Nica Burns: “I pushed past everyone into the theatre and straight into the auditorium. It was unimaginable. About 112 years of thick black dust had come down. … It was like a stricken ship – that’s the only image I can think of with all the debris.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 02.18.14
The Under-resourced Nonprofit Sector – Crisis or Chimera?
Source: Field Notes | Published on 2014-02-18
The Invasion of San Francisco, and Intellectual Property
Source: CultureCrash | Published on 2014-02-18
Jamming with Mozart from MTT to Perm
Source: Condemned to Music | Published on 2014-02-19
Potato Bravo
Source: Out There | Published on 2014-02-18
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Why Won’t China Let More Foreign Films In?
“A need for more movie theaters is holding back government support for an expanded quota of foreign films allowed in Chinese theaters.”
NY Arts Journalist Attacked, Hospitalized – Police Are Investigating As Hate Crime
Randy Gener had surgery at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital for a fractured skull and swelling in his brain, his sister told the Journal. He was awake by Sunday afternoon, but his speech made no sense, she said. “My understanding is the road for recovery is going to be very long.”
Ai Wei Wei Comments On The Vandalism Of His Work In Miami Museum
“The protest itself may be valid but to damage somebody’s work to do that is questionable.” The artist told CNN that the destroyed vase doesn’t bother him because his work has been damaged before.
Study: What Makes You Happy? Being Creative
In a study of college students, “people who reported feeling happy and active were more likely to be doing something creative at the time.”
Streaming Now To Be Included In UK Singles Charts
“In the UK, music streaming increased by 33.7% in 2013 and now accounts for nearly 10% of revenues from recorded music. In the last year 7.4 billion songs were streamed via premium or ad-funded music services.”
Violinist Vanessa-Mae Runs The Giant Slalom In Sochi (Slowly, But She Did It!)
“Short on both style and speed, she finished a distant last of 67 racers who completed the giant slalom. Her time of 3 minutes, 26.97 seconds over two runs was 50.1 seconds slower than the new Olympic champion, Tina Maze of Slovenia. But she was just thrilled to have taken part.”
Members Of Pussy Riot Arrested In Sochi, Accused Of Stealing Handbag
“Ten people were arrested, including Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, the Pussy Riot duo who were released from prison in December, as well as local activists and journalists.”
Hip Hop Group Puts Its Back Catalog Online (For Free). But There’s Just One (Or Two) Problems…
“While it’s understandable for any artist to want to be able to make their classic works available for new audiences on the formats that young consumers especially are using, it’s unlikely that De La Soul actually controls the rights to the music they’re giving away, so they could be putting themselves at significant legal risk.”
President Obama Apologizes To Art Historian For His Joke
“What I did NOT expect is that THE MAN HIMSELF would write me an apology. So now I’m totally guilty about wasting his time.”
How Do You Put Kung Fu on Stage and Make Sure No One Gets Hurt?
“There was an audible thud when Ari Loeb fell on his backside in the midst of a scrappy, eight-against-one brawl … [while] rehearsing the finale of Kung Fu, the new play by David Henry Hwang about the martial arts master Bruce Lee.”