Sure, political cartoonists who satire Islam have been in the news recently, but political cartooning that incites violent reactions has a long history in Europe.
Category: issues
New Efforts To Stop Helicopters From Hollywood Bowl Flyovers
On an average night, four or five helicopter flights disrupt the music. The effect down below: “On so many nights, you see people looking up and cursing under their breath, and there’s sort of a group groan. On a good night, you can get a collective groan of 18,000 people.”
In This Connected World, The More Connected You Are The More You Influence Taste For The Rest Of Us
“If you do those things, congratulations: The world will shape itself around your taste, whenever you enter a venue that understands the value of keeping you happy. If not, well, you’re on your own, so to speak, and will increasingly be subjected to the taste of those social butterflies around you who don’t mind letting services track what they’re listening to and where they are.”
Military Vets Turn To Art To Get Over Trauma
“Although many of the veterans who try the therapy may never have had any interest in art before, there are some servicemen who actively pursue the craft and use it to reflect their experiences.”
NJ Performing Arts Center Fires Programmers, Moves Toward Pop Music Industry
“The new CEO at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center didn’t take long to shake things up. John Schreiber has fired long-time programmer Stephanie Hughley and her assistant, replacing them with a promoter with strong ties to the for-profit music industry.”
Mitt Romney Would Cut US Federal Cultural Agencies By Half
The persistent Republican presidential hopeful, an off-again-on-again frontrunner, says that “he doesn’t want to eliminate the NEA, NEH or the two other agencies but would cut their aggregate funding by half. The NEA and NEH now receive $155 million per year each – among the smallest agency appropriations in the federal budget.”
Be An iStage Manager At Your Own iCovent Garden
The Royal Opera House and game developers Hide&Seek have created an iPhone/iPad game called The Show Must Go On, “in which players become a beleaguered goatee-bearded stage manager with a whole heap of problems.”
UK Study: Private Funding Isn’t Making Up Public Funding Cuts Fast Enough
“One-third of arts organisations believe it will take until 2015 to recoup losses in public subsidy through other sources of income, new research has revealed.”
The Tax That Keeps San Francisco Arts Alive
“Fifty years ago this fall, San Francisco leaders got a novel idea to put a small surcharge on every hotel bill to fund city arts programs. Grants for the Arts was intended to be symbiotic – City Hall would use the hotel tax to fund its Ballet, Opera, Symphony, museums and music festivals, which in turn would promote San Francisco and draw more tourists.”
The Renovated Bolshoi? Feh – Mariinsky To Anchor A Whole New Cultural District
“Moscow took center stage for the arts when the Bolshoi Theater opened on Oct. 28, but St. Petersburg, the historical cultural capital, will quickly answer Moscow’s challenge with an entire cultural complex set to open in fall 2012.”