Thursday, may 19 - - ArtsJournal Yesterdays: Daily Arts News

137 performances. There are still plans for a national tour starring Maureen McGovern... Playbill 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:44 pm

Anti-Commercial Theatre That Isn't Non-Profit Seattle's Capitol Hill Arts Center is a classic non-profit theatre that has chosen not to run as a non-profit. "CHAC, pronounced 'shack,' is for-profit, meaning it gets no public and private donations. CHAC survives on ticket sales, building rentals and concessions. Yet CHAC also is anti-commercial and has no intention of using the tools designed to protect nonprofits from having to bow to the bottom line – government grants and fund-raising campaigns." The News Tribune (Tacoma) 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:15 pm

A Repertory Ensemble Company For Tacoma? Tacoma Actors Guild Theatre, which shut down operations last December, is considering an idea to create an old-style salaried repertory company. "Years ago, acting companies were the foundation for many of the country’s greatest theaters, but they fell out of favor because of the expense of keeping actors on salary." Under the plan, TAG would cast a company of 12 to 20 actors contracted for one year in January. The News-Tribune (Tacoma) 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:10 pm

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Publishing

What We Really Want In Books - Get Happy! Our hunger for happiness books is virtually unslakable. "It seems to be an American phenomenon. We buy can-do books that teach us to fix our problems. It's like having your own personal life coach, and it's less expensive than seeing a shrink." Philadelphia Inquirer 05/19/05
Posted: 05/19/2005 8:53 am

Penguin At 70 Penguin Paberbacks are 70 years old this year. "Nowadays, there are some 5,000 different titles in print at any time, translated into up to 62 languages. But what makes Penguin one of the world's most enduring publishers?" BBC 05/19/05
Posted: 05/19/2005 7:57 am

Ex-Paris Review Editor Has New Publication Brigid Hughes, George Plimpton's successor at The Paris Review, who was forced out of the publication earlier this year, has a new project - editor of "A Public Space". The new publication's "focus will be on two art forms no longer in fashion — fiction and poetry. Magazines such as Collier's and The Atlantic Monthly once served as starting points and sustainers for poets and fiction writers, from Wallace Stevens to F. Scott Fitzgerald, but few major publications highlight such work anymore. Hughes' contract was not renewed at The Paris Review earlier this year, amid reports that the board of directors wanted more nonfiction and a more commercial approach." Yahoo! (AP) 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:51 pm

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Media

Europeans Eye Movie Distribution Over The Web Culture ministers from across Europe see the internet as a way to improve distribution of European culture and compete against Hollywood. "The fact this discussion has taken place in Cannes this year and the fact all these culture ministers, ISP providers and industry figures have got together to discuss it, shows that using online distribution is imminent." BBC 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 4:47 pm

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Dance

Kudelka - More Time For Choreography National Ballet of Canada sources say James Kudelka was not forced out of the artistic director job this week. Kudelka wanted more time to spend on his choreography. "You've got to ask yourself a question, if you are James Kudelka: 'How many great years of choreography do I have in me? And do I take my salad years and spend them doing performance appraisals or joining in funding calls or all the other ancillary things you have to do as artistic director?'" The Globe & mail (Canada) 05/19/05
Posted: 05/19/2005 7:43 am

Shocker: Kudelka To Leave Canada's National Ballet The National Ballet of Canada was shocked Wednesday when artistic director James Kudelka announced he would step down. "I am proud that the National Ballet is now a different company than the one I inherited and has developed its own role in the dance world, rather than emulating others. When I watch the company perform, I know that they are giving a performance that you could not see anywhere else." CBC 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:10 pm

Ballet West Dancers Charge Bad Faith By Management "Ballet West dancers have asked the American Guild of Musical Artists to file unfair labor practice charges against the company with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging management has refused to bargain in good faith." Deseret News (Utah) 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:03 pm

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Thursday, may 19

Visual Arts

Who Buys This...Stuff? Auction season in Manhattan is a two-week spending spree of paddle-waving rich people and art dealers in Prada suits, all of them vying for highbrow booty at Christie's and its archrival, Sotheby's. The regulars were asking questions like "How much will the Hopper fetch?" and "Which house will gross more?" But if you'd never visited Planet Expensive Art, you didn't care about that, not after you spotted those Friedmans. After that, all you could wonder is: How does an artist peddle his doody, not to mention his doodle? And here's another stumper: Who would buy it? Washington Post 05/19/05
Posted: 05/19/2005 7:12 am

