“Such a spectacle seems torn from the feeble imaginings of some bygone science-fiction author: a doomy vision in which humanity – having lost all enthusiasm for human interaction – resolves to consume the splendours of the Earth exclusively through cinema screens.”
Tag: 09.28.13
You’d Have To Be In Pretty Great Shape To Dance In Medieval Europe
The music “was sung by the dancers themselves. And according to some accounts, those dancing the carole would often go on for hours.” Then there’s the problem of the Devil …
Minnesota Orchestra Musicians Reject Latest Management Offer
“Doug Wright, a member of the musician’s negotiating committee, says the offer, which cuts salaries by almost 18 percent over three years, was based on a management business model which believes classical music is dead.”
Minnesota Orchestra Musicians Reject Latest Management Offer
“Doug Wright, a member of the musician’s negotiating committee, says the offer, which cuts salaries by almost 18 percent over three years, was based on a management business model which believes classical music is dead.”
Will Amazon’s New Matchbook Service Provide The Final Print Death Blow?
“The urge to connect paper books to the digital sphere remains a strong one. We’re still not at the stage where we can ‘rip’ our own books at home. … But last week Amazon announced a service to reduce the gap a little bit more.”
Historic New Orleans Theatre Reopens 8 Years After Katrina
“The memories it springs are so generational. Everybody still alive in this city can still remember the first time they walked into this gorgeous theatre.”
Frank L. Fouce, 85, Who Brought Theatre And T.V. To Latino Audiences
“He brought every major motion picture star from Mexico to the Million Dollar Theater for decades. Then, when he went to Channel 34, he brought them live to television. He was a one-man band bringing live Mexican talent to this community.”
Operating In China Won’t Be Easy For Christie’s
“Not only will the foreign auctioneers have to do battle with an offshoot of the mighty People’s Liberation Army” – the giant auction firm Poly International, owner by a Red Army-controlled conglomerate – “they will have to operate in a market that is distorted by a mix of under- and overregulation, lack of openness and outright crookedness.”