Red Burns, one of the founders of tech design, saw technology “as something you needed to get to the real work: improving people’s lives, making them feel more connected, bringing delight in big and small ways, and empowering them to affect change.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Um, Can Anyone Explain Again Why ‘Wicked’ Is So Popular?
“One could argue that we all self-define as either the green girl (alienated, misunderstood) or the blond girl (popular, misunderstood) in our minds. One might note the show’s popularity with a youthful demographic that likes to go back again and again.”
City Opera May Cancel The Rest Of This Season And All Of Next
George Steel, general manager and artistic director: “We’ve had balanced budgets for the last two years and we’ve been doing, I think, incredible work onstage. But we can’t forge ahead without a significant infusion of capital.”
Does The Smithsonian Institute Need To Fix & Then Reissue Its Classic Jazz Colletion?
Probably. But what’s the fix?
Is Jack Nicholson Retiring?
“Nicholson was forged in an era sympathetic to his characteristics: the renegade energy, the deranged smile that doubles as a dam to contain his fury.”
Making True Community Theatre In Seattle
Rose Cano’s community extends from the theatre company she co-founded to the homeless people for whom she wrote a new version of Don Quixote to the many Latin Americans in and near Seattle.
Does The U.S. Really Have ‘Immigrant Fiction’?
Author Jhumpa Lahiri: “What do we call the rest? Native fiction? Puritan fiction? This distinction doesn’t agree with me.”
Yes, We’re Seriously Having To Write/Read This Article In 2013
Guess what? Marin Alsop conducted the last night of the Proms. That’s the first time a woman has closed out the event in its 118-year history.
How Can Light Be Art? Ask Artist James Turrell (And The U.S. Museums Championing Him This Year)
“Turrell believes in Big Themes: Nature. Peace. Perception. The heavens. He was raised a Quaker and when he went to meeting houses he was told to ‘Greet the Light.'”
UK Retailer Apologizes After Making Job Applicants Go Through Dance-Off
“A spokesman for Currys has said the impromptu dance performance is not part of their official recruitment guidelines, and they are inviting all applicants for another interview — this time likely without the musical component.”