“‘My father’s first love was his music, and as a child, candidly, I resented that,’ Governor Patrick … told a crowd at Berklee College of Music last night as he dedicated his father’s musical collection to the school. ‘I didn’t understand it because I missed him as a father.'”
Author: Laura Collins Hughes
How James Levine’s Absences Are Harming The BSO
“Baton interchangeability is a convenient myth. … For any orchestra, the leader comes to represent the collective image and aspirations of the institution as a whole. In this case, the orchestra also simply sounds different when Levine is there, independent of his particular interpretive ideas about a given work.”
Following NYC’s Lead, Could LA Lessen The Car’s Power?
“[A]s more people choose to live along [our] boulevards as the city grows denser — and as pedestrians and cyclists began to take back sections of them for their own use — we are realizing that along the edges of those traffic arteries is a significant collection of public land waiting to be rediscovered, re-inhabited and redesigned.”
Survey: 3-D Movie Ticket Prices Are Climbing
“[O]n average, [movie theaters] are raising ticket prices for 3-D movies by 8% this weekend. The price of a movie in 3-D on large format Imax screens is going up even faster, rising an average 10% for adults and 12% for children. … [D]espite the economic downturn, movie ticket prices continue to rise, with 3-D leading the way.”
Mission: Obsess Over Continuity, Post Gotchas Online
“All movie sets have nitpickers. They were ‘script girls,’ early on. Now they’re ‘script supervisors.’ They ward off wobbles that make movies less believable. But the Internet has stirred up a nest of similarly obsessed volunteers. They nitpick the nitpickers.” Sort of the way Monk would, if he knew how to operate the remote.
Opera In The Supermarket Aisles
“As about a dozen onlookers assembled, tenor Jesus Hernandez hefted a ripe avocado in his palm and stared wistfully at soprano Jennifer Waters as she bent over the oranges. Suddenly, Hernandez … burst forth into the familiar strains of ‘Libiamo,’ the celebrated homage to drinking and love in Giuseppi Verdi’s ‘La Traviata.'”
Roger Ebert On What Killed At The Movies
“It isn’t only ‘At the Movies’ that died Wednesday. It was [a] whole genre of television. We thought of it as a movie review program. The television industry thought of it as a half-hour weekly syndicated show.” Speaking of which, Ebert is going ahead with a new movie review show he plans to produce.
In Report, UK Cultural Leaders Argue For Stable Funding
“Arts institutions worry that grants will be cut after the general election, which Labour Party briefing documents suggest will be on May 6. … More cuts might result in building shutdowns, fewer exhibitions and performances, and fewer opportunities for the young, they warned.”
Digital Technology Can Help Push Theatrical Boundaries
“[T]he growth of pervasive media and digital technologies is offering theatre-makers and audiences unprecedented new challenges and opportunities. … [T]hese technologies are not a passing fad; in fact they are as likely to have an impact on our theatregoing and theatre-making as the Oyster card, Facebook or mobile phones have had on our everyday lives.”
Jean Nouvel To Design Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
“The dramatic design, which consists of bright red geometric panels with retractable awnings, is part of the gallery’s annual series of temporary summer works. Visitors will find the Pritzker prize-winning architect’s pavilion has been rendered in pillar-box red, to contrast with the lush green lawns of Hyde Park.”