“The goal of designating a chief poet is ‘to encourage other Navajo poets, writers, film makers and artists to realize how important their work is to the continuance and growth of Navajo contemporary culture.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Harper Lee Sues Agent Over ‘Mockingbird’
“Lee says Samuel Pinkus, the son-in-law of Lee’s long-time agent, Eugene Winick, took advantage of her failing hearing and eyesight to transfer the rights on the book, which has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and became an Oscar-winning film.”
One-Upping Instagram With A Camera That Records Everything
“The Memoto camera can be clipped to your clothing or worn on a chain around your neck. There is no shutter release, no display and no on-off button. The camera simply takes a picture automatically every 30 seconds, which comes to 120 pictures an hour or 2,880 a day.”
Burt Bacharach Coulda Been An Avant-Garde Composer, Until …
“I was very, very reluctant when it came to the second movement, because it was quite melodic instead of being harsh and dissonant [and] avant-garde. And he took me aside afterward, and maybe he sensed what I felt or maybe just his observation was: Never be ashamed of something that’s melodic, one could whistle.”
Broadway Producer Snipes At NYTimes Theatre Reporter In Ad
“The quote is a direct response to Times theater reporter Patrick Healy’s Q&A that ran on Wednesday May 1 with Irish author and playwright Colm Toibin, who wrote Testament as both a critically lauded novella and a theatrical monologue.”
Can An Auction House Be Held Responsible For Sale of Nazi-Owned Art?
“The Nazi connection, the lawsuit says, creates ‘a cloud on title’–uncertainty over who is the rightful owner–that renders the painting unsaleable and without value.”
A Judy Blume Book *Finally* Hits The Big Screen
“Blume’s works are frequently the target of social conservatives who eschew themes about sex and religion and tough family issues in works aimed at a young audience.”
Mike Gray, 77, Writer of ‘The China Syndrome’
“Filming the violence during the Democratic National Convention in 1968 changed the course of his life. Before that, he said, he had defined himself as a Goldwater Republican; afterward he was angry at the status quo.”
Will Digital Kill The Small-Town Movie Theatre?
“The Rio has survived fires, floods and multiple owners. But it may not survive the latest threat — the digitization of the film industry.”
Bob Brozman, 59, Guitarist And Ethnomusicologist
“He recorded his first album in 1981, and went on to make more than 30 others, divided between solo projects and collaborations with friends from around the world. In the process he introduced western audiences to an extraordinary variety of music.”