“The tower had to be an exception to everything – from afar and up close. The new design would stand alone in the skyline, meaning it needed a dramatic profile. But in the square, it had to honor Trinity Church.”
Tag: 09.29.11
DC’s Historic Lincoln Theater Will Close Without Bailout
“The historic Lincoln Theatre is on the verge of closing, unless it is offered a $500,000 bailout by the D.C. Council.” The city-owned venue “is a historic landmark in D.C. for its role as the cultural heart of ‘Black Broadway,’ a phrase coined by singer Pearl Bailey.”
Salzburg Festival’s New Director Wants Only New Stagings
“Alexander Pereira says revivals will be the exception at the famed festival under his leadership. He also says he plans to stage a Salzburg premiere each year of an opera not previously performed at the festival.”
Why Are England’s Museums Losing “100’s Of Thousands” Of Young Visitors Each Year?
“It’s a direct result of schools anticipating a likely curriculum change away from creative arts courses. You can’t ask kids to pay to travel to London museums on their own. I also think it’s about teaching morale. It’s just another consequence of government policy.”
Sports Performance Psychology Applied To Music
“In the past, performance anxiety was rarely discussed; if anything, it was seen as a Darwinian way of separating those fit for a solo career from those doomed to teach. Today, performance psychologists advertise their services as coaches, not shrinks, providing musicians the same concrete tools and drills offered athletes and CEOs.”
Why Is “Wicked” A Monster Hit In London? Young People
It is the ninth longest-running musical currently playing in London and the 18th longest-running musical of all time in Theatreland. According to Michael McCabe, executive producer for Wicked in the UK, 58% of audience members are under the age of 35. “And they’re not all teenage girls – it is still very much couples in the their 20s and early 30s,” he said.
Protests Over Appointment Of New Chief For Versailles
“The appointment of a former journalist as the director of the Palace of Versailles outside Paris has provoked a wave of criticism with charges of cronyism levelled at the new chief of the 17th-century château.”
New Promise In Digital Humanities Studies?
“Humanities research is often derided as gauzy and esoteric, and therefore undeserving of tax dollars. Amid financial crises, humanities departments at many public universities have been razed. But even amid cuts, there has been a surge in interest in the digital humanities — a branch of scholarship that takes the computational rigor that has long undergirded the sciences and applies it the study of history, language, art and culture.”
Canadian Supreme Court To Decide If Cable Companies Should Pay To Carry Broadcast TV
“Cable and satellite companies currently carry over-the-air network TV signals without paying for them. The Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday it will hear a case that could determine if cable and satellite companies must pay broadcasters to retransmit their television signals.”
City Inspector Shuts Down Bargemusic
“A meeting with the inspector broke up on Wednesday, just hours before a scheduled recital by the pianist Victoria Korchinskaya-Kogan, and that he was forced to immediately close.”