Egypt is planning a 12-hour opera by Jean-Michel Jarre to usher in the new millennium. At midnight, a 30-foot golden pyramid will be placed atop the missing peak of the Great Pyramid of Cheops, flooding the surrounding area with golden rays to signal the birth of the first day of 2000, says the Egyptian culture minister. – The Seattle Times (AP)
Tag: 10.05.99
WORLD’S FAIR
Disney opens its Millennial Village at Epcot in a blaze of color. Tampabay.com
HIGH TECH MILLIONAIRES –
– have sprouted in the rain forests of Seattle, leading to a boom in philanthropic giving. AP (Yahoo Daily News)
WORLD’S FAIR
Disney opens its Millennial Village at Epcot in a blaze of color. Tampabay.com
HIGH TECH MILLIONAIRES
have sprouted in the rain forests of Seattle, leading to a boom in philanthropic giving. AP (Yahoo Daily News)
BOOKS ARE BOOMING
Sales for the four largest bookstore chains are up 10 percent in the first half of the year. Superstores up 13 percent. – Publisher’s Weekly
ONE GOOD BOOK
A tough year for fiction in Canada. Finalists for Canada’s top literary award, the Giller Prize, are announced. It’s a difficult choice, says a judge – “In Canada, I would say it’s almost enough to read just one good novel a year.” – National Post
ALSO: “A predictable exercise” – CBC 10/5/99
DOUBLE DUTCH
A big wave of reviews about Edmund Morris’ controversial new Reagan biography hits shore this morning. A sampling: New York Times, Morris defends himself in the Boston Globe, Imagining Reagan in the San Francisco Chronicle. A dud in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
The New York art scene has radically changed. Is it possible to have fun any more? – Anthony Haden-Guest observes the new realities. Feed Magazine
AND: A critic, art historian and two artists talk about the act of making art and criticizing it Feed
ON THE ROAD
The National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of American Art are closing in early January for a $110 million renovation project of the building they share. Their treasures will travel to 23 cities over the next three years while the work is done. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel