IDEAS
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Japan's Cartoon Culture Why is it that "a nation with one of the world's highest literacy rates would become so obsessed with cartoons" Men and women of all ages can be seen on the subway, in coffee shops, or at racks in convenience stores, poring over thick, bound comic books. And Japanese TV is filled with anime shows. Can't get enough of 'em. And it's not just the shows and books. Animation pervades the entire society." Slate 10/14/03
http://www.artsjournal.com/ideas/redir/20031014-31239.html
ARTS ISSUES
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Donor Demands Princeton Return $525 Million A donor who gave Princeton's business school $525 million to help train talent for the US government, is demanding the money back. "Princeton has known for decades that the goal of our foundation is to send students into federal government, and they've ignored us. Princeton has abused the largest charitable gift in the history of American higher education, and that's embarrassing. They will lose the money." Chicago Tribune 10/14/03
http://www.artsjournal.com/artsissues/redir/20031014-31247.html
Adelaide Fest Goes European "The indigenous content of the 2004 Adelaide Festival was a vexed question given the emphasis put on it last year by Los Angeles' modern opera impresario Peter Sellars before his spectacular resignation over disagreements with the Adelaide Festival board. Seemingly to avoid the issue altogether, artistic director Stephen Page, an indigenous man and artistic director of the Bangarra Dance Theatre, has programmed a strongly European festival in the conventional arts mode." Sydney Morning Herald 10/15/03
http://www.artsjournal.com/artsissues/redir/20031014-31246.html
MEDIA
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NZ Film Awards Postponed After failing to find sponsorships, this year's New Zealand National Film Awards have been postponed. "New Zealand cinema has been receiving world acclaim, with Whale Rider producing its biggest box office hit since Once Were Warriors in 1994." BBC 10/13/03
http://www.artsjournal.com/media/redir/20031014-31234.html
MUSIC
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The St. Luois Symphony's Puzzling Management Moves The financially troubled St. Louis Symphony has been doing some management restructuring. But that "restructuring" included dismissing the executive most orchestra observers believe knows the most about how to run an orchestra. So what's going on? St. Louis Post-Dispatch 10/12/03
http://www.artsjournal.com/music/redir/20031014-31249.html
Atlanta Opera's Big New Home Atlanta Opera enters a new chapter, moving into the 4,600-seat Atlanta Civic Center. "The generically functional auditorium was built in the late '60s to accommodate annual visits from New York's Metropolitan Opera, which, for most of the 20th century, was the highlight of affluent Atlanta's summer social calendar. It was only after the center's final Met performance - Verdi's "La Traviata" in May 1986 - that Atlantans, and the city's business community, were ready to support a local opera company." Atlanta Journal-Constitution 10/10/03
http://www.artsjournal.com/music/redir/20031014-31232.html
PUBLISHING
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The Booker Winner's Amazing Display DBC Pierre, who won this year's Booker, said he would use his winnings to pay off some of his many debts. "The virtually unknown author, who won for his debut novel, Vernon God Little, turned last night's prize-giving ceremony in London into an astonishing exercise in self-pity. The prize, which is 35 years old, last witnessed such eccentric scenes in 1972 when the winner, John Berger, pledged to give his cheque to the Black Power movement." The Telegraph (UK) 10/15/03
http://www.artsjournal.com/publishing/redir/20031014-31240.html
Patriot's Chilling Effect On E-Book-selling Is the Patriot Act inhibiting online bookselling? "Compared with companies that sell their wares only in stores, online businesses - particularly those engaged in selling so-called expressive materials like books, music and videos - are good candidates for law enforcement requests under the Patriot Act. While off-line customers can avoid creating an audit trail by paying cash for their purchases, consumer anonymity is hard to achieve online, where transactions typically involve credit cards and shipping addresses." The New York Times 10/14/03
http://www.artsjournal.com/publishing/redir/20031014-31238.html
The National Writers Union's Bold Gamble "The National Writers Union, founded on the premise that freelance writers can organize and demand better treatment from the industry, always seems to be tangled in one internal struggle or another. But this year, as dire economic realities set in, elected officials have been forced to make decisions that will either ensure the union's long-term survival—or cause it to self-destruct, depending on whose side you line up on." Village Voice 10/14/03
http://www.artsjournal.com/publishing/redir/20031014-31237.html
Pierre Wins Booker DBC Pierre has won this year's Booker Prize for his first novel. "Pierre, 42, is the third Australian to win the prize in its 35th year, following in the footsteps of Peter Carey and Thomas Keneally. The chairman of the judges, Professor John Carey, said his team chose Pierre by a margin of four to one." BBC 10/14/03
http://www.artsjournal.com/publishing/redir/20031014-31233.html
THEATRE
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Patrons of Playwrighting Rita and Burton Goldberg wanted to do something to promote writing for the theatre. So they called up New York University in the mid-90s and volunteered. "Since then, they have given more than $1 million to Tisch, specifically to support student playwrights. They provide scholarships, foot the bill for an annual playwriting competition and finance a master playwrights' program that during the last three years has brought John Guare, Kenneth Lonergan, Marsha Norman, Wendy Wasserstein, Tina Howe and Neil LaBute to Tisch classrooms and lecture halls for a semester apiece." The New York Times 10/15/03
http://www.artsjournal.com/theatre/redir/20031014-31244.html
Rome's New Globe Rome is getting a replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. "It has been built in only four months in one of Rome's public gardens. It is a gift to the city of Rome from a builder, and will be used for performances not only of Shakespeare's works but also for other playwrights and poets of different nationalities. Concerts will also take place inside the circular theatre, which can hold more than 1,200 spectators." BBC 10/14/03
http://www.artsjournal.com/theatre/redir/20031014-31235.html
VISUAL ARTS
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World's Most Endangered Monuments This year's World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites includes structures from every continent. Archaeology 09/24/03
http://artsjournal.com/visualarts/redir/20031014-31248.html
Prisoner For A Day - Manchester Installation Shows You What It's Like A recreation in Manchester of the American prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba invites civilians to become prisoners for a day. "The worst thing was the sensory deprivation. When I couldn't see or hear anything I wanted to panic. I jumped if someone touched me and the ground was so uneven I was scared I'd fall down. I felt euphoric whenever my mask was taken off." The Guardian (UK) 10/15/03
http://artsjournal.com/visualarts/redir/20031014-31242.html
Chair Sells For Record Price An 18th century chair bought for £300 50 years ago, has set the world record for an English chair when it sold for £386,400, almost twice the highest estimate, at a Sotheby's auction. The Guardian (UK) 10/15/03
http://artsjournal.com/visualarts/redir/20031014-31241.html
