“Arts organizations in Seattle have complained for years about waning TV coverage. So earlier this year, the 5th Avenue Theatre teamed up with KING 5 TV to craft a solution: Arts groups would start paying for coverage by buying segments on a new daytime talk show called New Day Northwest – segments not labeled as commercials.”
Tag: 04.27.10
Masses Of Marimbas Marauding Through Minnesota
“That sound you may hear all over the Twin Cities in coming days is a marimba – or maybe many marimbas. Percussion performers from around the world are descending on Minnesota for ‘Marimba 2010’ – maybe the biggest marimba event ever.”
A Braille-Type Code For Reading Facial Expressions
A set of researchers believes it may have solved “a challenging problem: how to let visually impaired ‘see’ others’ emotions. To make this possible the research group has developed a new technology based on an ordinary web camera, hardware as small as a coin, and a tactile display. This enables the visually impaired to directly interpret human emotions.”
The Problem With RSC’s Twitter ‘Romeo And Juliet’
Charlotte Higgins: “It is possible that I am just too old for this kind of thing. But for a start, Twitter’s public, right? So it somewhat stretches credibility to think that Romeo and Juliet would use it to conduct their secret love affair. Second – the whole thing’s interminable. It’s been going for a fortnight, and we’ve only just had Romeo and Juliet falling for each other.”
Glasgow Arts Venues Face Strike
“Staff at Glasgow cultural venues, including the Tramway and Glasgow City Halls, are set to go on strike on Friday after voting to take action over what they describe as attacks on pay and conditions by the parent company which operates the sites.”
England’s Free Theatre Ticket Program Runs Out Of Money For Publicity
“A Night Less Ordinary, the government-launched free theatre initiative, has come under fire yet again after it emerged that the entire communications budget for the scheme has already been exhausted, despite the fact that the project has nearly a year to run and is still well short of its stated target of giving away in excess of 500,000 free tickets to under 26 year olds.”
Glenda Jackson May Lose Her Parliament Seat
The multiply-honored actress gave up performing for politics nearly two decades ago and has been the MP (Labour) for a north London constituency since 1992. But with voters tired of Gordon Brown’s government and intrigued by the Liberal Democrats, she faces the real prospect of defeat at the hands of an opponent too young to remember her acting career.
Roman Sculptures, Feared Stolen, Are Removed From Auction
“Dr David Gill, reader in Mediterranean archaeology at Swansea University, said that the four antiquities bore soil traces that indicated they were excavated during illegal digs. Images in the Bonhams auction catalogue show the same sculptures cleaned and restored.”
Tacita Dean Recounts The Making Of Her Cunningham Film
“[W]e started filming on 4 November 2008, the day of the presidential elections, which we all celebrated together in the hotel: Obama became Merce’s 17th president. … We had three days to film, and I asked everyone to wear the same clothes each day,” but “Merce wore a maroon fleece on day two – a continuity error I failed to notice.”
A Former US Poet Laureate Reflects On The Post
Charles Simic: “The Republicans, especially, are always worried that someone in the arts is undermining the religious and family values of our country. They suspect poets of being subversives, free-thinkers, sex-fiends, and drug addicts. Their fears are not entirely without foundation. There have not been many American poets, living or dead, you’d want to bring home to meet your grandmother or have speak to your Bible study group.”