“Alexander Pereira, the director of the Salzburg Festival, was to begin his six-year tenure at La Scala, the opera house here, in October, but Mr. Pisapia, the chairman of La Scala’s foundation, said that the board would honor his contract only until the end of the 2014-15 season, which coincides with Expo Milano 2015, the world’s fair expected to draw an estimated 20 million visitors.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Philadelphia Museum Of Art Unveils Gehry’s Design For Expansion
“Should all go as envisioned, virtually no changes will be visible from outside the building, aside from staircase enclosures mandated by the city’s fire code, and a redesigned landscape leading to the west entrance … Yet the project will eventually add 78,000 square feet of new gallery space, including 55,000 square feet carved from the schist under the terrace facing the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.”
The TV Ad That Has Dancers Fuming
“Imagine a Gatorade ad where a kicker misses every field goal, or a Nike spot where a runner trips over hurdles. It would be a little bizarre. Something similar, though perhaps not as obvious to the average viewer, happens in this ad from Free People clothing, and it has many trained dancers in an uproar.”
How The U.S. Supreme Court Helped Create The Cover Song As We Know It
It all started in 1908, with a somewhat ridiculous copyright decision involving player pianos.
Family And Archdiocese In Tug-Of-War Over Eakins Portrait
Msgr. Patrick J. Garvey was rector of the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, where a portrait of Garvey by Thomas Eakins has been hanging for years. Now the seminary badly needs the money from a sale of the painting, but Garvey’s family insists it was a loan and not a gift and is trying to block an auction.
The Brave Sage Of Timbuktu
Abdel Kader Haidara gave up a business career to spend his life gathering and preserving the centuries-old manuscripts of northern Mali – and them risked life and limb to save them when Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb invaded Timbuktu in 2012.
How Smartphones Are Leading People Back To The ‘Great Books’
For a start, War and Peace isn’t as heavy to schlep around on an iPhone. But there’s also the growing phenomenon of “interstitial reading”.
The Genesis Of ‘Dr. Strangelove’
“It may be hard to believe now, but Kubrick’s original intention was to do a straight, serious movie. … As he began working on the screenplay with Peter George, however, he gagged on the idea of a straight version of the material.”
Donors To Philadelphia Theatre Co.: We’ll Save You – Once We’re Sure You’re Viable
“Philadelphia philanthropists Ralph and Suzanne Roberts may provide a gift that could resolve the Philadelphia Theatre Company’s financial struggle, but first, they have asked for help in determining whether the company is viable.”
Corcoran Gallery Closes Deal To Merge With National Gallery And GWU
“The Corcoran Gallery of Art will contribute about $48 million of endowment funds and proceeds from a previous sale of precious rugs to help finance the new arrangement under which George Washington University will operate the art school and the National Gallery of Art will receive most of the art, officials said Thursday afternoon.”