Covenant Ballet Theatre offered classes tailored to the Orthodox Jewish community – but then a key donor dropped out, and Hurricane Sandy hit.
Author: ArtsJournal2
Kids *Really* Like Reading … On E-Readers
“Research shows they now read more, and read better. As one teacher in Kade noted: ‘Before, it was difficult to get books. Now we will have as many as we want.'”
Charles Pollock, 83, Who Designed The Ever-Popular Office Chair
“Pollock’s crowning achievement was an office chair characterized by a single aluminum band around its perimeter that held it together, structurally and visually. Massive numbers of the chairs have been sold since its introduction in 1963, and it remains a major piece of the prestigious Knoll Collection.”
Ad Execs’ Dream Audience: Tablet Users
“People staring at their tablet screens are more likely to watch a commercial and remember it.”
Here, Let Brian De Palma Deconstruct His Films For You
“The producer said we could never put anybody into a sofa bed, and I shot it in one shot to show that you can in fact fit somebody into the sofa bed.”
Anti-Gay Law In Russia Forces Changes In Tchaikovsky Biopic
“The revision of the Tchaikovsky script plays into concerns that the law will prompt self-censorship. The vaguely worded legislation includes fines of up to £2,000 for the ‘imposition of information about non-traditional sexual relations’ in the mass media.”
Um, U.S. Universities? There Was Writing Before 1990
The common reading book has put the classics out to pasture. What’s the deal, America?
Beloved In Houston, Booed In Europe
“Heroes fall — all the time — in the eyes of those who fail to remember that heroes are people, imperfect in all their glory. Or maybe European critics are a bunch of douches.”
No, See, Anna Gunn’s Character Isn’t Too Strong – She’s Not Strong *Enough*
And that makes her worthy of attacks. Or, at least, of criticism.
What’s Up With The Harsh Attacks On A Strong Woman Character – And The Actor Who Plays Her?
“Most people’s hatred of Skyler had little to do with me and a lot to do with their own perception of women and wives. Because Skyler didn’t conform to a comfortable ideal of the archetypical female, she had become a kind of Rorschach test for society.”