“The Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam has begun airing the only known video of the teenage diarist on a channel dedicated to her on YouTube. The channel also features clips of others, including her late father Otto and Nelson Mandela, talking about Anne.”
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NJPAC Exceeds $180M Fundraising Goal
“More than $182 million has been raised for the [downtown Newark] arts center’s endowment, operations, upkeep and cash reserve.”
Exhibition As Performance (And Vice Versa) At France’s Musée de la Danse
“The rules for Expo Zéro were simple: there would be no exhibition as such, no objects or costumes, scores or scripts, videos or photographs. There wouldn’t even be furniture. Instead, visitors would navigate the museum to find the participants adrift in the space, shifting from improvised interactions with each other and the public.”
Michael Gambon Leaves Cast Of Alan Bennett’s New Play
“Gambon, 68, was set to take the lead in The Habit of Art, but has been forced to pull out due to ill health.” Stepping in at the National Theatre in London will be Richard Griffiths, star of Bennett’s last play, The History Boys.
Ya Gotta Have Had A Gimmick: Reuniting The Veterans Of Burlesque
At a gathering of the Golden Days of Burlesque Historical Society: “La Savona, petite, elegant, and wearing a blond wig, sits with a magnifying glass, reading her newspaper notices and advertisements from the days when she was the Czech bombshell who escaped the Communists.”
Real Estate Market In Dallas Arts District Not Heating Up (Yet)
“Completion of the AT&T Performing Arts Center and the start of construction on the deck park over Woodall Rodgers Freeway have given the Arts District plenty of location, location, location. What it doesn’t have for commercial development is timing, timing, timing.”
Redecorating At The Frick Collection’s Gilded Age Mansion
“In the summer, after the [museum’s] Living Hall was refurbished – its oak paneling waxed to a honeyed sheen; the ceiling repainted and the rug cleaned – the nearby East Gallery suddenly looked a bit down at the heels. To complicate matters, the institution had received a loan of two late-15th-century Florentine panels that had to be displayed somewhere.”
Dance Is Doomed Without The Web
“[M]ore than any other art form, [dance] is constantly being lost to history. To build a body of knowledge, you need to gather bodies of evidence, reference material, records. There is an obvious way forward – record more dance on video and put more of it on the internet.”
‘A Brilliant Hour Of TV’: Critics Give Letterman’s On-Air Confession Raves
The AP, Slate, True/Slant … In the early reviews, at least, critics seem to be lavishing David Letterman’s revelations of affairs with staff members and an extortion attempt with the sort of enthusiasm they’d give to Mad Men or The Wire.
Estate Of Beverly Sills Up For Auction
“Costume designs, artwork, furniture and jewelry are among the items up for sale next Wednesday at Doyle New York auction house.” New York City Opera, where Sills was first a star and later general manager, is co-hosting the event.