Shadow Theatre Company’s Keith “Hatten, who was hired in June to head Colorado’s only black theater company after the board ousted founder Jeffrey Nickelson, cited a power struggle with the current board, which has largely turned over since Nickelson was pushed out.”
Author: Laura Collins Hughes
San Francisco Ballet Gives Its Building A Name
“[T]he company is honoring someone who’s not only its emeritus board of trustees chair but also a former dancer herself who has never lost her passion for the art. As the wife of billionaire Warren Hellman, to be sure, Chris Hellman has opened her checkbook over the years.”
Blow To Architectural Tours? Chicago River May Be Closed
“As state and federal officials hunt down the elusive Asian carp, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking at the financial and environmental costs of closing navigational locks in Chicago waterways and shutting down the Chicago River to boat traffic as many as four days a week.”
Survey: New York Nonprofits Getting Ready To Hire
“Roughly 60% of the nonprofits said they plan to hire staffers in 2010, and more than half expected salaries to increase, according to the survey.”
Why The Hurt Locker‘s Accuracy Isn’t Really The Point
“Hollywood always plays fast and loose with reality. That’s why it usually makes dramas and not documentaries — and, let’s be honest, it’s also why Americans buy its products in such bulk. We’re not looking for facts; we’re looking for entertainment and (even at the movies) some deeper truth that art reveals.”
Noshing On The Set: Craft Service Explained
“In literal terms, craft service assists not so much the stars, but the crew: ‘craft’ workers such as grips, gaffers, property masters, costumers, electricians, hair and make-up artists. These days, the job is mainly known for providing workers and actors with lavish snacks — all day long.”
Must NYC’s Pedestrian Plazas Be Quite So Unsightly?
“Now that the plazas at Times and Herald squares are permanent, the next step is making them look worthy of the part, a process that began somewhat haltingly yesterday. … [W]hy isn’t the DOT taking more assertive steps in making the plazas attractive? Epoxy gravel is hardly the stuff of inspiring design.”
With DNA Analysis, FBI Seeks Break In 1990 Gardner Heist
The robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, “which included three Rembrandts and a Vermeer, remains the world’s largest art theft in dollar value.” Sources said the evidence to be analyzed “would probably include long strips of duct tape used to tie up the museum’s two night watchmen, whom the thieves overpowered to get access to the artwork.”
Theatre Raises $10M For New Home — Ahead Of Schedule
A Noise Within, a classical repertory company, had aimed to hit that mark “in time for a planned April groundbreaking” in Pasadena. “One key to its success was an agreement by its board of directors to match every dollar donated between Nov. 1 and Feb. 28. More than $700,000 was collected during that period….”
Where Is This Year’s Oscar Bounce?
This season, “there have been deflated basketballs with more bounce than awards movies. Blockbusters like ‘Avatar’ didn’t need (or get) one. The dark dramas needed one, but couldn’t come up with the goods,” whether for lack of cash or because they were already out of theatres. The single exception is the older-skewing “Crazy Heart.”