“Justice ministry spokesman Mateusz Martyniuk said that the Polish statute of limitations (preventing prosecutions in cases where a number of years have lapsed since the crime) ‘does not apply to US requests,’ meaning that Polanski could yet be sent back to the US.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Grant Park Festival In Chicago The Very Model Of A Modern Major Summer Classical Music Fest
“One hot-weather classical enterprise that remains impervious to change, justifiably so, is the Grant Park Music Festival.”
House Of The Artist Now Known As ‘Mr. Turner’ Saved For Restoration By A Last-Minute Grant
“Turner, one of Britain’s greatest painters, designed the building as a retreat from his central London studio and as a permanent home for his elderly father, a retired wigmaker and barber, who looked after the house and garden.”
Gunmen Storm Satirical French Newspaper And Kill 12 People, Including Cartoonists
“A number of prominent editors and cartoonists [were] killed on Wednesday, including the cartoonists Stéphane Charbonnier, known as ‘Charb,’ and Jean Cabut, who signs his work ‘Cabu.’ He said that the cartoonists Georges Wolinski and Bernard Verlhac were also among the victims.”
The Man Who Brought North Indian Classical Dance To The U.S. Has Died
“As a solo performer, Mr. Das proved an uncommonly entertaining exponent of Kathak. His slashing rhythmic attack, electrifying footwork, dazzling turns and verbalizations, all accompanied by the ringing of the weighty bells he wore around his ankles, won him lifelong fans.”
Our Patent System Is Utterly Borked, But There Are Ways To Fix It
“How ironic that we live in a democratized technological ecosystem in which anyone can invent and patent anything, yet it is mostly just the rich and powerful who can effectively partake of its resources. The patent system is thus hostage to a costly and exclusionary legal system. So let’s liberate it.”
Algerian Author Tries To Figure Out How To Live With A Fatwa Issued Against Him
“There are elements of the absurd about the plight of Kamel Daoud, an Algerian writer whose debut novel reaped glowing international reviews, literary honors and then, suddenly, demands for his public execution.”
Netflix Cracks Down On ‘Pirates’ Trying To Evade Country Restrictions
“Netflix’ efforts to block geoblocking circumvention tools doesn’t come as a surprise. TF has seen a draft of the content protection agreement Sony Pictures prepared for Netflix earlier this year. This agreement specifically requires Netflix to verify that registered users are indeed residing in the proper locations.”
Panto Is Popular – Very Popular – In Northern Ireland
“In 2013, more than a quarter of all theatre tickets sold in Northern Ireland (27%) were for pantomime shows, with the north-east close behind at 24%. Pantomime was proportionally least popular in London (2%) and the north-west (11%).”
Writers Everywhere Feel Censored – Or Have Censored Themselves – Thanks To Omnipresent Surveillance
“The idea that we are seeing some similar patterns in free countries to those we’ve traditionally associated with unfree countries is pretty distressing.”