“The rise of theatre blogging has done a great deal to blur the lines between these two camps, due to the fact that more directors, actors and designers are taking to their keyboards to air their opinions, and that the internet allows artists and reviewers to talk more directly than ever before. Yet, as we can see from this week’s blogs, this situation can give rise to a number of quite knotty ethical questions.”
Tag: 08.27.09
Europe Struggles To Make Rules For Digitizing Books
“On Thursday, European officials highlighted the role that private companies like Google could play in helping financially struggling public authorities carry out the expensive task of digitizing materials like books.”
Guggenheim Sets Attendance Record With Frank Lloyd Wright Show
The 372,000 attendees made the show “the highest-attended exhibition in the museum’s history since it started keeping track of such figures in 1992, the museum said.”
Anaheim’s New Train Station Seeks To Redefine Train Travel
“It will appeal to a charming, essentially 19th century notion of the train station as a place of metropolitan arrival: a grand portal designed to deliver passengers directly into the middle of a crowded, bustling city, lending some sense of glamour to a train trip simply by a kind of architectural osmosis.”
Meet Nevada Ballet’s New Artistic Director
“We’re plucking kids out of the community, they get the training and we launch their career here or anywhere in the world. But there hasn’t been enough of a bloodline, if you will, through the academy and how our education and outreach programs feed into the academy.”
New Yorker Hires 26-Year-Old As Managing Editor
Ms. Lester, 26, a Sydney native who graduated from Harvard, used to be a fact-checker at The New Yorker and checked all-star writers Sy Hersh and Jane Mayer.
Iraq Claims It Recovered A Stolen Picasso; Experts Beg To Differ
“Authorities in the art world cast doubt Thursday on the authenticity of an alleged Picasso painting that was seized by Iraqi police south of Baghdad. A painting called The Naked Woman that police claimed was painted by Picasso was seized near the southern city of Hillah on Tuesday after the man allegedly tried to sell it for $450,000.”
Jeremy Piven Wins ‘Sushigate’ Case
“The most famous fish story on Broadway reached its conclusion on Thursday after an arbitrator found that Jeremy Piven did not violate his contract when he withdrew from the revival of Speed-the-Plow, citing a case of mercury poisoning.”
Canadian Museum Of Civilization Staff Prepare For Strike
“Employees at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum were to vote Thursday on whether to strike if they can’t reach a deal with their employer. The 420 guides, hosts and other floor staff represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada have been without a contract since April 1.”
James Kelman Throws A Hissy-Fit At Edinburgh Book Festival
The Booker Prize-winning novelist “slammed Scotland’s literary scene,” saying that “if the country were in charge of awarding the Nobel prize instead of Sweden, it would go to ‘a writer of f***ing detective fiction’ or a book about ‘some upper middle-class young magician’.”