The Colorado Symphony’s on the rocks financially and could collapse soon. But why? “Questions abound, and the symphony has done little to respond to them. Instead, it has issued only puzzling news releases to subscribers and media alike with non sequiturs, such as, ‘the reason that these facts are concurrently factual.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Pacific Standard Time Comes With A Price Tag, Paid Partly By The Getty
The Art Newspaper runs the numbers on the Getty’s grants for the massive, six-month-long celebration of visual arts in L.A.
What’s The Sound Of A Sound Union Striking? – AFTRA May Show Us Soon
Want to hear anything as you watch your favorite T.V. shows and movies? Then hope for a contract resolution for the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists.
You’re In Paris: Why Not Go Read The Opera House?
Charles Garnier’s design – in response to a bombing that killed more than 150 people – defines understanding of the arts in 19th century Paris. But the building’s more than lovely: If you know the language of architecture, you can read the building like a book.
Long Live The Idea! Or The Ideas Conference, Anyway
“Ideas are emerging as a kind of performance art; a salon for the masses, a form of entertainment at once new and old. On the one hand, ideas festivals recall the days of town hall meetings or speaking tours by authors such as Charles Dickens and Mark Twain. On the other, they are plugged into social media networks and the imperative to be entertaining or provocative: lecture hall erudition meets theatresports.”
Literary Detectives, Technology Mavens And More At Campus Libraries
Maria Shine Stewart: “I have asked plenty of questions – as have my students – and we never leave empty-headed or empty-handed. We may have our own search approach, complementary and valid. But in partnership with academic librarians, we make quicker progress than flying solo. And my library colleagues remind me to be fearless in my race? sprint? jog? with technology.”
Love Indie Bookstores? So Do Writers (In The UK)
The Guardian highlights independent bookstores of all stripes and kinds in this multimedia package. Authors tout their faves, in cities and towns all over Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Weeklong Cooling Off Period For Striking Philly Stagehands
“Barnes told a few dozen striking members outside the center to put away their signs but assured that the union would continue to demand increases in wages and benefits, improvement in working conditions and protection and expansion of their jurisdiction.”
New York Film Goes Bollywood
The New York Film School is opening a branch near Delhi, and some welcome the influx of U.S. actors and ideas.
Want To Buy That Painting? Wave Your Hand At The Screen
At least one credit card giant “is tinkering with a new prototype that’s going to make racking-up ginormous credit card debt as easy as sitting on your futon, watching tube and snapping your finger. Quite literally.”