“Doctors also warned that ‘such chemical damage to the eyes demands complex, long-term treatment,’ and predicted that Mr Filin would spend ‘months rather than weeks’ in treatment.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Fishmonger’s Treasure Trove Of Irish History
“Ms. McCoole is still in Ballina nearly eight years later, still immersed in what is now known as the Jackie Clarke Collection: an astounding treasure of more than 100,000 items that provide an intimate retelling of Ireland’s long struggle to free itself of English rule. Fragile maps and rare newspapers, political posters and editorial cartoons, books, diaries, photographs, films, and even a scrapbook that Clarke began as a boy.”
Walter Pierce, 93, Modernist Architect Of Suburban Homes
“The 45-acre Peacock Farm, built from 1952 to 1958, shared the subdivision tradition of taking its name from the previous identity of the site; peacocks really had been raised there. But it was far from traditional. Floor plans were open, wide expanses of glass substituted for walls, roofs were asymmetrical and only slightly sloped, and basements were raised higher than in most houses, allowing in more light and elevating their role.”
As The Strike Continues in San Francisco, East Coast Tour In Doubt
“This weekend’s programs featuring Mahler’s Ninth Symphony have been canceled. As talks continue, symphony management says it will provide an update Sunday on the status of the organization’s East Coast tour, scheduled for this coming week.”
The San Francisco Symphony Strike: All Of The Background, And More
What in the world led the San Francisco Symphony to this point? “Here are some of the main issues, as far as information can be found in the always-secretive business of contract negotiations.”
Philip Roth, Unmasked (And On Film)
“Given that his great subject has always been himself, it is Mr. Roth who dominates the screen. … He is, for 90 minutes, marvelous company — expansive, funny, generous and candid.”
The National Gallery Can’t Save MoCA
“A proposed five-year collaboration deal between the troubled Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is, to use a critically astute technical term, a big, fat nothing-burger.”
The Saviors Of Flamenco (They Aren’t From Spain)
“While flamenco remains a quintessential component of Spanish culture, embedded in the Gypsy community of Andalusia, its economic sustainability relies increasingly on foreigners, who come to Spain both to learn flamenco and to recruit Spaniards to teach and perform overseas.”
Rafael Puyana, 81, Harpsichordist Extraordinaire
“Above all, he was renowned for the range of tonal colors he could coax from his instrument — no mean feat considering that in the wrong hands, the harpsichord can sound like rain on a tin roof.”
What Should We Tell Young Black Playwrights?
“I have been reading plays written by black writers and working with these playwrights and let me tell you something–I am concerned. I have been asking myself about the future of black theater because I have been watching the black story die.”