Meet a legendary, even mythical, support group in Portland, run by Chuck Palahniuk: “I recognize several of the attendees: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Abraham Verghese, Eoin Colfer.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Ubiquitous Beethoven, And What U.S. Pop Culture Thinks About Him
“Early fans turned the composer from a cultural hero into a god of sorts, a fountainhead of edifying, ‘ethical’ music.”
Will EU Law Ruin UK Art Dealers? Or Is That All Bollocks?
Art dealers in Great Britain aren’t best pleased with a law that gives heirs of artists a percentage of resale money, but heirs say the dealers’ protests “sound like a load of nonsense.”
To Save Choreography, Write It Down – Or Film It
Dancers need to learn a multitude of choreographed steps, but is the best method through a notated score or through video? And what does a notator do, anyway?
Irreplaceable Archives Destroyed By Fire In Egyptian Clashes
“The Institute of Egypt was set on fire two days ago and the building is still smouldering. It had housed national archives going back over two centuries and its paper archives have now been largely been destroyed.”
Want Award Nominations? Be British (Of Course), And Deal In War
Want a nod for the Golden Globes or even the Oscars? Get into war (movies). “Filmmakers are offering a kind of master class in the history of warfare, interpreted through everything from classics, to spy novels, to biopics and kids stories.”
Oscars Academy Goes All Out – Outside, That Is, With New L.A. Theatre
What’s the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences up to now, other than crossing its fingers that more Oscars hosts won’t quit? Building. “The 17,000-square-foot outdoor space is designed to function as a venue for showing classic films and is expected to open in May.”
How The New York Times Deals With New Music, And How Insiders Do
“My gut reaction when I first read it was disbelief that this trend was being presented as being something new, as many of the changes and innovations that were mentioned seemed old hat to those of us who live and breathe new music.”
Who Will Win The (Meerkat Holiday Book) Battle Of Britain?
That’s right: The Brits like their meerkats. Celebrities in the U.K. fight it out for top holiday meerkat book status.
Singer OK After Eight-Foot Drop At The Met
Mezzo-soprano Wendy White, who fell Friday night when a platform buckled on the set of Gounod’s “Faust” at the Metropolitan Opera, seems not to have been hurt badly.