Lyn Gardner: “One of the advantages of the brochure is that it lays out everything that is available, including the shows and events you didn’t know you were interested in until you started browsing. An online brochure not only involves lots of scrolling, but requires you to actively click. It makes it easier to stick to what you know.”
Tag: 09.12.12
Are Richard III’s Bones Under A Parking Lot?
“With literary sources and official records painting a cloudy picture of the poorly understood medieval king, archaeologists are seeking more concrete answers in an unlikely spot: a parking lot in Leicester, England.”
Britain’s First Street Artist
“A while ago, a friend of mine from Lancashire asked if I knew where Alvin Stardust was born. She had a vague childhood memory of seeing a huge mural of the 70s star, the size of a whole house, on the end of a terrace in Bury. I checked and found out that Stardust – whose real name was Bernard Jewry [aka Walter Kershaw] – was born in London and grew up in Nottingham.”
Is Paul Taylor The Last Of The Great Modern Choreographers?
Marina Harss: “Sadly, that characterization is probably true: Martha Graham died in 1991, and Merce Cunningham in 2009. Who else is there? The dance world has moved on. Rare is the choreographer who builds a unique, personal vocabulary of movement, a signature style brought into play in piece after piece, or who can sustain a regular stable of dancers.”
Milwaukee Symphony Appoints Its Principal Trumpeter As Executive Director
Mark “Niehaus taking over as the MSO’s top executive might be likened to the Packers naming Clay Matthews their president. Niehaus has been the MSO’s principal trumpeter since 1998, and has been a featured soloist, but will now put down his horn and pick up spreadsheets and donor calls.”
Chicago Schools Dispute Indicative Of National Battle
“What is likely to remain are the biggest issues: Will carrots and sticks for teachers produce better education for students? Should Chicago continue privatizing public education? Are standardized tests appropriate measures of teacher quality and school quality? Do school closings lead to better schools?”
The Movie The Muslim World Is Furious About Might Not Really Exist
The only actual footage of the slanderous anti-Muhammad “biopic” Innocence of Muslims anyone can find is a 14-minute online video of clips. The action is awkwardly shot against a green screen; all references to Muhammad and Islam are clumsily dubbed in; the actors involved maintain they were working from a script titled Desert Warriors about a figure called “Master George.”
Free Pussy Riot, Says Russian Prime Minister
“Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday called for three members of the punk band Pussy Riot to be freed … The outward appearance of the women, who perform in bright-colored miniskirts and balaclavas, and the ‘hysteria’ accompanying them made him sick, Medvedev said with disdain. But he said keeping them in prison any longer would be ‘unproductive’.”
Dance New Amsterdam Adopts Plan To Climb Out Of Debt
“Dance New Amsterdam, a nonprofit dance company and school in lower Manhattan, on Wednesday announced a five-year debt recovery plan to try and win over potential donors. The plan includes increasing class and theater attendance, increasing business hours, attaining corporate sponsorship and maximizing space rental.”
Addicted To Addiction (Oh Yes, It Happens)
“This argument is almost as old as addiction research itself. From the field’s beginnings in the early 20th century, two factions have been at war: those convinced that addiction is about an uncontrollable physiological response to a substance, a ‘disease’ that needs to be treated under a medical model, and those who think it is simply a sign of weak moral character.”