“Rowling now stands to make a lot of money from this new book, and so do the publishers. One interesting aspect of the whole story is how Little, Brown essentially colluded in keeping a secret that caused it, at least until now, to forgo possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Calgary Gets Some Good News – A Skyscraper! – During Flooded Summer
“Planned to be 60 storeys and 750,000 square feet, Telus Sky is a forceful and sophisticated argument for 21st-century urbanism. Its design, led by the well-travelled Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, is a tower with a twist.”
The New York Times Wants To Know Why You’re Working In Classical Music
“We want to hear from tuba players, chamber quartet members, conductors, composers, piano teachers, orchestra fund-raisers and any other professionals about what sparked their interest in the field.” (Er, in 250 words or so.)
New Wartime Letter Keeps On Debunking The Myth Of Artist Joseph Beuys
Beuys, like many other German men of his generation, was “someone who wanted to be a hero, but ended up being lured into something terrible instead.”
Barnes & Noble E-Reader Fire Sale Could Be Gold For Helping Kids Read
“The spread of e-readers, particularly cheaper ones, is encouraging. A 2012 study by Scholastic in the US found children accustomed to screens more willing to read e-readers than paper books, a contested finding, but not one that should be dismissed either
Want To Be A Choreographer? Fire Up Your iPad
“The diversion is brief – the choreographed snippets range in duration from a few seconds to a minute or so-but it’s fun. More importantly, it puts the tablet to use in a way we don’t see as often as we should, not as a vessel for consuming existing forms of art but as a fresh new medium altogether.”
Fire Rips Through Parisian Building, Demolishing 17th Century Frescoes
“It’s a complete disaster,” said architectural historian Alexandre Cojannot.
Will Sicily Renegotiate With Cleveland And (Incidentally) Save The Getty’s Relationship With Italy?
“The Getty has been caught in the middle of the dispute — and could be on the hook to absorb the entire financial responsibility for the show, a total investment of about $990,000.”
WTF Is Up With The Lack Of Women Theatre Critics In The US?
“Women have been burned out of their place in dramatic criticism by a tradition of misogyny in the field of journalism.”
Aubrey Plaza, Taking The High-Raunch Sex Comedy To A New (To Hollywood) Place
“Plaza said the matter-of-factness in her character’s sexual awakening was appealing. ‘Girls learn how to masturbate, too; we just haven’t seen it before,’ she said.”