With her husband, Bill, who died in 2007, she was a leading supporter of the performing arts in their hometown of Edmonton, Alberta and in Dallas, to which the Winspears moved in 1975.
Month: October 2015
Marty Ingels, Actor/Comedian/Voice-Over Artist, Dead At 79
“A raspy-voiced Brooklynite who co-starred with John Astin in the early-1960s sitcom I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster,” Ingels appeared on sitcoms like The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Addams Family and in such films as The Horizontal Lieutenant and Wild and Wonderful; among his many voice roles was Pac-Man. “But he was best known as half of what many thought to be one of Hollywood’s oddest couples.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 10.22.15
Sit Back & Enjoy the Ride: The Roller Coaster Career Plan
When I was younger, I thought I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up: Theatre Director. But after a few years in that world, I didn’t … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-10-22
The Career Path of a Nonprofit Generalist
About a year ago, I was accepted into the Chief Executive Program at National Arts Strategies. This particular cohort is focused on leaders using cultural organizations to change/alter/improve community. Unlike … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-10-22
What Do We See and How Do We See It?
Leaving St. Mark’s Church after seeing Danspace Project’s presentation of Moriah Evans’s Social Dance 9-12: Encounter, I had a surprising thought about the experience: “This is so non-interesting that it’s interesting.” Then I spent the bus trip home wondering what I meant by that. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2015-10-22
Suffering Suffragettes: Save Tenafly’s Feminist Landmark (aka Charlie Brown’s)!
I ate at Charlie Brown’s while it was there for 25 years, and I never felt a connection with Elizabeth Cady Stanton while eating there. So said Mayor Peter Rustin of Tenafly, NJ, … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-10-22
“Danaë” Downpour: Metropolitan Museum & Yale University Shower Dealer Richard Feigen with Gold
Dealer Richard Feigen has once again used the imprimatur of the Metropolitan Museum to add luster to a work transferred from the Met’s galleries to an auction house’s premises. It now appears that Danaë’s golden … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-10-22
BlogBack: Curator Jonathan Stuhlman on the Met-to-Sotheby’s “Danaë”
As suggested in the BlogBack below, a few CultureGrrl readers and tweeters have interpreted my previous post – “Danaë” Downpour: Metropolitan Museum & Yale University Shower Dealer Richard Feigen With Gold – as criticizing the Metropolitan Museum’s curators for … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-10-22
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All The Meanings Of Bartleby
“Melville, despite his struggles, was a hopeful person. ‘Bartleby’ is the freewheeling dream of a bibliophile, the mock epic of a dusty office, the shards of a lifetime of thought. One hundred sixty-two years of scholarship have failed to solve its mysteries—or diminish its pleasures.”
Susan Cheever Talks About (Writing About) Family Secrets
“At our house, even as an adult, I was always daddy’s little girl—his reading and conversation partner. But in other ways, I think I fell short of his fantasy. I think he had hoped my sexuality as a woman would be crisp and refined, but I wasn’t the delicate girl under the big hat. I ate butter with a fork.”
Can Actors Who Have Hit It Big Save The UK’s Regional Theatres?
“The documentaries are intended to showcase the challenges facing regional theatres, from cuts to their funding to the demise of repertory theatre, which used to give working class actors greater access and a training ground before they entered the London stage.”
The New Old Way To Hear (And Spread) Poetry
“‘I think being in a home environment is so much more comfortable for people,’ Ratzabi said. ‘It establishes this automatic comfort level. There’s something comforting about food, about sitting around a couch in a safe space where we’re here to support and critique each other.'”
Would ‘New Theatre-Goer’ Orientations Help Cut Down On Distracting Audience Behavior?
“Imagine a world where, instead of robotic voiceovers, the cast of every show performed a customized “turn off your phones and open your candy” announcement; an orientation into the world of the theatre, as well as the world of the play, clarifying the rules and expectations in a funny and personal way geared to that night’s show.”
So It Turns Out That Hitler Fans Helped Smuggle Nazi Art To West Germany
“The businessman handed him a bundle of cash that he referred to as ‘venture capital’ — and it was clear to both men that this was intended as bribe money to pave the way for the sculptures to come to the West. The dealer says that he no longer remembers the exact amount, but he insists that Wolf regularly sent him large sums of money, usually in padded envelopes and personally delivered by his driver.”
The British Library Buys Gilbert And Sullivan Archive
“The collection includes prompt scripts, musical scores, photographs, costume designs, pay lists, reel to reel recordings, a set of clothes-peg dolls dressed as characters from HMS Pinafore and some devastatingly frank comments on auditions.”