“A study released last week found that people remember 10 percent fewer objects and roughly 12 percent fewer details about the objects they’ve seen if they’ve photographed them rather than simply looked at them.”
Tag: 12.18.13
12 Pivotal Moments in Opera in 2013
For WQXR, Philadelphia Inquirer critic (and ArtsJournal blogger) David Patrick Stearns cites the Wagner/Verdi/Britten anniversaries (naturally), a thrilling Monteverdian battle, seedy Baroque opera in a strip club burlesque house, and the hot new opera score he stole from the neighbor’s trash.
With Largest Donation in Its History, Philadelphia Museum of Art Completes Endowment Campaign
With philanthropist (and Inquirer co-owner) Gerry Lenfest making good on his $27 million matching grant, the museum has a new $54 million endowment to fund 29 staff positions.
Audrey Totter, Femme Fatale of Film Noir, Dead at 95
The star of Lady in the Lake and The Postman Always Rings Twice “could twist daggers with the subtlest arch of her perfectly plucked eyebrows.”