“Most of the cognitive illusions out there have been created by magicians. So we can really benefit a lot by using their insights and learning their techniques to accelerate discovery in cognitive neuroscience.”
Tag: 10.28.10
Gabriel Garcia Marquez Finishing New Novel
The 83-year-old Nobel laureate, who was thought by many to have written his final work of long-form fiction, is “busy completing his latest novel, En agosto nos vemos” (“We’ll See Each Other in August”). He has just released a new volume of his collected speeches, titled I Didn’t Come to Give a Speech.
Turning Macbeth ‘Into a 75-Minute Polyphonic Experience’
The Polish company Teatr Piesn Kozla (Sing of the Goat Theater) presents Shakespeare’s original text (in English), “chopped this way and that, … half-sung, half-spoken” by simply clad actors who are “more than just agile – their sinuous movements appear to be totally in-tune with the vocals.”
How Much Those Child TV Stars Make (It Ain’t Much)
“California law (namely the Coogan Act) states that a child actor’s income is 100% theirs, making it difficult for parents to use the money to support the family. But the issue is largely rendered irrelevant when one when examines the earning potential of the typical “successful” child actor.”
Britain’s Small-Scale, Hip New Film Festivals
“Cheap, friendly and emphasising the community and performance side of the festival experience, these upstarts – which include Flatpack in Birmingham, London’s onedotzero, and Abandon Normal Devices (AND) in Manchester and Liverpool – have had phenomenal success despite their relative youth.”
Royal Opera House Gives Up Plans for Manchester Branch
“The proposed £100m outpost of the Royal Opera House (ROH) in Manchester is among a swathe of arts projects that have been shelved because of the arts-funding cuts announced earlier this week.”
Royal Opera House Doesn’t Need Northern Branch, It Needs to Tour Britain
David Lister: “A multimillion pound Royal Opera House of the North was an ill-thought out and slightly patronising idea. … What is needed is some touring by the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet to showcase the world’s finest singers and dancers around the country. Their lack of a presence in the UK outside London is scandalous.”
Chagall’s America Windows Back on View in Chicago
The set of stained-glass panels, one of the Art Institute of Chicago’s most popular works, was “dismantled in 2005 for safe keeping during the lengthy, vibration-heavy construction of the Modern Wing.” The windows have been returned to their place and will be open to the viewing public on Monday.
Vaclav Havel Wins Kafka Prize
“The 7,200-euro ($10,240 Cdn) prize named for the German [sic] writer, who spent most of his life in Prague, has been presented for the past 10 years by the Franz Kafka Society and the City of Prague.”
For £10M, National Theatre Renames the Cottesloe
“The businessman Lloyd Dorfman has given the National Theatre £10m – its biggest ever private donation – which will go towards the organisation’s ambitious £70m redevelopment, it was announced today. To recognise the gift, the Cottesloe theatre will be renamed the Dorfman theatre when it reopens in 2013.”