“Doug Tompkins foresees a dark future dominated as he puts it by more ugliness, damaged landscapes, extinct species, extreme poverty, and lack of equity and says humanity faces a stark choice; either to transition now to a different system or face a painful collapse.”
Tag: 07.25.13
Christie’s Gets Slammed For Sniffing Around Detroit Institute’s Art
“Art critics and online commentators are blasting Christie’s, the New York-based auction house, for possibly angling for a piece of the action should the Detroit Institute of Arts have to sell part of its collection to satisfy creditors in the city’s bankruptcy.”
Alleged Bolshoi Acid Attack Mastermind Gets Final Indictment
“Lead dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko, who is accused of masterminding the acid attack that left the company’s artistic director, Sergei Filin, with third-degree burns on his face and possible loss of his eyesight, has been presented with a final indictment, police said. Dmitrichenko and two accomplices are charged with acting as a group to commit grievous bodily harm.”
Embattled President Of American Academy Of Arts And Sciences To Resign
Leslie Cohen Berlowitz “has been on paid administrative leave since early June, following reports that she had falsely claimed, on several grant applications and other documents, to have a doctorate.”
Bollywood’s Pre-History: When Movies First Came To Mumbai (Much Earlier Than You Think)
“Movies first came to Mumbai on 7 July 1896. The Lumière brothers sent a man named Marius Sestier to screen their short films to a mostly British audience at the swanky Watson hotel. … But local photographer Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar (popularly known as Save Dada) was at one of those first Mumbai shows – and he was promptly moved to order a camera of his own from the UK.”
#lpmemories: Travelers And Contributors Reminisce About Lonely Planet Guidebooks
“Swapping LPs with fellow travellers at border crossings and feeling happy your companion didn’t go to waste .” “Putting cash in socks while crossing Guatemala/Belize border. Hijacked by bandits with LP guide who went straight for my socks.” “Rode auto-rickshaw in Kathmandu to deliver travel guide ms to FedEx, delayed by goat sacrifice on airport runway.”
Report: Half Of London Theatres Fear For Their Future
The six-month study, Centre Stage, said many of London’s 105 smaller capacity theatres “face serious potential threats to their existence and may be at risk of closing”.
How Alastair Macaulay Was First Gobsmacked By Dance
“To calm down, to catch my breath, I had to step out of the Royal Opera House and walk around part of Covent Garden. … [Frederick Ashton’s A Month in the Country], new earlier that year and entirely new to me, featured Lynn Seymour and Anthony Dowell. And it was hitting me, a young man from a farming family, like a body blow.”