“The cause of the fire is being investigated. The museum, which is located in a century-old building, houses historic texts about the evolution of the Portuguese language. Officials said that the loss of ancient documents may be minimised as there are backups of many texts.”
Tag: 12.22.15
Here’s Who’s Replacing Zaha Hadid To Design Tokyo’s New Olympic Stadium
“After scrapping the first design in July, the government Tuesday picked a less-costly and greenery-rich plan by architect Kengo Kuma for the new National Stadium that will serve as the centerpiece of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.”
$40M Gift Buys Naming Rights To MoMA’s Philip Johnson Wing
“The Museum of Modern Art has announced one of the largest monetary gifts in its history, a $40 million unrestricted donation from the Chicago hedge-fund billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin, whose name will now adorn one of the museum’s best-known buildings, the 1964 black steel-and-glass East Wing, designed by Philip Johnson.”
Pre-Sale Concert Ticket Service Sues TicketMaster
“Songkick says Ticketmaster has used its clout in the ticketing industry to try to force the company to pay service fees for presales, and intimidated concert venues to not work with Songkick and other rival ticketing services.”
Advanced Physics Has Become So Theoretical It’s Time To Call In The Philosophers
“The objects of theoretical speculation are now too far away, too small, too energetic or too far in the past to reach or rule out with our earthly instruments. So, what is to be done?”
Amazon’s New Physical Bookstore Tries To Bridge Gap Between Front-Of-House And Back-Of-House
“Suspended somewhere between a tangible (albeit exquisitely staged) reality of paper and wood, and a perceptible (albeit artfully obscured) reality of pipes and machinery, the bookstore customer is able to experience a curated version of the ethical and visceral tension between front-of-house and back-of-house—between the sleek one-click seamlessness of the screen and the unceasing labor of the fulfillment center—as a kind of pleasure.”
A ComicCon For Broadway?
“The three-day BroadwayCon — sort of like a Comic Con for thespians — promises to connect theater fans with stage stars, but also wants them to leave with more than an autograph.”
Watching The Original Sugarplum Fairy Choreography
“As a Christmas gift to its patrons, the archive at Jacob’s Pillow has sent out this wonderfully vivid clip of Alexandra Danilova in the [Lev] Ivanov Sugarplum solo. … It’s worth comparing Danilova’s performances with that of her great friend Alicia Markova … who danced the Sugarplum in the first complete Western production of The Nutcracker (1934) and continued in the role well into the 1950s.”
Report: 19 Percent Of Young Adults Have Cut The TV Cable Cord
Pew Research Center’s Home Broadband 2015 study found that 24% of all American adults do not subscribe to cable or satellite TV service. Of those, 15% have become cord cutters in recent years while 9% qualify as “cord nevers.”
Norman Foster’s Big Cairo Redevelopment Has Residents Debating Local Values
“The Foster masterplan has come under criticism for failing to preserve any of the area’s unique 19th-century architecture, and for attempting to impose a “Haussmann-style” order on the neighbourhood.”