“In Vancouver’s arts community, there are a lot of mixed feelings these days about the Olympics. There has been talk of boycotting the Cultural Olympiad since the recent announcement of deep cuts in B.C.’s funding for the arts – primarily through the cancellation of gaming grants.”
Tag: 09.29.09
Jackman: ‘Turn It Off … Unless You’ve Got A Better Story’
“Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig have become the latest actors to tackle the toughest theatrical challenge of all: the mobile phone that simply won’t shut up.” As they told the culprit to make the ringing stop, the confrontation was caught on video.
Memoir: Bush Denied Medal To Rowling Over ‘Witchcraft’
“A memoir by George W Bush’s former speechwriter claims that Bush administration officials objected to giving JK Rowling a presidential medal of freedom on the grounds that her Harry Potter books ‘encouraged witchcraft’.”
Conductor Falls 14 Feet Into Orchestra Pit, Breaks Back
David Ott “was walking across the Mainstage Theatre stage Friday night to retrieve a musical score just after the first performance of ‘The Widow’s Lantern,’ a full-length piece he wrote for the Pensacola Opera,” when he fell “into the basement below the orchestra pit,” landing “flat on his back.”
Details Sketchy On SFMOMA Wing For Fisher Collection
“[T]here’s no telling when those paintings and sculptures might be exhibited in a new wing – or even when we might know who the architect might be.”
Daily Beast Imprint To Publish Books At Breakneck Speed
“At Beast Books, writers would be expected to spend one to three months writing a book, and the publisher would take another month to produce an e-book edition,” followed by a paperback.