“Right now, the only thing here is a heavy wooden sign marking it as the future home of the Citizen Theater. But renderings have been drawn and the interior design process is well under way for what would be the first movie theater in Fort Worth devoted exclusively to independent and foreign cinema since the Ridglea Theater stopped showing movies in the early 1990s.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Time For A Ray Bradbury Museum?
“Waukegan, Ill., has two festivals, a park and a library conference room named after Ray Bradbury. But what the town still needs, according to the late author’s biographer, is a Ray Bradbury museum.”
Secret To Facebook Success Lies In Old-School Advertising
“That it should be news that advertisers should follow time-tested principles when advertising in newfangled media highlights how confusing social media has been for many marketers.”
ABT Dancer, After Some Frantic Press Coverage, May Meet Birth Mother
“When ballet star Jennifer Whalen flies to South Korea next month, she’ll have a lot more on her mind than what tights and slippers to pack. Whalen, 26, is somewhat of a media sensation in the Asian nation — and not because of her work on stage as a senior corps member of the American Ballet Theater. The Koreans are fascinated with her because she’s one of their own: She was born there, left at an ophanage, and adopted four months later by a loving Irish-American couple. But now, she may finally be able to meet the woman who gave birth to her and then gave her up.”
Walk-in Movies Down At The Caves On Friday Nights In Prehistoric Times
The caves in Lascaux aren’t just great art – they’re great film, as seen by paleolithic stone disks and flickering torchlight.
Did The Arts Win In Kansas – Or Get Set Up For A Big National Loss?
“Opposing the arts – then reversing one’s position after recognizing the huge outcry against such a move is (especially for GOP candidates) often a win-win situation. They appease the base then placate the opposition. They look tough, then moderate. And in the process the arts yet again spend valuable time, energy, money and soul defending their very existence and consider their survival a real victory. Meanwhile as Richard suggested, they move the arts towards the private sector version of creativity, and valuable only as an economic stimulator.”
Frank Cady, 96, Of Green Acres Fame
“Reflecting on his TV career, Cady told the Portland Oregonian in 1995, ‘You get typecast. I’m remembered for those shows and not for some pretty good acting jobs I did other times. I suppose I ought to be grateful for that. Because otherwise I wouldn’t be remembered at all. I’ve got to be one of the luckiest guys in the world.'”
Women Are Better At Writing (About Sex), Says Martin Amis
“‘Once a man is writing a sex scene he’s feeling omnipotent… but women don’t, and they write better about it,’ he said.”
In Morocco, Musicians Are Celebrated – But Not Compensated (Much)
“Arts funding in Morocco is so poorly organized and endowed that King Mohamed VI and his government are trying to remedy the situation by handing some of their favorite singers or film stars licenses for buses and other businesses to subsidize their acting or singing.”
She’s Got A Pulitzer, But L.A. Theatre Doesn’t Care
“At 34, playwright Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes has a lot going for her: this year’s Pulitzer Prize for drama, a piece of a Tony Award-winning musical (In the Heights) and a growing repute as one of the most poetic, socially clued-in young voices in the American theater. Now what she really could use is a little West Coast love.”