“In addition to a free rehearsal studio, administrative space, office services and an annual salary with benefits, the residency will allow Ms. Tharp a first in her 50-year choreography career: her own school.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Actress Marian Seldes, 86
“Tall, angular and dark-haired, with a commanding, patrician voice and liquid gestures, Ms. Seldes could dominate any scene – so much so that she was sometimes criticized for overacting. She shrugged at that: She knew very well that she cut a distinctive figure. … She also had it right when she described herself as a theatrical workaholic; she was seldom offstage.”
U.S. Tax Court Ruling Has Some Very Good News For Artists
“If you say you are an artist, but you make little money from selling your art, can your work be considered a profession in the eyes of the Internal Revenue Service?” As of last week, the answer is yes.
Facing The Destruction Of Ancient Sites In Syria And Iraq
“Beyond trying to confirm the losses, antiquities guardians around the world are asking themselves this question: Is it better to raise the alarm about what’s in harm’s way – or keep quiet to avoid the militants’ gaze?”
Met Museum Rescues Ancient Egyptian Collection From Auctioneer’s Bench
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art played the role of deus ex machina late last week, agreeing to purchase a trove of Egyptian antiquities that were about to go on the block at Bonhams in London, consigned by a St. Louis archaeological society. Archaeologists and historians alike had assailed the auction, fearing that the nearly 4,000-year-old artifacts would disappear into the hands of private collectors.”
Robert Pinsky’s Poetry MOOC Gets 12,000 Students
The former U.S. Poet Laureate’s eight-week massive open online course, “The Art of Poetry”, began last week. It’s free, but not easy: the syllabus says the work will be “demanding, and based on a certain kind of intense, exigent reading, requiring prolonged in fact, repeated attention to specific poems.”
Lots Of Cities Have Historic And Cultural Districts, But Who Else Has A Literary District?
Boston hopes that its newly-designated literary mecca – which features everything from the homes of Thoreau, the Jameses, and Plath to the hotel where Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh once worked to menu items like “Mel-Ville Chowder” and the “Poe-Boy Sandwich” (really?) – will “promote business and job growth and enhance property values in [its] own eclectic, well-educated way.”
Satanist Coloring Books Aren’t Being Distributed In Florida Schools After All
After a Christian group was twice allowed to distribute Bibles in Orange County public high schools, the Satanic Temple – last heard from with an idea for the Oklahoma state capitol – suggested that they should be permitted to give out The Satanic Children’s Big Book of Activities there. Several news outlets reported that permission had been granted (which led to the predictable protests), but it ain’t so.
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Federal Mediators Will Join Atlanta Symphony Negotiations (For Real This Time)
After a false start last week, both musicians and management confirm that Allison Beck, who helped end the impasse in the Metropolitan Opera contract talks, will lead the effort to end the lockout and settle terms of a new labor agreement.