“Ms. Oates seems more shocked than anyone to find herself, nearly 50 years into her writing career, entering a new phase in her life.” Remarried last spring to a Princeton neuroscientist, she says that “her writing habits, hobbies and outlook on life have changed.”
Author: Laura Collins Hughes
Court Denies Heir’s Appeal On Looted Norton Simon Works
“The nearly 500-year-old paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder are on separate wooden panels and depict Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, moments before the Fall.”
How Best To Marry Technology To Music?
“It is deceptively challenging these days to apply technology to music in ways that explode our imaginations, deepen our personal insights, shake us out of boring routine and accepted belief, and pull us ever closer to one another.”
Study: 9 Million-Plus Illegal Downloads Of Popular E-Books
“The report focuses on the illegal downloads of 913 popular titles in their digital format, finding that on average each [title] was downloaded without payment about 10,000 times.”
Growth Niche: D.C. Pop-Up Galleries That Sell Real Estate
“Artists and developers link arms to throw art shows in unsold, high-design 2BR/2BAs along U Street and up 14th. These pop-up galleries-in-a-condo are such a phenomenon that a new crop of impresarios has emerged to connect the creatives with the capitalists.”
In Suit Over TV Indecency, FCC Seems To Be Losing
“A federal appeals panel appeared ready and eager Wednesday to overturn as a First Amendment violation the Federal Communications Commission rule banning even the one-time utterance of ‘fleeting expletives’ on the airwaves.”
Obamas Give $10K to Detroit’s Mosaic Youth Theatre
“The check, drawn on the Obamas’ bank in Chicago, arrived Jan. 4. Mosaic officials called the White House and were able to confirm that the gift really did come from the Obamas, though further details are sketchy.”
Lesbians Fleeing Africa Get Artistic Platform In UK
“Artangel, famous for its largescale and innovative projects, … has decided that it’s the turn of lesbian asylum seekers to take their place in the spotlight.” In its new project, “the women use vivid and dramatic stories and images that tell of the difficulties they faced coming to Britain,” a country where they may not be allowed to stay if they can’t prove they’re lesbians.
Frank Gehry Pulls Out Of Jerusalem Museum Of Tolerance
“Gehry’s withdrawal is but the latest in a series of obstacles to have come in the project’s way. Sheikh Raed Salah, a leader of Israel’s Islamic Movement, has charged that the construction would desecrate an Islamic holy site and, together with Jerusalem Arab families whose ancestors are buried in the Mamilla Cemetery, he petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court to block it.”
Sans Funding, Chicago Cuts Artist-In-Residence Spectacle
As the Chicago Office of Tourism’s first artist in residence, Jim Lasko had a mission: “to create a 2011 event of epic scale, ‘equal parts public spectacle and urban festival [that] will unite the city in a common celebration.'” He learned recently that “the city no longer was confident that it could raise the funds necessary for his ambitious project.”