“British writers and readers just can’t stop fighting the second world war. It ended nearly 70 years ago, but it’s as though the guns have just fallen silent.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Does Europe Really Exist Anymore – And Should It?
“Maybe the EU has served its purpose. Maybe its task of reconciling states after the destruction of the Third Reich, the USSR and Yugoslavia has been fulfilled. Maybe we don’t actually need an EU any more.”
Toss Your 3-D Glasses And Get Overwhelmed By Art And Technology In Montreal
At Montreal’s new Satosphere, watching movies is hardly passive – it’s fully immersive. “Now we have a created a playground for the next century,” says the theatre’s president.
From Radiators To Graffiti: The Material History Of Spray Pain
How did spray paint get its start? As a way for a salesman to show off colors for radiator paints. To put it mildly, things have changed.
Ira Glass Could Give A Damn If Radio Survives (So Stop Asking Him!)
This American Life’s Ira Glass: “For some reason radio seems to survive, and I believe it’s because as long as there are cars with radios and people are lazy, people will get into a car and turn on a radio. And thank God people are fucking lazy. And like radio sort of just is there.”
Ripped From The Headlines, Directly To The (Radio) Stage!
Three months after riots shocked parts of London, a radio play takes on the drama — and it’s just the first in this season’s list of riot scripts greenlit for theatre audiences.
Parents Break The Law With Their Kids And Facebook (Maybe The Law Is Wrong)
About 55 percent of children under the age of 13 have Facebook accounts, with the permission and support (and maybe control) of their parents. If preteens want to use the internet, should federal law stop them?
A Designer Who Changed Hollywood Has Other Talents Too
Why are old movie credits boring lists, while newer credits feel like part of the film? Thank Saul Bass, a graphic designer whose talents have transformed more than movies.
Where Did The Meloy Siblings Get Their Creativity? Maybe Blame Montana
Maile Meloy’s won acclaim and awards for her writing, and Colin Meloy’s an international music star with the Decemberists (and now a writer as well). How did this happen? Colin: “There was a weird level of trust given us by our parents and the greater adult world. An understanding that we wouldn’t grow up to be creeps.”
Footloose But Not So Fancy Free For An American At The Bolshoi
The first American to be named a principal dancer at the Bolshoi says he’ll never be a Bolshoi dancer, but he’s ready to meet the weight of expectations. First, he might have to learn to stop smiling so much.