“‘When I said yes to the piece about a year ago, we said obviously we have to tackle this,’ said Rothstein. ‘We had some hard conversations, and it’s been good to re-imagine him for the 21st century. It’s been worth the endeavor.'”
Tag: 11.29.14
Mary Hinkson Was ‘A Goddess Graham Dancer’ Who Broke Dance’s Racial Boundaries
“Hinkson’s heart belonged to the Graham repertoire, which increasingly provided her with great roles and success in works like ‘Cave of the Heart,’ ‘Seraphic Dialogue’ and ‘Clytemnestra.'”
Museums Have Almost Recovered From The 2008 Crash
“A recovering stock market did a lot of the heavy lifting, but so did adroit sleights of hand. During the recession, several heavyweight museums quietly added seats to their boards as a way to shore up their sagging bottom lines.”
Mark Strand, Poet Laureate Who Wrote His Epitaph Decades Ago, Dies At 80
“To critics who complained that his poems, with their emphasis on death, despair and dissolution, were too dark, he replied, ‘I find them evenly lit.'”
Vinyl’s Comeback Keeps On Coming
“The entire plant produces 28 records a minute, but Sheldon wishes he could press more. He’s increased his staff and now presses records 24 hours a day, 6 days a week to keep up with demand.”
In Los Angeles, Look To Koreatown’s Architecture To See The Future
“Threaded through a neighborhood that in demographic terms is mostly Latino, well served by subway and bus lines, K-town is a thriving, charismatic advertisement for a more intensely urban Los Angeles.”
Russia Drops Plan To Cut Foreign Films Allowed In By 50 Percent
“The decision come just days after President Vladimir Putin spoke out against the draft bill. The bill was submitted earlier this year when relations between Russia and the West began to sour.”
Back To The Future: How The All-You-Can-Read Fee-Based Libraries Of 200 Years Ago Worked
“All-you-can-eat Internet services such as Netflix and Spotify have been rewriting the rules for the consumption and production of movies and music. If Oyster and its kin do the same for books, they will only be reprising a role that their commercial ancestors played 200 years ago.”
How New York’s Iconic Strand Bookstore Survives In The Internet Age
“Though there are signs of life in the independent-bookseller business — consider the success of McNally-Jackson — few secondhand-book stores are left in Manhattan. Only two survive in midtown, and the necrology is long. Skyline on West 18th Street, New York Bound Bookshop in Rockefeller Center, the Gotham Book Mart on West 47th — closed. Academy Books is now Academy Records & CDs. So, then: Why is there still a Strand Book Store?”