“The site’s newly minted editor, Amy Hertz, a Penguin editor at large under their Dutton division, will have to balance the fortnightly magazine’s 5,000-word essays and thoughtful articles based on multiple publications with book reviews written by HuffPo readers….”
Tag: 09.15.09
English Activists Fight To Save Historic Theatre in Derby
“Campaigners fighting to prevent the Derby Hippodrome from being replaced with a multi-storey car park have united to launch a new lobby group, which aims to see the venue brought back to life under a £14 million development scheme. The former variety theatre was partially destroyed in March 2008.”
Bob Dylan To Get Major Painting Exhibition In Europe Next Year
“In a museum show that’s scheduled to open in [Copenhagen] in 2010, Dylan will exhibit nearly 100 of his works, including the world premiere of 30 large-format paintings from the artist’s upcoming ‘Brazil’ series. The show will also feature original paintings from Dylan’s ‘The Drawn Blank’ series.”
AT&T Snags Naming Rights To New Dallas Arts Center
“The city’s landmark performing arts complex that opens Oct. 12 in the downtown Arts District won’t have ‘Dallas’ in its name but will have a new ring to it. In an agreement announced today, the $354 million facility will be known as the AT&T Performing Arts Center.”
For Its New CEO, Troubled Honolulu Symphony Goes Local
Majken Mechling, an experienced fundraiser and non-profit exec who has made her entire career in Hawaii (though not in music), has been appointed to lead the admired but perpetually strapped-for-cash orchestra. In its announcement, the orchestra’s board made a point of praising Mechling’s “respect for our local culture.”
SanFran Ballet Gears Up For First Visit To China
The three-week tour to Beijing and Shanghai is “part of the official celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and China.” Sets and costumes have been shipped; the company leaves Thursday.
Fungus Defeats Antonio Stradivari
Last year a research study “suggest[ed] that treating wood with fungus might help recreate the unusually low density that prevailed when Antonio Stradivari carved his legendary instruments.” The researcher and some luthiers made violins with treated wood, and in the first blind test, listeners preferred the new instruments to a Strad.
And The New NY Times Culture Editor Is …
Jon Landman, considered by many the sole hero of the Jayson Blair fiasco and for the last four years the editor in charge of the paper’s Web site. While the appointment has surprised many observers, the man who made it, Times executive editor Bill Keller, calls it a “no-brainer.”
For Charlotte Symphony, A Funding Cut Of At Least $1M
Charlotte’s Arts & Science Council will decide today whether the Charlotte Symphony “gets $900,000 or $150,000. For an orchestra struggling against deficits, the $750,000 difference is momentous. Even the larger amount would be a cut of roughly $1million from what the orchestra got last season.”
A Vote Of Confidence In A Reforming Arts Council
“It’s very easy to complain about the Arts Council – particularly after the apparently scattershot cuts proposed in December 2007.” But things are changing for the better. “Shouldn’t everyone in the arts want us to have the best Arts Council imaginable – rather than a convenient whipping post?”