“Starting next week, Carnegie Hall will go global, partnering with the six-year-old classical-music portal medici.tv to stream [four] concerts … All will be streamed live and remain available for 90 days. And all of them will be free.”
Tag: 10.30.14
Crisis Management, PR Firm, Speakers Bureaus Drop Jian Ghomeshi
With a second woman coming forward by name to accuse him of assault and a former Q producer giving details of sexual harassment, both Ghomeshi’s longtime PR reps and top crisis-management firm Navigator have dropped him as a client, as have two firms who booked him for speaking engagements.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 10.30.14
Curlew River: Britten’s madwoman as samurai
AJBlog: Condemned to Music Published 2014-10-30
Early Word On “Mr. Turner” – Movie, Good; Art, Bad
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2014-10-30
David Byrne: Big Money is Killing Art
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2014-10-30
Angry bird
AJBlog: Performance Monkey Published 2014-10-30
Remembering Tony Staniland
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2014-10-30
Chica Chica Boom Steps?
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2014-10-29
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A School Behaves Like An Orchestra, And An Orchestra Behaves Like A School
“Both initiatives underscored the extent to which the difficulties facing classical music in the 21st century are forcing venerable institutions to adapt, if not reinvent themselves.”
Movie Theatres Ban Google Glass
“If it can record, the new guidelines say, shut it off and put it away.”
Fandango, The Movie Ticket Seller, Joins The Content Producer Race
“The deal is part of Fandango’s ongoing effort to expand its offerings as a one-stop-shop for moviegoers. The site now offers reviews, commentary, celebrity interviews, trailers, guidance for families, and of course, their well-known ticket purchasing service.”
U.S. Fails In Roman Polanski Extradition Attempt
“He has been wanted by US police since 1977 after fleeing the country before he could be sentenced for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.”
A ‘Nasty, Glorious, Freewheeling’ Alternative Art History For The U.S.
“It’s possible to create a neat and tidy map tracing the progress of American art over the last 50 years. Yes, you can draw some sort of shape connecting Pop Art to Minimalism to Conceptual Art, highlighting the famed (often white and male) artists associated with each. … But it’s a stagnant, small portrait.”