“The program, which began on Jan. 30, 1976, has in more than 200 live telecasts given millions of viewers a front-row seat to opera, orchestra, dance and theater productions at Lincoln Center, brought to air under existing performance conditions without extra lights or overly intrusive cameras.”
Tag: 06.08.12
With Information Everywhere, Why Do We Still Read?
“All literature preserves something which otherwise would die away with the flesh and bones of the writer. Reading is reclaiming the right to this human immortality, because the memory of writing is all-encompassing and limitless.”
Dish Network Chief Defends Commercial-Skipping Device As “Essential”
Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen said a new ad-skipping feature that has infuriated major broadcast TV networks is a “competitively necessary” response to the explosion of cheap Internet video. That Web video threatens the pay-TV ecosystem, he added, and it is partly caused by the TV networks themselves.
Campaign To Save Iconic “Lightning Field”
Walter De Maria’s magical “Lightning Field,” in the remote desert of western New Mexico, is showing its age. Years of rough weather have damaged the work, which was commissioned by the Dia Foundation and completed in 1977.
Why Do We Care About Abstraction?
“Despite what seems to be an innate preference for more or less literal representation of the visible world, the abstract idea remains to this day both seductive and perennially relevant. Why?”
Booker Prize-Winning Author Barry Unsworth, 81
“The Durham-born historical fiction writer died in Umbria, Italy, where he had lived for several years. He was named joint winner of the Booker Prize – the most prestigious in British publishing – in 1992 for Sacred Hunger, about the 18th century slave trade.”
Grammys Adds Back Some Categories After A Year Of Protests
“The Recording Academy announced Friday in a statement to The Associated Press that the upcoming Grammys will feature 81 categories. It reduced the number from 109 to 78 last year.”
The Off-Broadway Plays That Aren’t Broadway Material
“It’s worth noting, amid the glittery festivities, that some of the finest new playwriting to be seen Off Broadway is not necessarily Broadway-bound, and probably shouldn’t be.”
Is The Wildly Popular Shakespeare In The Park Losing Its Way?
“More and more, Shakespeare in the Park is tending away from the bedrock principle on which it was founded: that all tickets should be free.”
Benefactor Steps Up To Help Detroit Science Center From Being Liquidated
“No reopening date has been announced, and millions of dollars still have to be raised, but for the first time since it ran out of cash and was forced to close in September, the science center has a clear pathway to solvency.”