“The puzzlement could have to do with the fact that despite Modiano’s prolific output — with more than 30 books and screenplays to his name — less than a dozen of his works have been translated into English, and even several of those are now out of print.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Raw Materials Of A New Music Review: Texts, iPhone Notes, Scribbles
“I asked my friend and colleague Andrew Tham to join me in attempting to create a new kind of concert review: one that embraced, rather than attempted to deny, our subjectivity; one that could be a bit rough around the edges.”
Can Universal Music Education Fix American Schools?
“A growing body of evidence suggests that music could trump many of the much more expensive ‘fixes’ that we have thrown at the education system.”
So, Is Reading To Kids From A Screen ‘Reading Time’ Or ‘Screen Time’?
“Complicating matters is that fewer and fewer children’s e-books can strictly be described as books, say researchers. As technology evolves, publishers are adding bells and whistles that encourage detours.”
Yeah, Size Matters In L.A. Theatre
“The group’s central premise can’t be dismissed: The institutional structures of Los Angeles theater are too weak for an urban center of this size and cultural prestige. Modification to union agreements that points the way toward growth and development is the obvious answer. How to get there is much more complicated.”
Carolyn Kizer, Pulitzer Prizewinning Poet Of Politics And Passion
“She was sometimes called a poet of love and loss, a description whose murky universality irritated her greatly, for what poet’s work, at bottom, is not about those things?”
We Have No Idea How Teens Listen To Music (And Yes, It’d Be Good To Know)
“Combine these major studies into teenage music consumption habits and you’ll find few trends to bet on, and few trends that individual research companies have even followed up on. YouTube is the #1 music source for teens, then it’s omitted. MP3s are dying, then they’re not.”
The 86-Year-Old Gallery Owner Who’s One Of The Most Powerful People In The Art World
“When she walks into the building site that will become her new gallery space just off Golden Square, in London’s Soho, she is dwarfed by scaffolding. She is tiny – barely 5ft tall – dressed all in black, and when she speaks, her voice is so soft that the architects in hard hats have to crane down to hear what she is saying.”
Rock Star Says Classical Music Concerts Are Super Boring, Wants To Revive Excitement
Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood: “It’s all about trying to play classical music in slightly different venues with a slightly less uptight atmosphere than is usually found in concerts. People are standing, it’s dark, there’s a bar and we set up on the stage and play whatever music we are particularly enjoying at the moment, so we decided the set-list just before we play.”
The Way Gaudí Worked Was As Unconventional As His (Glorious) Buildings
“Gaudí devised new ways of building, with reusable scaffolding, roofs used as terraces, cement beams and the elimination of supporting walls. For each project, he formed a multidisciplinary team in which he encouraged the collaboration of master craftsmen and apprentices with specialists from other fields: chemists, physicists, astronomers, ceramicists, theologians, philosophers, writers, musicians, politicians and bishops.”