“Google’s Gmail Labs has a new experimental featured dubbed ‘Mail Goggles’ which will attempt to prevent you from sending out those ill-advised late night e-mails.”
Tag: 10.07.08
It’s Not Dancing About Architecture, Exactly…
… it’s dancing about aviation. This weekend at “Breaking Ground: A Dance Charrette,” five choreographers presented site-specific works made for Floyd Bennett Field, New York’s first municipal airport.
Is the Kol Nidre Really a Get-Out-of-Agreements-Free Card?
The most famous prayer in the Yom Kippur liturgy asks the Almighty that all vows and oaths taken during the year be lifted. Does that really mean that Jews can break their word? As usual, context is everything – and rabbis and thinkers have been arguing over the Kol Nidre for centuries.
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Picks New Top Exec
Sarah Lutman takes over for Bruce Coppock, who resigned last summer for health reasons. Lutman “was responsible for broadcast, digital and live-event programming for Minnesota Public Radio’s three outlets — the news and classical stations and The Current. She also handled the portfolio at American Public Media, the largest classical-music broadcaster in the nation.”
The Art President?
When Americans think of President Andrew Jackson, we usually think of him first as a war hero, and second… well, we probably don’t think twice. But a new book offers an extended assessment of the Jackson presidency’s impact on American art and culture.
Is Van Zweden On The Verge Of Global Stardom?
The Dallas Symphony’s new music director, Jaap van Zweden, is enjoying a well-deserved moment in the sun, as he strives to reach the heights as a conductor that he achieved so early in life as a violinist. (At 19, Van Zweden was the youngest ever concertmaster of Amsterdam’s acclaimed Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.) “The buzz is only getting louder…”
Maybe It Could Replace A Question About Flag Pins?
The moderator of tonight’s presidential debate, NBC’s Tom Brokaw, sits on the board of LA’s Norton Simon Museum of Art, and has a long history of supporting art and culture. But in the midst of a global financial meltdown, will even Brokaw manage to work in a single question about cultural policy?
Can Well-Intended Literature Help Save The Planet?
A former US poet laureate is urging writers to use their words to publicly take a stand against human encroachment on nature and the effect of climate change on wildlife. Robert Hass “claimed that there has been little if no news reporting on the plight of these… animals as he made his case for international literature as an effective way to send out warnings.”
Canadian Writing Advocate Dies at 65
“Constance Rooke, a champion of Canadian writing, an editor, a writer, a scholar and a beloved teacher has died after a long bout with ovarian cancer.” She and her husband “founded the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival in 1989 when they were living in a former stagecoach hotel in the centre of the village. The festival, held on the first weekend after Labour Day each year, continues to celebrate the finest writing in Canada.”
Artist Could Be Jailed For Defacing His Own Mural
“Artist Ed Stross faces a 30-day stint in jail unless the American Civil Liberties Union manages to overturn his conviction for painting the word “love” on his mural in this Detroit suburb. Stross’s long-running dispute with local officials is over his addition of the word to his mural in 1997 in memory of Princess Diana.”