A man named Irv Teibel took the idea of musique concrète – which is, after all, what recordings of outdoor sounds are – and hustled it into a commercial relaxation-aid that fit perfectly with the America of the late ’60s and ’70s.
Tag: 11.02.16
Atlanta’s Woodruff Center Raises More Than $110 Million In A “Transformation” Campaign
“That is $10 million more than the goal set for Woodruff’s Transformation Campaign when it began in 2014. Of that money, about $35 million will be used to pay for capital expenses, including the new Alliance Theatre main stage facility that is slated to begin construction next year, the remodeling of the High Café and a new roof for the Stent Family Wing of the High Museum of Art.”
Chief Of Moscow’s Ukrainian Library On Trial For Distributing ‘Extremist’ Literature
Natalia Sharina, “the director of Moscow’s Library of Ukrainian Literature has gone on trial charged with inciting ethnic hatred against Russians. … Her lawyer says witness statements describe seeing officers planting banned books at the library when they arrived to search the premises in October 2015.”
Cliburn Winner Kholodenko’s Wife Ruled Incompetent To Stand Trial For Children’s Deaths
“The estranged wife of renowned pianist Vadym Kholodenko has been ruled currently incompetent to stand trial for allegedly killing the couple’s two young daughters, court records show. Sofya Tsygankova will be committed to a state mental health facility for treatment for 120 days in an attempt to restore competency.”
‘The Fire Next Time’ And #BlackLivesMatter
Orlando Edmonds considers James Baldwin’s fundamental question – “Do I really want to be integrated into a burning house?” – in the light of America’s fraught racial climate in 2016.
Women Artists Seem To Love Monsters. What’s That About?
Artist Marnie Weber says that women can’t be afraid of monsters when they’re making art out of them – and “becoming their leader.”
How Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto Got Its World Premiere In Boston, Before The Boston Symphony Even Existed
It’s a story of rejection, ambition (artistic and municipal), and the poor guy that Cosima Liszt dumped to run off with Richard Wagner. (includes audio)
Layoffs Are Coming To Ambassador Theatre Group, UK’s Largest Theatre Owner
“The compulsory redundancies are in addition to the voluntary redundancies outlined by The Stage last week.”
Can Books Cure What Ails You? Seems Problematic
If we concede that books can be therapeutic, then it seems appropriate to explore the potential pitfalls of asking literature to serve that cause. Of initial concern is the inherent presumptuousness of the endeavor.
San Diego And Tijuana Increasingly Express Themselves Through A Shared Art Ethos
“Even amid calls by Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, for building a wall at that border, the art scene in the San Diego-Tijuana megalopolis has assumed a consciously and exuberantly binational ethos.”