“So, enter Borusan Holding. The name isn’t snappy, and nor is the company’s raison d’être – the supply of steel pipes around the country. But, motivated by its philanthropic founder, it endows its cultural foundation with some $8 million (£5.3 million) a year. The orchestra, possibly the first in the world to be both owned and run by a private company, is its prize asset.”
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Gauging The Worth Of Previews
“Previews right before opening of a big show are often the best performances to attend. The opening-night countdown is on. Nobody is missing a show. Anticipation is in the air. The bosses are still in the room, raising everybody’s game. There is that almost spiritual sense of creativity.” But there are drawbacks, too, to seeing a show before it opens.
Why Arts Education Is Necessary To Train Workers For The 21st Century
Author Daniel Pink (A Whole New Mind) is making a name for himself with his theories about left-brained and right-brained thinking and the demands of the workplace as we move from the Information Age to what he calls “the Conceptual Age.” And he’s giving speeches to educators and business leaders about how important arts education is in preparing students to cope with the Conceptual Age.
The Light Bulb Above Your Head When You Have An Idea? It’s Not Just A Metaphor
“Now comes still another study on how our surroundings interact with our unconscious minds … It concludes we’re more likely to come up with insights if we’ve been exposed to that universal symbol of brilliant ideas: a glowing light bulb.”
Salzburg Easter Festival Opens After An All-Too-Turbulent Lead-In
“The past three months have seen the renowned Easter festival engulfed by allegations of corruption which forced the resignation of one director and coincided with the apparent suicide attempt of another. With its reputation on the line after weeks of lurid headlines, the 43-year-old Osterfestspiele will attempt to pick itself up: 85% of tickets have been sold and the show, organisers say, must go on.”
Welsh Town Kills Public Art Project After Protest Petition
“The £400,000 Turbulence project by Mexican artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer was set to fill the River Teifi in Cardigan with 127 buoys fitted with LED light sources. Microphones along the quayside would have recorded the voices of passers-by, setting off the lights. But local opposition has helped scupper the five-year venture.”
Ted Pillsbury, 66. Longtime Director Of Kimball Art Museum
“Ted was one of the latter 20th century’s most important museum directors. He was, in some ways, single-handedly responsible for turning the Kimbell from an institution with a great building into one whose collection matched its architecture in quality.”
‘Dear Poppa,’ A Pre-Catcher Salinger Writes To Hemingway
“Writing from a hospital in Nuremburg, Germany, Salinger offers that nothing is wrong with him except ‘an almost constant state of despondency,’ and that his purpose in writing was ‘to talk to someone sane.'” In the 1946 letter, about to go on view at Boston’s JFK Library, Salinger implores Hemingway “not to sell [his latest novel] to a movie producer.”
One-Third Of Americans Go Online At Public Libraries
“The finding confirms what public libraries have been saying as they compete for public dollars to expand their services and high-speed Internet access: Library use by the general public is widespread and not just among poor people.”
Is Listening To Music Really A Multitasking Activity?
“I’ve been experiencing a creeping sense of dread recently when it comes to iTunes, a dark hunch that technology has impoverished the actual experience of listening to music.” As a kid, “I considered listening to an album an activity in and of itself. It was not something I did while working on homework, let alone while checking e-mail or thumbing out text messages.”