At the Lincoln Center, City Ballet’s sleek new media center languishes as contract disputes drag on. But the future might be HD-projection-bright, eventually.
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The Bad And Fabulous Week Of A Czech Cubist
After four of Czech cubist Emil Filla’s paintings were stolen, one of his paintings sold for a record-setting price in Prague — and then another Filla painting, this one seized in Vienna because of a lawsuit, returned to Prague and stands at the center of a controversial new Czech policy about artwork.
Do Your Parents’ Music Tastes Determine Your Own?
The Guardian (UK)’s music staff weigh in – and tell tales of giving back.
Long Before MTV, There Was This
In the search for the earliest music video, there’s a Holy Grail. And it’s been found.
Umberto Eco, On Loving Paranoia And Conspiracies
The author of “The Name of the Rose” and the new “The Prague Cemetery” says, “The paranoia of the universal conspiracy is more powerful because it is everlasting. You can never discover it because you don’t know who is there. It is a psychological temptation of our species.”
‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark’ Is Paying For Itself – And Making Money
The saga continues, and the ideas for recouping the $75 million investment do as well: “The most unusual idea: adding new scenes and perhaps a new musical number to the New York “Spider-Man” every year, making it akin to a new comic book edition, and then urging the show’s fans to buy tickets again.”
Illustrator Who Lost Fingers In Robbery Gets Help From Fellow Artists
The auction raised more than €60,000 for illustrator Alexandra Trotsenko, who had three fingers cut off during a 2009 robbery in Dublin.
The Invention Of Bluetooth Goes Back To Inventor Hedy Lamarr, Of Course (Wait, What?)
Hedy Lamarr lived a glamorous, if challenging, life as a beautiful film star during the day. And at night, during WWII, she basically invented modern wireless technology.
Shakespeare Addresses Italy; Italy Responds
How did Shakespeare deal with Rome – and how did Rome (and Giuseppe Verdi) deal with Shakespeare? Let these books explain the cultural and temporal triangle.
If You Must Take Children (Or Grandchildren) To The Nutcracker …
Then this article has some serious tips for you.