“With the Science Center fighting for its life, the unfinished exhibit and red ink provide a look at the severity of the financial woes, management issues and trouble at the center’s ambitious manufacturing shop in Ferndale. They also raise the question of whether the cash-strapped museum violated its donors’ intent by paying for daily operations with money given expressly for exhibitions and programs.”
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Who Should Take Over The RSC?
“There are three strong contenders to fill Michael Boyd’s shoes: Gregory Doran, Rupert Goold and David Farr. Or could a Shakespearean twist see the job going to a maverick outsider?”
Van Gogh Museum Experts Doubt Theory That He Was Shot
“Experts from the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam say they are not convinced by claims made in a new book that Vincent van Gogh was shot by teenagers in the village where he lived.”
Cairo Arts Center Becomes Hub For Exploring New Politics
“El Sawy Culturewheel had traditionally been an open venue where artists could exhibit splashes of color while musicians tested out their music on open-minded crowds. Until the revolution, it was a largely apolitical place. But the Culturewheel – which draws more than 20,000 people per month – has become a different kind of place since January.”
Gideon Toeplitz, 66, Longtime Managing Director Of Pittsburgh Symphony
“Highlights of his tenure include restructuring [the PSO’s] finances and signing conductor Mariss Jansons as music director.”
The Serial Killers Popular Culture Loves
“Now in its sixth season, Dexter has proved immensely popular and successful. Dexter is, however, not the first serial killer we have inexplicably found ourselves rooting for. We look back at some of TV and cinema’s ambiguous ‘heroes’.”
Don’t Romanticize Dexter, Says Novels’ Author
Jeff Lindsay, author of the novels that are the basis for the popular television series: “Some believe that Dexter cares about justice. Dexter doesn’t care about justice, he cares about killing. He’s attractive because he’s dangerous.”
A Cello Named ‘Carbon Baby’
Shauna Rolston has taken to touring with a shiny black cello made from carbon fiber. Carbon Baby can be banged around and dropped without damage, is impervious to humidity, and can be cleaned with Windex. Rolston and her colleagues insist that the instrument sounds at least as good as a traditional wooden cello.
A Wikileaks Opera
“A group of musicians got together in Melbourne this week to test the early draft of an opera based on Assange’s life and work. Called Wikileaks — and endorsed by Assange — it was the first glimpse, behind closed doors, of one of Opera Australia’s more risky ventures.”
Van Gogh Didn’t Kill Himself? (He Was Shot)
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith say that, contrary to popular belief, it was more likely he was shot accidentally by two boys he knew who had “a malfunctioning gun”.