A Choreographer’s Homecoming (or Not): Carolyn Carlson’s Return to America

“She is a celebrity in Europe, and her work has had a major impact on the dance scene there. Yet strangely, upcoming performances [in NYC and New Jersey] mark the first time in more than 20 years that her dances have been seen in the United States. It’s tempting to call these engagements a homecoming … But what gives a place the right to be called home?”

What to Do With the Old Newseum? Make Into an Arts Center, Natch!

“When the Newseum decamped from Rosslyn [in northern Virginia] eight years ago [for downtown D.C.], it left behind a modern building with a broadcast studio, a beckoning silver dome and a mind-boggling 54,000 square feet of space. … Called Artisphere, it is [now ]Arlington’s trailblazing new cultural center – a home not just to visual art, but to esoteric discussions, edgy theater, performance art, ballroom dance and music ranging from classical to punk.”

Bodleian Library Solves Its Storage Problem

“This week, “the Bod” unveiled a £26 million storage facility to house 8.4 million books and maps (always a crucial element in the collection). It will be built in Swindon, which is a long way from the fan-vaulted Gothic ceilings and Palladian reading room of the Oxford library, but much more convenient than dumping them in a salt mine in Cheshire, the current fate of thousands of volumes.”