Heating bills so the four-screen cinema does not get damp, water rates, insurance, monthly servicing projector costs, card reader machine contracts, IT costs and staff tax and national insurance have all contributed to the huge monthly outgoings. – BBC
Tag: 10.16.10
Australia’s Next Cultural Capital? Brisbane. (Brisbane?!?)
Queensland is, in Australian terms, sort of a cross between Texas and Florida, and the Sydney and Melbourne elites have long dismissed its capital city. But an arts-loving state premier, a wave of funding and building, and a general feeling of optimism are buoying Brisbane’s cultural scene.
New Jersey PAC Moves Into Urban Development
The arts center’s founding CEO is stepping down next June to head up a venture – wholly owned by NJPAC – to develop real estate immediately adjacent to the complex. The project’s aim is to diversify sources of revenue for NJPAC and to act more directly in the renewal of the center’s neighborhood in downtown Newark.
A Comedic Opera (and Movie) About a Canadian Prime Minister (This Is Not an Oxymoron)
“Rhombus Media, the film company behind such movies as The Red Violin and Passchendaele, has invested $3.75-million [Cdn] into creating a full-scale comedic opera based on [Brian] Mulroney’s life and turning it into a feature-length film” with music by Alexina Louie.
Court Says MFA-Boston May Keep Disputed Kokoschka
“The federal Appeals Court in Boston has found that the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston owns a valuable 1913 painting by expressionist Oskar Kokoschka, ruling that the statute of limitations had run out on an Austrian woman’s assertion that she was the rightful owner.”
How Cuban Dancers Are Changing Ballet
Octavio Roca: “As we speak, Cubans are very much in the same position that Russians were in the 70s and 80s. The Russians, when they left the Soviet empire and were going everywhere, they influenced dance tremendously with people like Makarova, and Nureyev and Baryshnikov. … Well, that’s what’s happening right now – it’s happening with the Cubans. … [In] the front ranks, in the middle ranks, and more important as teachers, you find Cubans everywhere.”
Ditch PBS, Sure. But How Are You Making KCET Better?
“KCET has to act on its long-discussed and only fitfully realized plans to produce more programs. It has to create something new and lively. Otherwise its dramatic decision to chuck PBS will result only in shifting its audience to competitors, led by Orange County-based KOCE, which will continue to carry PBS’ national programs.”
Fox Channel Blocked From Cablevision Customers
“Unable to strike a new deal, the signals of News Corp.’s Fox television stations in New York and Philadelphia disappeared from roughly 3 million Cablevision Systems Corp. homes at midnight on the East Coast.”
Who Will Be The Next Director Of The Colorado Symphony?
“When choosing new music directors, orchestras tend to opt for different types of podium leaders from what they had before. Given that the Colorado Symphony’s two previous leaders were American-born, it is a good bet that it will think internationally this time around.”
The Arts, An Owners’ Manual
How long should you look at a painting for? Where are the best seats for ballet?