“The Music Center’s Mark Taper Forum will receive a $30-million interior renovation beginning in July, Music Center officials said Monday. The remodeling project, expected to continue through mid-2008, will include doubling the lobby space by relocating restrooms to a downstairs lounge and upgrading the auditorium with more comfortable seats and improved acoustics.”
Tag: 01.30.07
Theatre Troupe In Tow, Pastor’s Accuser Visits Church
“The former male prostitute whose accusations against New Life Church founder Ted Haggard led to Haggard’s dismissal as pastor has paid a visit to the megachurch. … Jones visited on Sunday with members of a New York-based theater troupe, The Civilians, who are researching a project on evangelicals.”
Online, Nickelodeon Gets Interactive
“Nickelodeon, the popular children’s cable network, is pushing hard into the online world with Nicktropolis.com, a new Web site that will let its young users enter their own world of Internet activities. The Web site, which is to be activated today, is aimed at children ages 6 to 14, and plays heavily to their appetite for games….”
Acceptance Speeches: One Rerun After Another
“Because this season has already brought three televised awards shows without a single surprise in the acting categories, the winners’ acceptance speeches have been hemmed in by an unusual problem: The same old people to thank and too many opportunities to do it.”
From The Battlefield, In The First Person
“The aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry flew in on his own plane. George Orwell took his pen to the battlefield and nearly died when he was shot through the neck. Arthur Koestler was locked up by Franco supporters.” A traveling exhibition examines the eyewitness journalism of the Spanish Civil War.
Israel Philharmonic: Cherished But Challenged
As the 70-year-old Israel Philharmonic Orchestra “prepares for a short American tour that begins on Tuesday at Carnegie Hall, the orchestra shows some of the same ills as traditional orchestras everywhere and special problems that stem from the special nature of Israel.”
Study Undermines “Pollocks”
A Harvard study casts more doubt on the authenticity of three Jackson Pollock paintings. “The yearlong study found that a pigment in one of the paintings wasn’t introduced as artists’ paint until 1996, and a pigment on a second work has been available only since 1971. Pollock died in 1956, having completed his most famous works from 1947 to 1950.”
Glenn Tetley, 80
“Glen Tetley, an American choreographer long popular in Europe whose pioneering fusion of ballet and modern dance challenged taboos and rattled purists but influenced major companies worldwide, died on Friday in West Palm Beach, Fla.”
British Library To Scholars: Pay To Play?
The British Library is having major budget problems. And for the first time in its history, the library “may have to start charging researchers for admission to its famous reading rooms. With a threat of cuts of up to seven per cent to its £100 million budget, money-saving measures are being lined up at the library, which has a collection of 150 million items.”