The “state-of-the-art off-Broadway theater – 37 Arts, which is also home to Baryshnikov’s dance studio and foundation – is being foreclosed on by the company that built it, The Post has learned. The Builders Group is expected to foreclose within days on liens against the theater totaling nearly $14 million, sources say.”
Tag: 10.20.07
Henry Fogel To Step Down As President Of American Symphony Orchestra League
“In his five years as the ASOL’s chief executive, Fogel stabilized the organization’s finances, raised its profile in the wider classical music community, launched a $25 million capital campaign, and oversaw the development of a strategic plan, finalized earlier this year, to revamp the way the League serves its member orchestras.”
Lebrecht Book On Music Withdrawn By Publisher
The publisher of music critic Norman Lebrecht’s latest book has agreed to withdraw the book in the UK over a few pages discussing Naxos Records and its founder, Klaus Heymann. “The book, ‘Maestros, Masterpieces & Madness: The Secret Life and Shameful Death of the Classical Record Industry,’ was released in Britain in July. Mr. Heymann sued the publisher, Penguin Books, in the High Court of Justice, saying the book wrongly accused him of ‘serious business malpractices’ based on false statements. He cited at least 15 statements he called inaccurate.”
The Art Of Theatre (Or Theatre Of Art)
“It seems the divide between the world of contemporary visual arts and the world of theatre may be getting a little smaller. Visual artists are starting to produce work that is more theatrical, at the same time as a growing number of theatre companies are interested in collaborating with artists and presenting their work in galleries.”
The New Art History
“Since 1950, the world has drastically altered in shape. Television, migration and the internet have brought separate continents into far greater proximity. Cultural references ranging from Jamaica to Japan are instantly available anywhere, while the search for the historical roots behind each seems to head down a hundred different wormholes. How do you tell a story of art that addresses these new conditions? You don’t. That has been the emerging consensus. You produce compendious historical surveys.”
Life A “Warm Puppy”? Humbug!
Biographer David Michaelis, author of Schulz and Peanuts, says that cartoonist Charles Schulz was “a man who could neither forget nor forgive any slight or lonely moment. Not for a minute did he believe that ‘Happiness was a warm puppy’ – and he may not have believed in happiness at all. He thought it was impossible to draw a happy comic strip and actually he was fond of saying that ‘Happiness is a sad song’.”
How Music Works In The Brain?
“The original part of memory is the memory of actions and procedures and sequences, starting with crawling and walking. This part of memory also includes musical and textual sequences.” It seems to be involved in the way some tunes replay themselves in our minds even after we’re tired of them. It may also account for the way that musical and textual memory tends to work best with long units of information – on whole phrases in sequence, rather than on individual notes and words.”
National Ballet Of Canada’s Sophomore Year
“Karen Kain has just one season under her belt – not enough time to develop a programming pattern. That said, ballet purists might see some of the upcoming 2007-08 works as either not traditional enough, or, horror of horrors, down-market.”
Time To Update Gamer Stereotypes
“What do most Americans picture when they think of a gamer? A child? A loner? Someone with weak social skills? An addict who ignores life’s problems because of too much time spent with a game? A shut-in? An introvert? The truth is, the American public’s view of video games and gamers as a whole is grossly outdated.”
Why Poetry Should Be Front And Center
“The truth is most Americans have lost touch with the best of what poetry is: a record of some of civilization’s greatest writers–and wisest people–taking on the questions and emotions that define us. So why aren’t we reading poetry?”