“Is a teacher who can’t afford to live in the city any more or less worthy than an artist? We need to adopt a more holistic approach and think beyond class and occupation. We need to work in partnership with colleagues from every sector.”
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Stephen Adly Guirgis Wins $200K Steinberg Playwrighting Award
“With their abrasive characters and often profane language, the plays of Stephen Adley Guirgis aren’t crowdpleasers in the conventional sense. The New York playwright specializes in chronicling the rougher side of city life, and has earned critical raves and a Tony Award nomination for his work.”
Stratford Festival To Offer Shakespeare In Movie Theaters And On TV
“As the first installment of a long-term project, in which the festival hopes to document its productions of the entire Shakespeare canon, three of this year’s stagings will be filmed in HD. The films will be screened in cinemas around the world in 2015 and television broadcasts by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will follow, as will on-demand digital releases.”
Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial May Lose Most Of Its Gehry-Ness (Including Gehry Himself)
“The project faces a major crossroad this week over its controversial Frank Gehry design, which uses woven steel tapestries strung on 80-foot columns to depict the modest Kansas roots of the decorated soldier and statesman. The Eisenhower Memorial Commission on Wednesday will review two approaches, including one that removes most of these elements. If that plan is selected, Gehry informed the commission, he will ask for his name to removed.”
“Three Tenors” Impresario Tibor Rudas Dead At 94
The former opera singer and Holocaust survivor “made a name for himself in the United States by bringing Las Vegas-style brio to performances by highbrow artists. He presented the New York Philharmonic in an Atlantic City casino and produced large outdoor concerts for other classical artists at the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Super Dome and other unconventional venues.”
It’s The Little Annoyances That’ll Really Kill You
“The godawful commute. The fight you had with your partner this morning. The kitchen sink that won’t stop leaking. Minor annoyances? Maybe. But these little, everyday hassles can add up and may be as likely to do you in as the bigger, more serious stressors in life, like divorce or job loss, according to new research.”
David Lynch Thinks No One Will Ever Agree On What “Eraserhead” Is About
“No one, to my knowledge, has ever seen the film the way I see it. The interpretation of what it’s all about has never been my interpretation.” (But what’s scary: “I love the world of Eraserhead. I would love to live in that world.”)
Top Posts From AJBlogs 09.16.14
What Killed Adulthood? Pop Culture or Capitalism?
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-09-16
Somewhere between crude and crass
AJBlog: The Artful Manager | Published 2014-09-16
Matisse Cut-Outs, Records, And Making Art Seem Scarce
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-09-17
The Disappearing Publisher
AJBlog: PostClassic | Published 2014-09-16
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E-Books Get Radically Better At Doing Poetry
“Digital poetry is still dwarfed by print, and some writers and publishers question whether there is much demand for poetry e-books.”
What Role Does Taste Play In Our Appreciation Of Books?
“Good taste precedes the individual. It is an inheritance, an invisible monument, a millennium of exquisite micro-choices all embedded in the fibers of the mind! Surely it will prevail!”