A performance before it’s put up for auction in December. “This quartette was composed for me in my presence by Ludwig v Beethoven at Vienna Friday 28th November 1817” wrote the young English traveler Richard Ford on the manuscript. – BBC
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OPERA AS HISTORY LESSON
A new Canadian opera about a topic not much discussed: slavery in early Canada. It’s a tough subject but the reviews have been enthusiastic. – CBC
TURNING POINTE
After decades of high flying and financial stability, Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet flirts with financial meltdown. – Seattle Weekly
MARK MORRIS IN LONDON
A critic – an “admirer for two decades” attends the performance and comes away bewildered. – Financial Times
(Here’s a different take, from The Times of London.)
BUSTED
A Tower Video clerk in Dallas who sold a porno tape to a police officer gets charged with obscenity. I can’t believe community standards are different from California’s, a Tower exec told the cops. Dallas Observer
AVENUE OF THE ARTS
A decade ago, urban decay. Philadelphia’s recasting of a downtown street as a mecca of culture has been more successful than anyone thought possible. Now a plan to extend it. Philadelphia Inquirer
BUSTED
A Tower Video clerk in Dallas who sold a porno tape to a police officer gets charged with obscenity. I can’t believe community standards are different from California’s, a Tower exec told the cops. Dallas Observer
AVENUE OF THE ARTS
A decade ago, urban decay. Philadelphia’s recasting of a downtown street as a mecca of culture has been more successful than anyone thought possible. Now a plan to extend it. Philadelphia Inquirer
MICHAEL KELLY has taken pains to reassure readers –
– that The Atlantic magazine won’t change much under his charge. A few changes might be welcome, writes one critic. – Feed
DESIGN ON $15 A MONTH
That’s what Havana’s architects earn. And that, plus shoddy materials and workmanship has resulted in three decades of uninspired utilitarian architecture. But the winds of renewal have begun to waft. New York Times