Sure, more people will come to Philly to see the new Barnes. But “the repackaging of the Barnes may also be seen as the latest in a string of changes to Philadelphia that dilute its special character — advancements that bring Philadelphia into conformity with what visitors from other places may expect, but that also render the city more generic.”
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Adam & Eve + Milton + Global Warming = Jonathan Dove’s New Opera
Jonathan Dove’s new “church opera” came about because he took a trip to the Arctic – and decided to make art out of climate change. “I thought Adam and Eve could make a journey down the nave of Salisbury Cathedral that lasted 45 minutes. … It would cover the time between them being banished from the Garden of Eden and actually walking out of the gate. It would go through their different emotions, remembering how wonderful Eden was and the things they’d lost, but also offering some hope for the future.”
European Union Making Life Harder On Hollywood?
“The European Union has drafted film funding rules which, if approved, will cut coin for Hollywood productions shooting in Europe and create potential impediments for all co-productions in its member states.”
Machine Makes A Twitter Symphony, Or At Least A Soundtrack
“The machine is a piece of software that monitors the Twitter activity of 500 people selected from eight different fields — arts, business, education, health, politics, science, sport and technology. Whenever these people post an update, the properties of the tweet are analyzed in terms of the sound and meaning of the words, and generates music based on it.”
Young, Smart, And Rising Fast In The Theatre World
Matthew Gardiner, associate artistic director at Arlington’s Signature Theatre, likes contrasts. “Gardiner’s current follow-up to the grim Really Really is the cotton-candy Xanadu, the theatrical version of the Olivia Newton-John-on-roller-skates musical with Electric Light Orchestra songs. Camp city. ‘Totally makes no sense,’ Gardiner acknowledges of this back-to-back effort, smiling broadly.”
Thanks (Partly) To Social Media And The Internet, Battle Over Women’s Rights In Saudi Arabia
“Dissent over women’s status in society will remain at the heart of competing visions for the country for a long time to come. As facts on the ground evolve – with women making up the majority of college graduates, young generations connected in an unprecedented fashion to the internet and social media, and the need for a more competitive economy to support its burgeoning population – it will become increasingly untenable for Saudi Arabia to straddle both the 7th century and the 21st century.”
Haitian Dance Company Suffering After Earthquake
“What we do here has a social and economic impact,” Jeanguy Saintus says. “Now everyone is talking about tourism, about projecting a different image of Haiti overseas. This is what we’ve been doing for years. And yet all the money goes to people who are feeding children, to the [nongovernmental aid organizations], not to the arts or what we do.”
California’s Artists May Now Be Screwed On Resale Royalties,Thanks To Judge
“Under the U.S. Copyright Act (in contrast to many copyright regimes in Europe), once a piece of art is sold all rights to the physical work belong to the buyer. No matter how much the art appreciates in value, artists aren’t due a penny when the work is resold. All of the profits belong to sellers, not to creators.There is only one exception to that rule in the United States: the 1977 California Resale Royalties Act, a so-called droit de suite law that grants artists a continuing interest in their work when it changes hands.” Now a judge has said the California law is unconstitutional – sorry, artists.
Keeping The Family Together Through Storytelling – That Is, Audiobooks
“Wilson missed a step in his account of our early socialization: the moment someone first got up in front of the fire and told a story that showed the others — especially the children — the magnificence of the universe around them, and made them want to be bigger-souled than they’d been so far. Somewhat further down the evolutionary path, our family does its campfire storytelling by way of audiobooks in the car.”
With Audiobooks, What Really Matters Is The Voice
Audiobook fans know the truth: The quality of the writing matters, but what affects listeners most is the quality of the reader.