The playwright and monologuist is bringing a double-bill of one-man one-acts the New York’s Public Theater next month. In Berlin/Wall, Hare turns his gaze on two barriers: the one that used to divide Berlin and the one going up to separate the West Bank from Israel.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Christo Threatened To Wrap Sydney Opera House
“He [and Jeanne-Claude] never carried out the project – the Opera House was not complete when the pair were first in town [in 1969] – but the concept diagram, Wrapped Sydney Opera House, will be sold this month at the auction house Deutscher and Hackett. Its estimate is $50,000 to $80,000 [Aus].”
Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit Becomes Mideast Political Football
Senior officials of the Palestinian Authority have written to Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper protesting an upcoming showing of the scrolls at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. The Palestinians argue that the scrolls were illegally acquired when Israel annexed east Jerusalem in 1967 and that the exhibition therefore violates international treaties on antiquities.
Does This Mean No More Commissions Without Liability Insurance?
“Composer Nathan Currier is suing the cash-strapped Brooklyn Philharmonic for $250,000 because it lopped off the climactic finish of his Gaian Variations in a ballyhooed [Earth Day] concert at Avery Fisher Hall on April 21, 2004. Currier claims that the philharmonic trimmed the work in order to avoid paying overtime to its unionized orchestra.”
Marilyn Chambers, 56, Ivory Snow Model And Adult Film Superstar
“[T]he legendary adult movie queen who was the wholesome model on Ivory Snow detergent boxes in the early 1970s when she made her adult movie debut in the X-rated classic Behind the Green Door” was found dead in her Southern California home.
Jack Wrangler, 62, Porn Legend (Gay And Straight) And Cabaret Producer
“[He] brought his chiseled physique to stardom in many gay sex films (and some straight ones), then met and later married the singer Margaret Whiting, leading to a career as a writer and cabaret and theater producer.”
Australia To Set Up Nationwide Wireless Broadband
“The Australian government announced plans Tuesday to bring the future to the Land Down Under by spending up to $31 billion ($43 billion AUS) over eight years to create a nationwide fiber optic and wireless broadband network.”
Carnegie Hall Chooses Participants In First Festival Of Orchestras
“Spring for May,” launching in May 2011, is a festival “intended to encourage orchestras to program imaginatively, without regard to marketing considerations” and with tickets priced at $15 and $25. The seven bands performing in the inaugural festival are the Albany, Atlanta, Dallas, Montreal, Oregon and Toledo Symphony Orchestras and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
How Office Configurations Reflect How We Think About Work
“Since the dawn of the white-collar age, office designs have cycled through competing demands: openness versus privacy, interaction versus autonomy. Here’s a brief history of how seating arrangements have reflected our changing attitudes toward work.”
A New Ballet Company For Indy
“Almost four years after the collapse of Ballet Internationale, a new organization is seeking to reintroduce professional ballet in Indianapolis. Indianapolis City Ballet is backed by major local arts supporters … [and] Australian-born dancer and director John Meehan is serving as the ballet’s artistic chairman.”