“Inside, it’s a warren of neon plastic slides, tunnels, water jets and pools, alongside elaborate, surreal underwater styling. There’s a lazy river, a 40ft freefall drop inside a plastic tube, and a wave pool designed to mimic the ocean that many Chinese visitors will never have seen.”
Tag: 04.06.12
How Theatre Is Shrinking In The Recession
“From an artist’s perspective, going lean can be fairly constricting. San Francisco playwright Mark Jackson laments that the new ethos has come full circle: Playwrights won’t write large ensemble plays anymore because nobody wants to stage them.”
Sarajevo Marks 20 Years Since War With Red Chairs, Cellist
“Sarajevo on Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Bosnian war. Exhibitions, concerts and performances are being held, but nothing can match the impact of hundreds of rows of red in the same square where it all started on April 6, 1992.”
Thieves Steal Artefacts Worth £1.8 Million
Thieves stole two 18-century jade works from Durham University’s Oriental Museum in a night raid. Three people have been arrested, but the items have not been recovered.
The Canadian Jazz Legend, And The German Jazz Fans
“It’s a little known chapter in the career of Canadian music legend Oscar Peterson — he played a series of private concerts and recorded some of his best work for a small German jazz label in the 1960s in the Black Forest.”
In Chicago, A Regional Theatre On A Roll, Without Awards
Charles Newell, artistic director of Chicago’s Court Theatre, keeps a spotless office and is garnering an ever-mounting reputation in regional theatre – but award committees haven’t noticed. Does that matter?
Critics Mock Kinkade – But Why Did His Work Matter So Much To So Many ?
Andrea Wolk “Rager defines Kinkade’s appeal as ‘the aesthetics of nostalgia.’ She notes that sociologists consider nostalgic longing a response to feeling uprooted or unmoored, while some psychologists link it to an unconscious desire to return to the womb. She contends that Kinkade’s images, with their soft light, rain-slicked streets, and general aura of gentle reassurance, speak to both of those primal pulls.”
What’s Killing Indie Bookstores? The Publishers
If it weren’t for digital rights management – and the Big Six publishers’ desperate need to cling to it – we might have a viable independent bookstore online e-book seller by now.
Mobile Library Cuts Mean Far Less Access To Books In The Rural UK
Massive cuts to mobile library services in the U.K. mean that the population least likely to have access to Amazon and other online booksellers also are now the least likely to have library service. “The cuts are having a disproportionate effect on the elderly and people in remote communities, who rely on the library vans for their reading material.”
Streaming Magazines – The New Way To Read?
“This is a pretty big deal. It’s a little like if Hulu Plus just included every new show from the four networks, HBO, Showtime, Disney, AMC and ESPN. Or to use a different metaphor: this is a cable subscription for the most popular magazines in the world.”