“His books will last as long as there are people on the planet, but he’s gone, and he’s taken with him the irreplaceable pleasure – the unique amalgamation of delightful nuttiness, naked, unapologetic need, wild associations and prodigious, profligate spontaneous invention – that could be had in his company.”
Tag: 12.22.12
Atlantans Wonder Why Nobody’s Been Arrested In Woodruff Arts Center Fraud Case
“It has been nearly four weeks since officials at the Woodruff Arts Center announced that a former employee had bilked the institution out of $1.48 million by funneling money through a fake company he had set up. Since then, no one has been arrested and the name of the former employee suspected of embezzlement has not been released, leaving Woodruff supporters and observers frustrated.”
A History Of Reading (Not Of Books)
“Lately scholars have stepped up the hunt for evidence of how people over time have interacted with books, newspapers, and other printed material.”
L.A. Has A Great New Mass Transit-Spurred Arts District
Now if the city can only not ruin it with old-school auto-centered thinking …
More ‘Utopian Dream’ Moments From South America’s Music Programs
“Recently, the Brazilian government declared music to be mandatory in elementary and secondary school, and officials are currently creating teacher training programs to serve all children.”
D.C. Plays A Role In Oscar Politics This Year
“The nation’s capital typically ranks low on an Oscar campaign’s priority list. The city is like the electoral equivalent of Montana: very few votes.” Not this year.
Can Les Miz Succeed Where Other Movie Musicals Have Crashed And Burned?
“Since Chicago took home the best picture Oscar in 2002, a number of beloved stage musicals such as Phantom of the Opera and Rent have crashed and burned when adapted for the screen.”
If We’re Living In A Matrix-Style World, How Would We Know?
The process of simulation “generates artifacts that don’t appear in the real world and that we have to remove. So we started to think about what sort of artifacts might appear if we lived in a simulation.” (Apparently, we don’t.)
Minnesota Musicians and Management May Go Back To The Bargaining Table
“In announcing that shows would be canceled through Feb. 10, the orchestra’s board invited locked-out musicians to return to the bargaining table ‘without any preconditions,’ offering two dates in early January as possibilities.”
‘New Adult’ Books Feature Older Young Adults – And Lots Of Sex
“Publishers and authors say they are seeing a spurt in sales of books that fit into the young-adult genre in their length and emotional intensity, but feature slightly older characters and significantly more sex, explicitly detailed.”