“The choice to go to graduate school may only offer the illusion of comfort and security–these days it’s an arduous path that only rarely leads to tenure; for the unwary it’s a wild and expensive gamble with no guarantee of security.”
Tag: 12.27.12
Hollywood And Guns – It’s In The DNA
“I defy you to imagine a Hollywood history without guns.”
Time For Video Games To Become More Mainstream?
“Video games seem to have entered an awkward cultural adolescence; shoved, grumbling, into a Sunday suit and taken out for the whole town to see.”
A Strong Year For Sculpture And Architecture
“A bumper crop of compact, versatile and strikingly sculptural museums shows how the best architecture unites intelligent design and strong image making.”
After Three Years, Dallas’s AT&T Performing Arts Center Is Finally Operating In The Black
“For the first time, … the center wrapped up a fiscal year in the black – up $280,000 in net operational revenues when FY2012 came to a close at July’s end. The center, which released the numbers today following its annual audit, posted an operational loss of $3.3 million for FY2011.”
The New Anna Karenina Film Is Like A Ballet – And Ballet Companies Should Learn From It
Sarah Kaufman: “[The film’s] director and choreographer worked closely together to create a magical, stylized world of piercing, intensified feeling. In the dance world, such a feat is all left to one person, the choreographer or company director. … But making a work of living, urgent and irresistible theater, where every moment works, not just the danced ones, is often simply not in the dance specialist’s arsenal.
Remains Of 2,750-Year-Old Temple Discovered Near Jerusalem
“Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,750-year-old temple near Jerusalem, along with pottery and clay figurines that suggest the site was the home base for a ritual cult … The discovery was made during excavations at the Tel Motza archaeological site, about 3 miles (5 kilometers) west of Jerusalem, during preparations for work on a new section of Israel’s Highway 1.”
Readers Vote – The Most Popular Book Of 2012
“The Booker judges went for Hilary Mantel, the Costa panel for Andrew Miller and the Orange team for Madeline Miller. But now the general public have spoken, and overwhelmingly voted for Fifty Shades of Grey as their book of 2012.”
The Top Art Controversies Of 2012
There were a few…
Holiday Shows Lead Resurgence For Boston-Area Arts Orgs
Says one arts exec, “Just three, four years ago, everybody was in the dire crisis. It was about surviving. To think that after that dark time, that we’re in the healthiest place we’ve been arguably in the last few decades, that’s an incredible statement considering what the whole nation’s been through.”