“What is the value of the arts, and criticism of it? Really, the question becomes: are you adding to the collective richness of the local tapestry, or are you letting it fade away by turning your back on it?”
How To Attract More Multi-Cultural Audiences?
“Pay attention, Canadian theatres: Maybe your lack of culturally diverse audiences isn’t a problem after all, but an opportunity.”
British House Where Vincent Van Gogh Lived Is Turning Into An Artist’s Exhibition (About Van Gogh)
“Tourism and blue plaques make houses into biographers. The past is irretrievable. All you can do is anthropomorphise a house – like looking at the empty shell of an animal.”
Gabriel Garcia Márquez Told Producers ‘One Hundred Years Of Solitude’ Was Unfilmable
“Márquez told [Harvey] Weinstein that if he, and director Giuseppe Tornatore, wanted the rights to One Hundred Years of Solitude they were the men for the job. But there was one catch: ‘We must film the entire book, but only release one chapter – two minutes long – each year, for 100 years,’ Weinstein said.”
Searchers Find Thousands Of Copies Of Atari’s ‘ET’ Video Game In A New Mexico Landfill
“The ‘Atari grave’ was, until that moment, a highly debated tale among gaming enthusiasts and other self-described geeks for 30 years. The story claimed that in its death throes, the video game company sent about a dozen truckloads of cartridges of what many call the worst video game ever to be forever hidden in a concrete-covered landfill in southeastern New Mexico.”
Britain’s Favorite Piece Of Classical Music Comes Out Of The Darkness Of WWI
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “The Lark Ascending” isn’t just a pretty pastoral piece, despite its overwhelming popularity at emotionally laden moments on British TV. Or so say the musicians, anyway.
As The Music Biz Mutates, The Best Place For Concerts Might Just Be Your Living Room
“A key added element of secrecy comes from the fact that the venue is revealed only a couple of hours before the show. Invitations are sent out to those who sign up to a mailing list.”
The Author Of ‘Wolf Hall’ On The Difference Between Novels And Theatre (And A Lot More)
“I am used to turning things over in the silence and privacy of my mind for hours and hours. In the theatre it is not like that. When you are in rehearsal and asked a question the answer has to come back immediately. I have made a profession of doubting myself, so it is something very new to be instinctive.”
Deep Reading Can Change Your Distracted Life (And Your To Be Read Pile)
“As a reader, I am fickle, promiscuous and easily distracted. Sitting at home, I can’t concentrate for the pull of text messages and emails.”