“As e-books are stripping down to the bare-bones of what is actually book-like, physical books are growing more sumptuous and fetishistic.”
Tag: 12.29.13
Is the Future of Printed Books as Luxury Art Objects?
“As e-books are stripping down to the bare-bones of what is actually book-like, physical books are growing more sumptuous and fetishistic.”
Pussy Riot Documentary Pulled From Russian Screening Following Threat
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer was to have its first showing in Russia last Sunday at Moscow’s Gogol Center. Then the authorities telephoned on Saturday afternoon.
Pussy Riot Documentary Pulled From Russian Screening Following Threat
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer was to have its first showing in Russia last Sunday at Moscow’s Gogol Center. Then the authorities telephoned on Saturday afternoon.
2013 Top Ten Classical Music Performances In Chicago
Andrew Patner: “The calendar year gives a frame for comparisons and evaluation even in a healthy scene, such as Chicago has now, where narrowing great performances and presentations to 10 is not easy.”
What Happened To America’s Alternative Press
“The alternative press comes at a very specific point in American history, and its demise does, too. People are going to look at it as completely a technological issue, which is totally reductive. By the time the Internet arrives, the alternative press had already given it up. It had lost its mission.”
How Extreme Money Is Transforming Our Cities
In architecture, 2013 was the year great wealth transformed the urban landscape. And nowhere was this more true than in New York City.
He Keeps The Opera House On The Amazon Running
“In 1973, Raimundo Pereira do Nascimento, known as ‘Nonato,’ walked into the Manaus Opera House with a contract to hang drywall and help with some restoration work. His deal was for three months, but he stayed on – and over the past 40 years he has held almost every job in the house, from box office clerk to usher to backstage technician.”
Do You Know Handel?
Dear old Georg Frideric was quite a fascinating character: prosperous, gluttonous, gifted, truculent, generous, sometimes glowing with happiness – much more than the pious gentleman who composed oratorios like Messiah.
The Best Of 2013 Dance In Chicago
For Chicago dance aficionados it was among the best of times.