Artists in Wales are concerned that the government does not seem to be looking for a new director of Arts Council Wales. “As yet, no successor has been appointed to Mr Davies – and the post has not been advertised, even though Mr Davies steps down at the end of March.”
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America’s Largest Free Jazz Fest May Have To Charge
San Jose’s summer jazz festival calls itself the “largest free jazz festival in the United States.” But that designation may be about to change. The festival may have to start charging: $5 a person for an all-day pass. “The reason for the charge: rising operational fees coupled with a loss of corporate sponsors Ford, Chevron and Applied Materials. The festival costs almost $1 million and, much to their disappointment, organizers said, only $60,000 comes from a city that has just designated $4 million for a car race.”
Dylan Show Closes In San Diego After Another Draft
“Director-choreographer Twyla Tharp’s surreal spectacle set to Bob Dylan songs is now somewhere between Draft 2 and the final Draft 3 that will open on Broadway this fall. Those terms come from Tharp herself, who calls a private workshop performance of the fledgling show last year in New York “Draft 1” and the Globe show of two months ago “Draft 2.” In residence here since early December, the workaholic Tharp has attended most of the 65 performances since previews began.”
“Movin’ Out” Dancer Sues Show For $100 Million
She “says in the lawsuit that she was repeatedly humiliated and intimidated in front of other cast members by the show’s stage manager about an increase in the size of her breasts, which necessitated alterations to her costumes.”
Security Camera Images Of Tunick’s Nudes Show Up For Sale
Pictures of naked people participating in one of Spencer Tunick’s photos of mass nudes have shown up for sale. The pictures are from security surveillance cameras. “We’ve spoken to a number of officers and police staff and as a result two members of police staff are in the process of being suspended.”
Internet – Not Just Mostly Men Anymore
“Once a medium dominated by men, the internet now draws approximately equal proportions of male and female users in the United States. Top search engines and portal sites draw about the same numbers of men and women. A recent Pew Research Center study found that men and women are about equally likely to go online to buy things, make travel arrangements or do their banking. Even so, it’s the differences between the sexes’ behavior online that intrigues marketers.”
A Florida Community Goes For Something Different In A Cultural Plan
The city of Delray Beach Florida commissioned a new cultural plan, and the authors of it tout it as something new: “What’s interesting about it is that it is focused on taking the city’s inherent cultural assets and using them as building blocks in a way that addresses the always-on, experience-oriented, don’t-make-me-sit-in-a-seat-and-watch-you-perform nature of culture today. There are no cookie-cutter solutions in this report. No build a new performing arts center just like the one down the street to compete.”
Will Today’s Games Change The World?
“An entire generation has grown up with a different set of games than any before it. Just watch a kid with a new videogame. The last thing they do is read the manual. Instead, they pick up the controller and start mashing buttons to see what happens. This isn’t a random process; it’s the essence of the scientific method. Through trial and error, players build a model of the underlying game based on empirical evidence collected through play. As the players refine this model, they begin to master the game world. It’s a rapid cycle of hypothesis, experiment, and analysis. And it’s a fundamentally different take on problem-solving than the linear, read-the-manual-first approach of their parents.”
UK’s Tenor Phenoms (Oh Really?)
So there are currently three tenors on the UK Top Ten charts. Or are there? “Just because somebody sings something in Italian doesn’t mean it’s opera. I suppose you could call them tenors, but don’t call them operatic tenors. Their voices are not good enough and most of the repertoire is desperate.”
Verizon Makes Deal For Programs From CBS
CBS has struck a deal with Verizon to carry the network’s programming. “The wide-ranging agreement gives Verizon’s FiOS TV the right to carry CBS’ analog and digital signals as well as video-on-demand content from CBS and its company-owned stations. Terms of the deal weren’t announced, but sources said it was likely to average upward of 50 cents per subscriber.”