“The rock-carved underground church is located within a castle in the center of Nevşehir … It is reported that some of the frescoes here are unique. There are exciting depictions like fish falling from the hand of Jesus Christ, him rising up into the sky, and the bad souls being killed.”
Foreign-Accent Syndrome – The Words Are The Same, But The Accent…
“Foreign-accent syndrome is similar to aphasia, a communication disorder that can cause a variety of speech problems, often after a stroke or brain injury. But that doesn’t explain psychogenic foreign-accent syndrome. And, if patients’ speech is just impaired, why would that register as a different accent?”
Report: Arts Industries Contributed £5.4 billion To UK Economy In 2014
“Published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the report also shows that the creative industries as a whole grew at almost twice the rate of the wider economy last year.”
Judge Finds Against Pacific Northwest Ballet In Dispute With Transit Agency
“A King County Superior Court judge has ruled that Sound Transit may pay fair-market value for a ballet school in the route of the planned East Link light rail in Bellevue and not the higher replacement value the school sought.”
Of Theatre, TV And Movies – A Playwrights’ Dilemma
“For the bulk of my life, “TV writer” has been a gentle euphemism for “failed playwright.” A serious theatre person would barely admit to having a television, much less watching one. Those days are long gone.”
That Snowstorm Cost D.C. Arts Orgs Millions In Lost Revenue
“Bad weather is always a risk for arts organizations, but the monster storm was especially damaging because it hit on a weekend – when more shows are scheduled – and lasted several days. It also scuttled several popular performances, making rescheduling patrons much more tricky.”
Denise Duval, 94, Poulenc’s Favorite Soprano
“Denise Duval didn’t set out to be a muse. In 1947, … she was rehearsing Madama Butterfly at Paris’s Opéra Comique when a voice bellowed from the darkened auditorium, ‘That’s the soprano I need!’ It was Francis … For the next sixteen years – until the end of his life – Denise Duval was his colleague, his friend, his inspiration.”
Costa Award For Book Of The Year Goes To Frances Hardinge’s ‘The Lie Tree”
“The prize has been selecting a book of the year since 1985, choosing from the categories of novel, first novel, biography, children’s book and poetry. It has been compared to choosing between ‘bananas and chicken curry’ by one former judge. The only other children’s book to win was The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman, in 2001.”
MoMA Backtracks On The Most Ambitious Parts Of Its Expansion Plan
“The Museum of Modern Art has decided to forgo the retractable glass wall. And it no longer plans to install a floor that moves up and down nor a new entrance to its sculpture garden. Responding to criticism, the museum and its architecture firm, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, have dropped the splashiest elements of the expansion plan they disclosed two years ago.”
Jonas Kaufmann Pulls Out Of Met’s New ‘Manon Lescaut’, And Roberto Alagna Steps In
The Met says that Kaufmann has withdrawn from the production, which opens on Feb. 12, due to illness. Alagna, who has never sung the lead tenor role, is stepping out of the Met’s current run of Pagliacci in order to learn it.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 01.26.16
The Virtual Arts – Have It Your Way?
C-NET came away from this month’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas pronouncing that virtual reality is going to displace traditional porn. … Why should you care? Because virtual reality and its cousin “augmented” reality are getting heavy investment far beyond the porn industry, … and a new generation of immersive viewer-controlled experience is about to take off. …read more
AJBlog: Diacritical Published 2016-01-26
Engaging Early Music
I recently had the opportunity to meet with leaders of several arts groups in Seattle. One was Gus Denhard, executive director of Seattle’s Early Music Guild. In the course of the conversation, he told me … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2016-01-26
Frank Collett, RIP
Producer Dick Bank reports that pianist Frank Collett died of liver failure yesterday in Pasadena, California. Collett was 74. He led his own trio and in the course of his career worked with Louis Armstrong, … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-01-26
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Indonesia To Get Its First International Modern Art Museum
“The private institution will be called the Museum MACAN, for Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara, an Indonesian term for archipelago. It is being built and financed by the Indonesian businessman and collector Haryanto Adikoesoemo.”
Another NY Gallery Blocked From Facebook After Posting Artist Photo
For the second time since his eponymous Bushwick gallery opened, Christopher Stout logged onto Facebook to find that his account had been frozen. The gallerist, whose interest lies in “subversive art,” had posted an image of Lisa Levy, who plans to sit naked on top of a toilet for two straight days in order to call out “the bullshit trendy art dialogue” that she says is plaguing the art world.
How We Did Shakespeare In Sign Language: A Deaf Theatre Company At The Globe
Paula Garfield, director of Deafinitely Theatre: “Rehearsing was a painful, slow process. We began with a two-week translation stage: it’s not about simply doing it word for word. … Even translating the title into BSL was difficult. I began with the signs for ‘love’, ‘work’ and ‘loss’ – but that doesn’t really make it clear.”