“Mayra Worthen, founder and former artistic director of Ballet San Antonio, is launching Ballet Hispanico de San Antonio, a Latin-oriented company of classically trained dancers.”
Tag: 08.29.13
What Isaac Asimov, Back In 1964, Thought 2014 Would Look Like
“Past predictions about the future oftentimes fail miserably – or at least produce a few giggles. In 1949, Popular Mechanics predicted that future computers would at least ‘weigh no more than 1.5 tons.’ … [But] Asimov, writing for the New York Times about the 1964 World’s Fair, was nearly spot-on with a few predictions for what would turn up at a 2014 World’s Fair.”
Stand-Up Comedy At The Large Hadron Collider
“Despite the one about the Higgs boson that goes to church (you can’t have mass without him) and the atom certain it lost an electron (it’s positive), physics isn’t exactly renowned for its jokes. However, the CERN laboratory in Switzerland [hosted] its first standup comedy night on Friday night with six research scientists.”
Why Artistic Innovation Is Difficult In Boston
“While there are flashes of great cultural programming, there is way less of it than a city of Boston’s size and talent deserves, especially at the neighborhood level. Boston spends a minuscule amount per capita on arts compared to similar cities. Our public art offerings are pathetic by comparison.”
Why I Turned To Self-Publishing
“I was sick of rejection and waiting for agents to get back to me while my books waited in slushpiles. That route clearly didn’t work and I’d wasted enough time trying it.”
Los Angeles City Council Votes To Lift Mural Ban
“The action represents a culmination of years of hearings on a new regulatory scheme for murals. It seeks a balance between clashing interests: reviving the city’s muralist tradition; protecting neighborhoods from unwanted intrusions of large, sometimes controversial artworks; and controlling a proliferation of advertising in the guise of art.”
Is Exotic Dance Art?
“When courts make a determination as to what is and is not art, they are not on the most solid ground.”
Peter Gelb Talks About Opera’s Future
“Today the notion that high art can also be entertainment is anathema to those who think that genius is not suited to accessibility and that opera presentations should be a Spartan exercise. This concept has potentially threatened opera’s very existence, resulting in the staging of some operas over the last several decades that misguidedly deconstruct familiar plots, thereby depriving audiences — particularly new ones — of the satisfaction of being able to follow the original storylines.”
The Women Who Run Classical Music In Washington DC
“In an era in which women are told to “lean in” and recognize the inequities that still exist in the workplace, but in which female leadership is also becoming more common, the question is: Does this matter? And the consensus from female leaders seems to be: We’re not sure.”
Minnesota Orchestra Management Makes Play-And-Talk Offer To End Lockout
“Under the proposal, musicians would return Sept. 30 for two months under the tenets of the old contract while negotiations continue to find a new deal. If there is no agreement by then, a 24 month contract would go into effect that would reduce musicians base pay to $87,000 (management says average annual pay will be $102,000).”