“‘If you want a concept book in black and white, go get it, and it will be incredibly cheap,’ says Bruce Hildebrand, executive director of higher education at the Association of American Publishers. ‘What faculty are looking for are calculus books that have interactive components and have applications’.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Feed The 99% And Let The 1% Starve: A Top Critic’s Manifesto For British Theatre Funding
Lyn Gardner: “We should be prepared to let institutions die. We should stop building bricks and mortar and empires, and rid ourselves of the belief that growth is a good thing for the arts. We should put money into the bottom of the pyramid, not the top – it is only by funding the bottom that we can create the future.”
Campbell’s Releases Commemorative Warhol Soup Cans
“Campbell’s said Wednesday that a new limited-edition line of Warhol-themed condensed tomato soup cans will go on sale starting Sept. 2 at most Target stores across the country. The cans, priced at 75 cents each, are intended to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the pop artist’s first paintings of the familiar soup cans.”
Choreographers Lick Their Chops Over BAM’s New Theater
“Over the past several years choreographers have been rethinking what constitutes a stage. The more options, the better, which is why the new BAM Fisher building at the Brooklyn Academy of Music was designed with a flexible 250-seat theater in which choreographers and others can do whatever they want, however they want.” Four leading dancemakers talk about how they’ll be using the space.
Watching Anna Pavlova On YouTube
Yes, a few precious clips of the legendary ballerina have survived. Judith Mackrell brings us a 1925 “Dying Swan”, a segment from the 1916 film The Dumb Girl of Portici, a 1925 “Dionysus”, and a 1916 “Dragonfly”.
Paris Seduces Hollywood – With Tax Incentives
Hollywood has always been fond of Paris, wth its distinctive visual identity and long identification with romance. But the big studios were shooting (and spending money) less and less in Paris, preferring “tax-friendly locations such as Montreal, Austria or Germany.” Then France introduced a film production tax rebate; now there’s much more location shooting – and a new Universal animation studio.
Turkish Town Requires Ramadan Drummers To Pass Exam
During the holy month, “Turks are roused before sunrise daily by an army of drummers noisily celebrating the arrival of the Sahur: the last meal for pious Muslims before they begin the daylight fast.” But authorities in the town of Isparta, “believing that standards for this 500-year-old tradition have been slipping,” have instituted a licensing test for the singing percussionists.
Staging A Jonathan Franzen Essay
Director Daniel Fish is presenting “House for Sale” – Franzen’s 2006 essay for The Guardian about selling his family home in Missouri after his mother’s death – Off-Broadway. Fish describes the adaptation as “five actors covering Franzen’s essay, the way a band would cover a song … word for word.”
Guy Maddin Explains His Latest Incredibly Weird Film
On Keyhole: “So many people are baffled. The movie will be crystal-clear upon your third viewing.”
Now This Is A Bookslut (Eat Your Heart Out, Jessa Crispin)
Mark O’Connell: “I’ll start a book, get about halfway through it, and then, even if I’m enjoying it, put it down in favor of something else. … On my bedside table, there’s a precarious column of half-read paperbacks that taunts me with the evidence of my own readerly promiscuity. The reason I don’t finish books is not that I don’t like reading enough; it’s that I like reading too much. I can’t say no.”