By themselves, mostly, they can’t. Enter the benefactor-investors.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Chinese TV’s Latest Hit Is Character-Driven
“Since its debut in August on a minor TV channel dedicated to educational programming, the Chinese Characters Dictation Competition” – inspired by America’s Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee – “has exploded in popularity. … The show has touched a nerve in China, where purists complain that smartphones are eroding language skills.”
There Is Now Culture In Beverly Hills: A New Performing Arts Center
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, which held a grand opening gala last week, consists of two adjoining buildings on a corner of Santa Monica Boulevard: the old WPA-era Beverly Hills Post Office, now renovated, and the new 500-seat Bram Goldsmith Theater.”
How Dancing In The Movies Helped Define “Cool”
“The swivel of Elvis’ hips, Audrey’s zany bohemian dance in a Parisian café, Travolta’s uber-confident stroll through ”70s Brooklyn … Music and dance in the movies – whether it’s the frustrated angst of teens, the aloof gait of hip aristocrats, or the sexy saunter of a private detective – have helped to communicate to generations various understandings of what it means to be hip.”
Know What You Need To Be Creative, You Incompetent Dolt? An Abusive Supervisor
“When you’re trying to be creative, the last thing you need is some sharp-tongued supervisor demeaning your efforts, right? Actually, that may be just the thing you need” – according to some recently published researched from South Korea.
Keeping Miami’s Answer To Lincoln Center Running
Following a very bumpy first year, “the $473 million Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts center just completed its seventh season and finished the fiscal year with its sixth consecutive balanced budget.” The Arsht’s CEO, M. John Richard, talks about programming, fundraising, operations, and adapting to the long-anticipated redevelopment of the neighborhood.
Netflix Reaches Record 40 Million Users
The online video rental and streaming service has “announced a new subscriber milestone – 40 million worldwide – on the strength of exclusive TV shows like Orange Is the New Black.”
$100K Siminovitch Prize For Theatre To Toronto’s Daniel Abraham
“It was 12 years ago when the first Siminovitch Prize for Theatre was awarded to director Daniel Brooks and he named Chris Abraham as his protégé. On Monday night, Abraham was picked as the latest winner of the most lucrative prize in Canadian performing arts ($75,000 to the winner, $25,000 to the protégé).”
Cleveland Museum Of Art Director Abruptly Resigns
“David Franklin, who joined the Cleveland Museum of Art as its ninth director a little over three years ago, has resigned his post, effective immediately, … [saying] that he’s is proud of the museum’s accomplishments during his tenure, but has ‘concluded that it’s time to spend more time on research and writing’.”
Brooklyn Philharmonic May Be Near Collapse
“Since August, visitors to the Philharmonic’s website have been greeted with a ‘closed for maintenance’ message. Music director Alan Pierson’s contract expired in June and hasn’t been renewed. The administrative staff has left. An orchestra source, who declined to speak on record, says the group is experiencing severe financial difficulties due to a drop in fundraising.”