The key words here are “neurobiological capital” and “metaplasticity.”
Tag: 11.03.16
50 Years Ago Disaster Struck Florence As The City Flooded, Damaging Priceless Art
“The flood was a pivotal moment in the history of conservation in terms of the development of new methods and techniques, key lessons learned, the formation of lasting relationships and, significantly, attracting a younger generation to the field. It is being marked by a series of events in Florence and Venice (which also sustained extensive damage).”
Maybe It Made Sense For Shakespeare’s Globe To Part Ways With Emma Rice
Terry Teachout argues that the London press’s “general meltdown” over Rice’s sacking sudden resignation as artistic director is misguided, and that the Globe’s press release was basically telling the truth. But that doesn’t mean the Globe hasn’t treated Rice badly.
The Ballerina Who Got Away – From New York, From Seattle, From Ballet – Comes Back (For Now)
Carla Körbes became a professional at New York City Ballet, but left because she wanted a greater variety of repertoire; she went to Pacific Northwest Ballet and had a brilliant career, but retired at age 33. (“I wasn’t having fun anymore,” she says.) But up at Vail, Damian Woetzel got her back onstage, and she’s about to dance Martha Graham in New York.
Chinese Conglomerate Pays $1 Billion For Dick Clark Productions
“Dalian Wanda, a real estate and entertainment corporation owned by a billionaire who has aggressively pursued US film companies in recent years, … already owns AMC Theaters, which it bought in July for $650m, and the production company Legendary Entertainment, which it bought in January for $3.5bn.”
2016’s Word Of The Year Is ‘Politics’ Most Important Contribution To The English Language Since Watergate’
Actually, there will be several Words of the Year: Collins Dictionaries is just the first to announce; we’ve yet to hear from Oxford and Merriam-Webster. We wouldn’t be surprised, though, if they all choose this word.
The Lawsuit Over Broadway’s ‘Great Comet’ Is Officially Over (But The Adversaries Still Despise Each Other)
“The unusually ugly who-gets-how-much-credit-for-a-big-Broadway-musical battle was officially resolved on Wednesday, when the commercial producers of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 agreed to revise the show’s Playbill to give more specific credit to Ars Nova, the nonprofit theater that commissioned the show. … But it appears that hard feelings remain.”
Kay Starr, Country/Pop/Jazz.Blues/Hillbilly Singing Star, Dead At 94
“[Her] hits, for better or perhaps mostly for worse, defined her in the public mind as an empress of schlock pop, an impression that overshadowed a vast amount of high-quality, less commercial work that was widely revered among reviewers and her musical peers.”
America’s Most Un-Christian Church Came To Picket Juilliard, And Juilliard’s Students Rickrolled Them
“Protesters from the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church took a break from their regular pious activities – such as demonstrating at soldiers’ funerals and proclaiming ‘god hates f*gs’ – to picket Thursday morning in front of the Upper West Side’s Juilliard School in Lincoln Center.” (Their stated reasons are quaintly Calvinistic.) Dozens of the school’s young musicians responded by doing what they do best.
Jason Reynolds, C.E. Morgan And Susan Faludi Win 2016 Kirkus Prizes
“The prize, awarded by the literary publication Kirkus Reviews, doles out $50,000 apiece along with the honors in each category. Judges plucked the three winning books from the pool of more than 1,100 books that received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews in roughly the past 12 months.”