“In recent days, colleagues who have collaborated with Taymor in the past have been stepping up to the plate and singing her praises in articles published in print and online. The appearance of the testimonials in a relatively short time frame suggests a coordinated counteroffensive on the part of Taymor’s publicity team.”
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Why Artist Ai WeiWei Criticizes The Chinese Government
“If I am in this kind of society and if I don’t even speak up, I really feel meaningless.”
The ‘Good Cop’ Of Atheist Authors
AC Grayling has always tended to be … [less] coldly clinical in tone than Richard Dawkins, less aggressively combative than Christopher Hitchens.” As he observes, “how can you be a militant atheist? How can you be militant non-stamp collector? … It’s like sleeping furiously. It’s just wrong.”
Denver Theatre Giant Dies
“Rodney Smith, a moving force in Denver’s theater world, died of a massive heart attack March 27 in San Antonio, where he was overseeing the construction of a mega arts center. Smith was general manager of the Denver Performing Arts Complex until 2006, when he became events director at the University of Denver.”
Conductor Dino Anagnost, 67
“The longtime conductor of the Little Orchestra Society, the highly regarded New York chamber orchestra that presents concerts for children and adults, died on Wednesday at his home in Manhattan.”
Author Of New Malcolm X Bio Dies Just As It’s Published
“The book is scheduled to be published on Monday, and Manning Marable had been looking forward to leading a vigorous public discussion of his ideas. But on Friday Mr. Marable, 60, died in a hospital in New York as a result of medical problems he thought he had overcome.”
Leonard Cohen Awarded $50,000 Glenn Gould Prize
The international award is handed out every other year to a living artist who has made a unique lifetime contribution that has “enriched the human condition through the arts and manifests the values of innovation, inspiration and transformation.”
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Detained In Beijing
China’s best-known artist Ai Weiwei has been detained at Beijing airport this morning and police have surrounded his studio in the capital.
Five Browns’ Dad Sentenced For Sexual Abuse
“Keith S. Brown, the father and one-time manager of the 5 Browns classical music group, was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison by a Fourth District judge in Provo, Utah, one month after admitting that he sexually abused three of his piano-playing daughters.”
First-Ever Mikhail Gorbachev Awards Go To Inventors Of World Wide Web, CNN
“CNN founder Ted Turner, World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and Kenyan engineer Evan Wadongo are the inaugural recipients of the Mikhail Gorbachev Awards.” All three were selected personally by the former Soviet leader.