“Three months after its grand opening gala, the $7.5 million Arsenal Center for the Arts in Boston is struggling to book its new space and facing the resignations of two top officials. The Arsenal Center for the Arts serves as the home for New Repertory Theatre and the Watertown Children’s Theatre and also contains spaces for art shows, classes, and dance performances.”
Tag: 12.09.05
Latino Dancers Come To US Companies
Latinos have begun to shine in ballet and are taking U.S. stages by surprise…
Another Year Of Declining Audience For Stratford Fest
Canada’s Stratford Theatre balances its budget, but “paid attendance for its 15 productions was 540,000, down 5 per cent from the 568,715 patrons it drew in 2004. In fact, this was the third consecutive year that attendance declined, after reaching an all-time high in 2002 of almost 673,000.”
Urban Sprawl Bad? Maybe Not
“Sprawl has been as evident in Europe as in America, and can now be said to be the preferred settlement pattern everywhere in the world where there is a certain measure of affluence and where citizens have some choice in how they live.”
Venice Biennale Director To Join Philadelphia Museum
Curator Robert Storr is joining the staff of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. “Storr, a graduate of Swarthmore who has taught at Tyler School of Art, the University of the Arts, and the University of Pennsylvania, will continue to teach at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts and hold his position as director of the 2007 Venice Biennale.”
SF Mayor: Architecture Matters
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom wants to make quality architecture a priority in his city. “He takes potshots at predecessors who allowed “a dumbing down of quality.” He says developers should be held responsible for how their buildings look, and he wants the city to be known for new landmarks as well as old favorites — even if some people cringe at what they see.”
Predock Wins Architecture Gold Medal
Architect Antoine Predock wins the 2006 Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects. In announcing the award yesterday, the AIA saluted the New Mexico architect for an approach “born out of his geographic surroundings, the American West, an open desert full of history and expansive space.”
Publishers Push For Jail Time For Illegal Downloaders
The head of the Music Publishers Association wants to escalate its war on illegal downloading. He says the group does “not just want to shut websites and impose fines, saying if authorities can ‘throw in some jail time I think we’ll be a little more effective’.”
La Scala’s Big Opening Success
After much conjecture about it, La Scala’s opening night went off as a success, and English conductor Daniel Harding proved himself. Thursday’s headline in the Italian daily La Repubblica read, “Harding, the Boy Maestro, Opens the Era for the New Scala.” And in Corriere della Sera, the headline was, “Harding Conquers La Scala.”
Blame For French Riots? How About The Rappers?
“For more than a decade, French rap has been the voice of the banlieues, the poor suburbs, and it has long been full of warnings of violence to come in those areas. Last week, 200 politicians backed a petition by MP François Grosdidier calling for legal action against several hip hop musicians for their aggressive lyrics.”