according to Waterstone, is to see your vision realised, often against the odds: almost all entrepreneurs, he thinks, are fighting against received wisdom.
Top Washington Culture Honors – Who Wins Is Sometimes Who Agrees
“Like other big-time Washington arts awards (think the Twain Prize and the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song), it’s not just whom a selection committee wants to honor, it’s also who’s available.”
Art Critic Says UK Arts Funding Needs To Be Blown Up, Rethought
Art critic Brian Sewell “says it is time to kill off the Arts Council and replace it with Dragons Den-style funding bids, organised through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. He says this would allow smaller groups to have as much chance of funding as the “rich and powerful” larger institutions”
Is It Okay To Have Swearing In Children’s Books?
“Swearing in children’s books, and even in books for teenagers, used to be pure anathema.As swearing on the telly, in films and by grouchy adults who don’t watch their tongues becomes steadily normalised, however, our 19th-century notions of profanity and propriety have been quietly eroded.”
New Conservative TV Network Launches
RightNetwork, whose first series, “Running,” follows the fortunes of some Tea Party-backed candidates for public office, is also trying a new model to establish itself.
Mayor Daly Was Great For Chicago (But Maybe Not So Great For Music)
“For decades, the city under his administration treated the local popular music scene – and by extension the artists, businesses and fans who make it go – as a second-class citizen.”
Seiji Ozawa Talks About His Cancer Treatment
“I thought, when you have an operation, have to sit there and stay in hospital four weeks or five weeks, these things go away. It didn’t. When I became better, and then I started to walk in springtime, it came back, and even worse, because there’s no muscle around there. And this is the situation now.”
“Glee” Fever Hits Schools Even As Schools Cut Back Music Education
“But its popularity comes as budget cuts prompt schools to further shrink their musical offerings for students. Nonprofit community arts providers, many of which partner with local schools, also have been forced to reduce their offerings, cut staff and offer less financial aid amid the recession, according to the National Guild for Community Arts Education’s May 2009 survey of its members.”