“It feels as if fairness is beginning to dawn over a prize fogged with anomalies.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
What’s Capitalism Good For?
Art, of course.
Twenty-Five Years Later, Mandy Patinkin Is Still Proud Of Inigo Montoya
“I always had it in my mind that if I could get the six fingered man, if Inigo could get the six fingered man, then my father, Mandy’s father, would come back and be with me.”
California Moves To Free, Open-Source Textbooks
Students (and parents) everywhere rejoice. But what will happen next?
From Book To Movie, In One (Not So Easy) Swoop
David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas, volunteers to help at the first reading of the movie script (which he didn’t write).
David Byrne Explains How Music Works
In a new book that practices “radical transparency,” Byrne details everything from his advance on a record to what he takes home at the end of the day – information he says his business managers don’t want him to reveal.
Rural Theatre: Really?
Yes. And theatre in rural and other underserved areas is good for democracy, too.
Strike Ends At CinecittÃ
“A three-month strike at Rome’s Cinecittà Studios ended Friday, just in time to accommodate the shoot of helmer Paul Haggis’ romantic drama Third Person.”
What’s Happening to Veterans’ Halls In The U.S.?
They’re going away, which is weird: “In December 1997, Fortune magazine ranked the VFW 16th–just behind the United States Chamber of Commerce–on its list of the ‘mightiest lobbying groups’ in the land.” But that’s all over.
Lockout Expected In Minneapolis
Afternoon talks between musicians and the Minnesota Orchestra failed – and the next step may be a lockout of the 81 musicians.