“Before her death last week at the age of 86, Valerie Eliot had spent the previous half-century forbidding impertinent journalists and scholars from accessing her late husband TS Eliot’s private papers. Even his published work was out of bounds, leaving biographers like Peter Ackroyd obliged to get creative with paraphrase rather than being able to quote directly. It was, said Mrs Eliot firmly, what Tom would have wanted.”
Tag: 11.13.12
UK Record Label Boss: Commercial Radio Should Support Artists More
“Is there a responsibility that UK radio has towards supporting new emerging UK talent?”
Tip Leads South African Police To Cemetery To Recover Four Stolen Paintings
“The theft from the Pretoria Art Museum saw robbers calmly pay for tickets and ask a curator to show them specific paintings at the gallery before they pulled out guns and forced all others to the ground, officials said.”
New Leader Comes To The Rescue At Florida Grand Opera
“[A]fter more than a decade of unstable finances and artistic stagnation under the 28-year reign of her predecessor Robert Heuer, [Susan] Danis seems the ideal person to take FGO out of its extended slump, restore some artistic integrity and get the struggling Miami company back on a secure financial footing.”
The Nate Silver Of Performing Arts Marketing
“Over the past six years, TRG – a Colorado-based consulting firm – has become as big a talking point for Canadian performing-arts administrators as pollster Nate Silver’s similarly data-driven methods were to political junkies in the recent U.S. election. … At least 15 major theatres, opera and ballet companies … have bought into the group’s dispassionate data analysis” – with impressive results.
Ontario’s Public Television Network Slashes Budget, Cuts Programmes
“Three of the best-known shows on Ontario’s public television network have been cancelled as TVO moves to cut $2 million from its budget … TVO says between 35 and 40 jobs will be affected, between now and the end of March.”
Troy Meets The Transvaal – A South African Iliad
The Iliad has been translated into dozens of languages, including more than 70 versions in English, over the past four centuries, by scholars, poets and even a British prime minister. Only one has the word braai, South African for barbecue.”
Scotland’s Per-Project Funding System Is Stifling Artists, Says Report
“The current project-based funding system means that many of Scotland’s independent performing artists are prevented from fulfilling their creative potential either because they are distracted by the amount of administration and company management required of them between projects, or because they are unable to secure the long-term services of an experienced producer – or both.”
Philly Pops Names New Conductor To Succeed Founder Peter Nero
“Michael Krajewski, 62, who leads pops orchestras in Atlanta, Houston and Jacksonville, will take over in the fall of 2013.”
NYC’s Post-Sandy Gallery Scene Looks Different From Before
“In the new reality, several Chelseas coexist: there’s one of power suits; and another of rubber boots, hazmat suits, and no power at all.”