The proposed 10-year plan is “intended to be ‘politician-proof, so that it doesn’t really matter what the political climate is, we’re clear what we want to do in the arts’.” Among the “more radical suggestions” in the plan “is a thorough shake-up of ACE’s current funding system.”
Author: Laura Collins Hughes
Amy Winehouse Pleads Guilty To Theatre Manager’s Assault
“Winehouse lashed out at Richard Pound, 27, after disrupting a performance of Cinderella at Milton Keynes Theatre in Buckinghamshire last month.” The singer “was given a two year conditional discharge and must pay £85 in costs” as well as “£100 in compensation to Mr Pound, the theatre’s front-of-house manager.”
Why Aren’t Black Writers’ Works Made Into Movies?
Where are the many “promising films to be made from hundreds of years of black writing,” whether plays or novels or short stories? “[O]utside a movie theater, the black experience is rich and complicated and diverse. Inside, at this point, it feels like [Tyler] Perry or nothing else.”
Jacmel, Haiti’s Cultural Capital, Faces Rebuilding
Known for its arts and architecture, Jacmel had been a tourist destination. Hundreds of people were killed there in the earthquake, but the devastation to the city is manageable, and rebuilding and restoration seem possible.
Surprise For Researchers: Texting Strengthens Literacy
“A study of eight- to 12-year-olds found that rather than damaging reading and writing, ‘text speak’ is associated with strong literacy skills. Researchers say text language uses word play and requires an awareness of how sounds relate to written English.”
Online, Users Of Museum Sites Morph Into Curators
“While museums have been experimenting with the Web for years, these projects have often consisted of little more than an exhibit photo gallery or online guestbook. In recent years, however, the rise of social media has given Web users the technological wherewithal to play a more active role in shaping the direction of museum collections.”
Julie Andrews: I Am Not Planning A Comeback
“‘What is happening is that I am re-creating a concert last year I did at the Hollywood Bowl and toured America with,’ she explained. ‘It’s with full symphony orchestra and singers. The first half is all Rodgers and Hammerstein music as it is related to me, so it’s footage and narration and storytelling.’ And, yes, a bit of singing from Andrews.”
Peter Gelb Makes Room For Dance At The Met
“The two most promising ballet choreographers in New York today are Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon. This season, Gelb tapped both.”
What Robert B. Parker Did For The Detective Novel
Parker, who died Monday at his desk, “didn’t concern himself with looking back. Instead, he wrote, and in the process irrevocably altered American detective fiction, forging a link between classic depictions and more contemporary approaches to the form.”
Sundance Tries To Ditch Its Mainstream Reputation
“Year in and year out, the festival … is overloaded with undeniably non-commercial (and not necessarily artistic) films that don’t have a prayer of getting a theatrical release. But the accusation of worshiping Mammon is such a feared one that this year’s program guide fairly shouts on the cover, ‘This Is Your Guide to Cinematic Rebellion.'”