Just after the Revolution, Fidel hit on the idea of repurposing a posh suburban golf course as the new national training ground for artists. “[The architects’] design, a spiral of Catalan-vaulted rooms and covered passageways, was, like many acts of revolutionary architecture, a search for new and organic forms.” Alas, before it was fully built, the design was found to be ideologically impure and abandoned – but only for a couple of decades …
Author: Matthew Westphal
How To Raise A Little Conservative (Or Liberal)
“Providing the best evidence yet to back up a decades-old theory, researchers writing in the journal Psychological Science report a link between a mother’s attitude toward parenting and the political ideology her child eventually adopts. In short, authoritarian parents are more prone to produce conservatives, while those who gave their kids more latitude are more likely to produce liberals.”
Mexico Begins Catching The Opera Bug
“Mexico boasts a dozen resident opera companies, but lately the art form has also taken hold in cities more associated with mayhem than mezzo-sopranos, like Ciudad Juarez, which hosts four major productions a year, rivaling Mexico City’s schedule,” and Tijuana, where the resident company has started giving pop-up performances.
By Fattening Up A Bit, Ballerinas Are Saving Their Art And Themselves
Deirdre Kelly: “Medical experts have, since the 1970s when Balanchine-inspired eating disorders first started decimating the ballerina population, quite forcefully determined that ballet’s tyranny of thin is detrimental to dancers’ health. … Ballerinas today are again embracing the breasts and hips which first made them objects of desire way back in the day.”
Big Media’s New Anti-File-Sharing Strategy: Irk Pirates Into Compliance
“Last year, five major Internet service providers and the big entertainment trade organizations announced a joint plan to fight illegal downloading through what might be called a strategy of annoyance. … [They will] prod and poke people into good behavior through a ‘six strikes’ system that escalate from friendly notices in their e-mail to, ultimately, throttled Internet access.”
I Told Lies On To Tell The Truth
Adam Tanner recounts his experience of appearing – at the age of 13, no less – as one of the impostors on the program’s very last episode. (He convinced Barry Nelson and Kitty Carlisle.)
Researching A Broadway Play At The Adult Video Awards
David West Read, author of the upcoming comedy The Performers: “Since the script was already written … the primary purpose of the trip was to gather information for scenic and costume design. This meant that as scantily-clad performers paraded around the hotel, we were the weirdos taking pictures of the walls. … At times we struggled to maintain straight faces; at other times, our innocence.”
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra To Musicians: Accept Contract By Sunday Or Get Locked Out
“St. Paul Chamber Orchestra management delivered a ‘voting offer’ to its musicians Wednesday, Oct. 17, saying that if the union members do not accept the offer by late Sunday, management will cancel concerts through Nov. 4 and lock out the musicians. The musicians quickly shot down the proposal.”
Rothko Vandal Pleads Guilty In London
“Wlodzimierz Umaniec, 26, pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property valued at over £5,000 at Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court.”
National Ballet Of Canada Tours Abroad For The First Time In A Decade
“The Toronto-based National Ballet has not toured to Los Angeles in 35 years, and it is making the U.S. debut of its new production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, created by British choreographer Christopher Wheeldon … [It’s] an important chance for the company to show its international stature, after a decade in which it hasn’t been possible to tour outside Canada – because it’s just too expensive.”