Clemson philosopher Todd May considers the 1993 film starring Bill Murray in the light of Nietzsche’s concept of eternal return.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Rappers At The Royal Ballet (What Would Dame Margot Say?)
“A new work by the Royal Ballet is to feature pop singers and hip-hop rappers accompanying ballerinas on stage at Covent Garden in a collaboration with music producer Mark Ronson.”
England’s Cultural Scene Is ‘Glowing With Optimism’ (Says One International Observer)
Anne Applebaum, Washington Post/Slate foreign affairs columnist (and wife of Poland’s foreign minister): “Twice in one day, in other words, I encountered mobs of people, pushing and shoving one another, desperate to get into a London cultural event. Those who had booked well in advance clutched their ticket as if it contained a winning lottery number.”
Pakistanis Hail Their Nation’s First Oscar
“Wearily accustomed to being the focus of bad news, Pakistanis celebrated on Monday after a filmmaker from Karachi won the country’s first Academy Award, for a documentary about the victims of gruesome acid attacks.”
At Home With Ai Weiwei And His Posse
“With all the people hanging around, the place feels a little bit like a very comfortable, more wholesome version of Andy Warhol’s Factory except that Chinese state security agents are waiting just outside the walls and could burst in again at the first hint of subversive behaviour.”
How Books Saved Armenian Civilization
“[For] large parts of its history Armenia has been a nation without a country. This has given the spoken and written word, the primary means through which Armenian identity has been preserved, enormous prominence in its people’s culture. Over the centuries this emphasis has fostered a particular regard for books and the means of producing them.”
‘Thy Breasts Are Like Two Young Roes’ – RSC To Stage The Song Of Solomon
“[The] Royal Shakespeare Company is risking fresh controversy by staging a ‘sensual and erotic’ version of the Bible’s Song of Solomon from the Old Testament.”
Gigantic Rock Is On Its Way To LACMA
“After nearly half a year of delays, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s 340-ton monolith, sitting in a Riverside County quarry, will begin its long, circuitous journey to the museum Tuesday night.”
Christo’s Colorado Project Pushed Back Yet Another Year
“At first, the project – which will drape 5.9 miles of fabric across a 42-mile stretch of the river between Salida and Parkdale for two weeks – was planned for summer 2001 ‘at the earliest.’ Then it was 2003. Then 2008. The latest plan – which followed Bureau of Land Management approval last year – was for August 2014, ‘at the earliest.’ Now it’s August 2015.”
ENO Launches Online Search For Composers And Writers
“English National Opera is to launch a global online talent search for new composers, writers and filmmakers in an initiative seeking to ‘create the future of opera’.”