In the American Idol-style semifinals and finals next week, it will be up to the audience to chose the winner. That’s after excerpts from the six semifinalists are performed, then critiqued by a panel of experts.
Tag: 03.10.11
3D: Not Just For Blockbusters Anymore
From documentaries by European auteurs like Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog, to the feature-length films of everything from classical opera to the Isle of Man’s world-famous TT motorcycle race, it seems the stereoscopic craze is no longer confined to the Hollywood blockbuster or computer-animated cartoons. The age of 3D arthouse has finally dawned.
Mandela Papers Online
A collection of Mandela’s journals while in prison, private letters and notes he scribbled while seated at high-level meetings are some of the articles that will soon be released on the Internet.
London’s Donmar Warehouse Theatre Gets A New Leader
Josie Rourke will take up the position on January 1, 2012, taking over for Michael Grandage who will step down at the end of this year after a decade in the role, the theater announced on Thursday.
National Book Award Winners Announced
Jennifer Egan won for fiction for “A Visit From the Goon Squad.” In nonfiction, Isabel Wilkerson, a former reporter for The New York Times, won for “The Warmth of Other Suns”
Big Changes, Afoot, Audience Complaints As Spider-Man Falters
Broadway group sales offices were being inundated Thursday with complaints and concerns from organizers who had planned trips to New York to see “Spider-Man” after its previously scheduled March 15 opening.
Smithsonian Criticized For Inexpert Artifacts Show
Archeologists are criticizing the Smithsonian Institution over a planned show of objects salvaged from a shipwreck in the Java Sea, saying that the company that recovered the objects from the wreck did not observe professional archeological standards in doing so.
Study: Naps Boost Brain Power
The “Nap” group performed significantly better at learning tasks when tested later in the day in comparison to subjects who did not take a lengthy nap.
Steinway – Smithsonian Puts The Great Piano Pioneer Online
“When the Smithsonian Institution learned that one of this dynasty’s central characters, William Steinway (1835-1896), recorded his experiences of 36 years in a near-daily diary the museum set about putting all 2,500 pages online.”
NPR Resignation Doesn’t Mollify Republican Foes
“Our concern is not about any one person at NPR, rather it’s about millions of taxpayers,” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said after Schiller’s resignation. “NPR has admitted that they don’t need taxpayer subsidies to thrive, and at a time when the government is borrowing 40 cents of every dollar that it spends, we certainly agree with them.”