And at Game 6, the Kansas City Symphony performed. “‘I think it’s a magnificent statement about what Kansas City is and the importance of both major league sports and major league performing arts,’ Frank Byrne, Symphony executive director, said on Monday.”
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Enhanced Ebooks Won’t Go Away Just Because Atavist Books Closed Up
“What does this mean for authors? Should we give up on interactive fiction? No, I don’t think so, but I do think we need to be aware from the outset it that it may have to be limber enough to straddle several mediums and formats.”
‘House of Cards’ Actor Elizabeth Norment Dies At 61
“Her character worked for Underwood from the time he was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina through his recent career upturns.”
What’s Different – And Challenging – About Being Black In The Publishing World?
“That essay Langston [Hughes] wrote, ‘The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain’ — I’m thinking of both sides of his argument in that. One is that obviously you’re always a black writer, but also you have to work with your gifts first and shut that out when you’re actually composing. What do you guys think? That’s how I approach it, but it might be naïve.”
A Living Wage Comes To The UK’s Curzon Cinema Workers
“The decision puts pressure on its rival chain Picturehouse, which is embroiled in a dispute over pay at its Ritzy cinema in Brixton. Picturehouse, owned by multiplex group Cineworld, agreed to the demands for the living wage, but then said 20 redundancies would have to be made to accommodate the rise.”
How New York Subway Dancing Became An Art – And A Crime
“It’s hard to say how many people dance on the subway today, but the dancers generally put the number in the low hundreds — a spike that some older performers attribute to the sharp decline of arts and physical education funding since the recession.”
Will A Former Courthouse Become An Arts Center In L.A.’s Culver City?
“The specific uses haven’t been determined yet, she said, but ‘we’re working with LACMA and Sony and other arts organizations to come up with a final program’ before starting design work on renovations.”
Australian Playwright Says It’s Time For The Return Of Radio Plays
“The internet means a lot of people can listen to the [BBC] World Service online. No writer is going to turn up their nose at a potential 40 million listeners.”
Neil Patrick Harris – Star Of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ And ‘Gone Girl’ – To Bring A Variety Show To Television
“Peacock alternative TV head Paul Telegdy told Vulture that he’s been looking to get a variety series on the network for a long time, and that Harris has always been at the top of his list of potential hosts.”
Sorry, Neil Patrick Harris, Your Variety Show Can’t Compete With YouTube
“Variety shows are like the soccer of American television. It is the most popular sport in the world but, no matter how hard anyone has tried in recent years, it just won’t catch on here like it does internationally.”