Jonathan Glancey: “These are fine civic buildings and with a little imagination and care they could continue to serve and even delight [sic] future generations. I once described Preston bus station as baroque – modern baroque – and I stand by that.”
Tag: 10.05.11
San Antonio Symphony Will Keep Playing Without Contract
“San Antonio Symphony musicians and management have agreed to start the 2011-12 performance season while continuing to negotiate a contract, the two sides said Tuesday.”
New Latino Cultural Center In Los Angeles Is Reeling
La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, the “ambitious downtown center created to celebrate the role of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles culture and history opened with great fanfare six months ago, … is staggering.” Attendance is low; fundraising is slow; contractors aren’t getting paid; the staff has been halved and the CEO fired.
Aristotle, Marx, Planet Of The Vampires, And Other Unlikely Stage Properties
Having recently seen an adaptation of Aristotle’s Poetics and a play consisting entirely of Eugene O’Neill’s stage directions – and remembering a musical version of Das Kapital and the Wooster Group’s penchant for mash-ups of classic drama and B-movies – Alexis Soloski asks readers to suggest other unlikely candidates for the stage.
Copyright And The Return Of The Literary Patron (Blame The Web)
“We’re so accustomed to thinking of copyright as the foundation of a writer’s livelihood that it’s difficult to imagine how authors could survive without it.” But back before copyright was invented, authors “made nothing from the sale of their books; their profits derived from the wealthy patron to whom the work was dedicated.” Are we headed to that model, modified for the digital age, again?
Adapting Julia Child For E-Readers
“[C]ookbooks have been late bloomers in the e-book revolution … Yet cookbooks have recently begun to show signs of strength in the digital book market.” The genre’s new poster child: Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, out in digital form next week.
A.C. Nielsen, Jr., 92, Leader Of Media Ratings Firm
“[He] transformed the company his father founded in 1923 into an international leader in market research, helping to make its name synonymous with television ratings.”
Coming To The Aid Of Distressed French Aristocrats
“Seeking to offer a helping hand is the Association for the Mutual Assistance of the French Nobility. The Paris group helps down-and-out nobles rediscover some of the glory. It takes legal action against commoners trying to claim noble names, pays the school fees of promising young nobles and offers an informal meeting service to single nobles.”