Cleveland voters are being asked to approve a new tax on cigarettes to fund the arts. Now an arts backer has filed a complaint requesting that “Philip Morris and Seman be found in violation of the Ohio Revised Code for attempting to influence the results of an election without identifying the group or person responsible for that attempt.”
Tag: 10.18.06
Why Is San Francisco So Ugly?
San Francisco is a beautiful city. And yet, it has more than its share of ugly buildings. “Architecturally speaking, San Francisco has been like a beautiful, rich woman who has never developed an interest in cooking and serves TV dinners to her family, then occasionally—somewhat frantically—hires caterers whenever she has company for dinner. OK, it’s an imperfect analogy, but you get the idea.”
The Greatest Film Composer Of All Time?
Jan Swafford considers the mix – it’s not just about number of scores or technical chops…
McClelland – Is Famed Canadian Publisher A Shell?
Fabled Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart is 100 years old. “But the historic firm that is being celebrated, while still the home of Canada’s most famous writers, including Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Leonard Cohen and Michael Ondaatje, has been reconfigured in the past six years in ways that might be causing Jack McClelland to spin in his grave.”
When It Coms To TV, Canadians Are Different From Americans
“Fascinating details of the fall TV ratings from Nielsen Media now provide evidence that Canadian taste differs from American taste when it comes to the increasingly complex game of switching channels.”
Stage Star Search (Canadian Edition)
Flamboyant Canadian theatre producer Garth Drabinsky is going into TV. He’s making a new show “focused on what Drabinsky calls ‘a national search for young Canadians who share a passion for the performing arts and are blessed with a combination of talents in the disciplines of acting, singing and dance’.”
Washington’s Theatre Lobby Shutting Down
“The organization existed as a performance troupe from 1950 to 1972, then reconvened in 1985 as a theater support organization. Now most of the 15 Lobby members are in their 70s and 80s, some living in retirement communities. Seeing the plays, voting on the awards, raising funds for the small cash prizes and the event to hand them out has become too much.”
Boston’s First New Museum In 100 Years To Open Dec. 10
Boston’s new Institute of Contemporary Art will open Dec. 10, three months later than planned. “The museum postponed the slated Sept. 17 public opening with only weeks to go, citing small but significant construction problems. The $51 million building will be the first new art museum in Boston in nearly a hundred years.”
Tracing Lichtenstein Back To The Source
An art teacher has found and catalogued “almost every comic book panel later blown up and sold for megabucks by 1960s Op Art icon Roy Lichtenstein. So far, David Barsalou has about 140.” So what about the original artists? Are they owed anything?
Hollywood Gets A Film Fest
The Hollywood Awards have “become the first mandatory stop on the flashbulb-and-red-carpet-lined moving sidewalk of self-congratulation that is the awards season. Primarily seen as a publicity vehicle for late-year releases, the awards show and its promoters have lately made pretensions to Oscar oracling.”