Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is an object of mythic proportions. “The passion for rebuilding the Globe emerges as a rather obnoxious default thinking for cultural leaders who have run out of ideas.”
Tag: 01.15.07
A New Twist On Censorship (Volunteers)
“Selling censorship — or even values — is oddly American. You can’t put a price on righteousness and cleanliness in a world of Hollywood smut, can you? Never mind that the logic was mind-bendingly askew.”
The Lowdown On Non-profits
“How do I love Guidestar? Let me count the ways. Guidestar.org is a Williamsburg, Va.-based website that posts all of the IRS filings of the nation’s charities and nonprofits. Guidestar itself is a so-called 501(c)(3) public charity, supported by many of the foundations it reports on.”
Interest Due – The Museum And The Leonardo Sale
Twelve years ago the Hammer Museum sold Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Leicester to Microsoft founder Bill Gates for $30.8 million. This helped “bankroll the institution’s exhibitions and programs” and since the sale, the museum has been relying on interest income from the sale. The move was, “at first glance, conflicts with the code of ethics that major U.S. museums have endorsed for decades.”
UK Film Production Way Up In 2006
“More than £840m was spent on producing 134 feature films – 50 of them entirely home-grown – in the UK in 2006. The figure is up 48% on the 2005 total of £568.8m, making it the second best recorded year for film in the UK.”
Heaney Wins Eliot Poetry Prize
Irish poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has won the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry, taking home a cheque for £10,000.