Maybe that little gold man isn’t worth as much as the industry likes to think?
Author: ArtsJournal2
Rules For Reading Fiction, According To Kurt Vonnegut
“Do not do so as an academic critic, nor as a person drunk on art, nor as a barbarian in the literary market place. Do so as a sensitive person who has a few practical hunches about how stories can succeed or fail. Praise or damn as you please.”
No, Your Kindle Is Not Going To Crash The Plane
And it’s time that airlines acknowledge that, says the Federal Communications Commission. (But do we really want annoying people on their cell phones during flights?)
Happy Days Are (Sort Of) Here Again For Nonprofit Theatres
The theatres see more money trickling back in, but actors, directors, and crew won’t see anything like a living wage, an annual report says.
For Ailey Director, Sleep Is Not A Priority
“People think of New York as a cold, big-city environment, but there are lots of places that feel so neighborhoody. Everybody knows you; they know what you do. That means a lot to me.”
A ‘Film Accelerator’ Uses Social Media To Drum Up Interest In Indie Canadian Films
“A 17-week program … will run participants through a series of competitive ‘missions,’ designed to build a following and refine film ideas. By the end of June, one team will emerge with up to $1-million in funding (from private sources and tax credits), six months to make a film, and a release in Cineplex Odeon theatres in January, 2014.”
Did Mo Yan Deserve To Win The Nobel Prize?
“Should a prize of this magnitude go to a writer who is ‘inside the system’ of an authoritarian government that imprisons other writers–of whom Liu Xiaobo, winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize (a ‘convicted criminal,’ in the Chinese government’s view) is only the most famous example?”
Decades Of Work Destroyed By Hurricane Sandy (And Stubborn Landlords)
“Hurricane Sandy inundated the basement of Westbeth, which was the first and largest federally subsidized artist’s colony in the country when it opened 42 years ago at the westernmost edge of the West Village.”
Make That $5000 Shades Of Green
Most employees at the big publishers aren’t exactly getting holiday bonuses this year – but, thanks to E.L. James and 50 Shades of Grey, Random House employees are smiling all the way to the bank.
Danny Boyle, Head To Head With Shakespeare
The awards season gets under full swing with Danny Boyle’s opening for the Olympics going up against the 37-plays-in-37-languages extravaganza of the Globe to Globe Festival.