Klimt Paintings Dispute Goes To Arbitration In Austria A dispute about ownership of six Gustav Klimt paintings looted by Nazis was settled out of court Wednesday when both sides agreed to put the matter before a three-member arbitration panel in Austria. "They'll decide two questions. How did Austria gain title to the paintings? And have the conditions for restitution under the 1998 law been met?" The New York Times 05/19/05
Posted: 05/19/2005 7:04 am

Seattle Art Museum Loses Curator, Faces Expansion Pressures The Seattle Art Museum lost its chief curator last week (Lisa Corrin leaves in October to be director at Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, Mass). With SAM working on major expansion with a space-doubling addition and a big new sculpture park, the timing isn't great... Seattle Weekly 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:29 pm

Surrealist Paintings Tied Up In Mexican Court Three dozen paintings by esteemed surrealist Remedios Varo are in legal limbo in Mexico. "The dispute centers on who owns 39 paintings first lent and then given to Mexico City's Museum of Modern Art in 1999 by Walter Gruen, an Austrian and also a World War II refugee who was Varo's supporter and lover the last 11 years of the artist's life. Varo's niece Beatriz Varo Jimenez of Valencia, Spain, has contended in a Mexico City family court that she is Varo's rightful heir and that Gruen had no right to give the works to the museum. The niece won a crucial judicial round in March. But Mexico's National Institute of Fine Arts is claiming that the works are state patrimony and is appealing the verdict." Los Angeles Times 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:07 pm

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Music

Chicago Lyric In The Passing Lane Chicago Lyric Opera is a juggernaut of efficiency. "The 91 performances given last season generated box office revenues of more than $30 million, on an operating budget of $58.2 million. Fundraising topped $21.5 million, the highest in the company's history. Of that amount, $5 million came from Lyric's sold-out golden jubilee concert in October. The endowment campaign reached its goal of $50 million." Chicago Tribune 05/19/05
Posted: 05/19/2005 8:14 am

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, U Of Minnesota Merge Forces The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the University of Minnesota have signed a deal to tie their programs together. It "includes a shared conductor who will lead several ensembles in the university's School of Music, as well as join the SPCO staff. Beyond bringing orchestra members into closer contact with university students for hands-on training, the music school intends to develop courses and a doctoral degree program that addresses realistic and sometimes sobering career prospects for the next generation of professional musicians." The Star-Tribune (Mpls) 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:59 pm

Tucson Symphony Proposes Cuts The Tucson Symphony is proposing salary cuts, but the musicians so far aren't convinced. "TSO Executive Director Susan Franano would face a 10 percent cut of her $82,712 annual salary. Music Director George Hanson, who is paid $92,000, could see an 8.5 percent to 10 percent reduction. Musicians for the 76-year-old orchestra, could face around a 5 percent cut." KVOA (Arizona) 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:56 pm

How The Internet Is Creating Fans For Bands Independent bands are finding that internet "social networking" sites are building audiences for them. "Artists are using the site to build massive social networks and spread the word about upcoming shows and CD releases. Startup bands like My Chemical Romance have launched careers exclusively through MySpace, collecting more than 100,000 fans through the service." Wired 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:47 pm

Coming To A Concert hall Near You (Video Game Music?) Promoters are anxious to produce concerts of music found in popular video games. A sold-out concert in Los Angeles this week proved there's an enthusiastic audience... Wired 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:41 pm

The Symphony Without The Symphony (It Can Be Done) "Many commentators have pointed out that the survival of the symphony is dependent on the vitality of the institution that has nurtured it, the symphony concert. This brings up another concern: How is that institution to survive if all that it offers are overplayed exercises in nostalgia? In other words, can a symphony concert succeed without a symphony? A pair of extraordinary concerts at Avery Fisher Hall by a visiting orchestra from Bamberg, Germany, argued persuasively that it could." New York Observer 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:39 pm

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Arts Issues

National US Forums To Discuss Common Problems "Americans for the Arts and the MetLife Foundation have announced a series of 20 national arts forums to take place from coast to coast during the remainder of 2005. The goal of the MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum series is to identify as many major shared issues as possible and, more important, the strategies being developed to tackle them." Backstage 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:24 pm
Even On Sale, Tourists Avoiding The US "At the start of what should be a booming summer season, with the entire country virtually on sale because of the falling value of the dollar, an international pall has settled over the US travel industry. More foreign tourists are coming to the US but not in the numbers expected. The problem is not economic, but political, travel and international-relations experts agree. A poor US image abroad, coupled with overblown concerns about visa and security hassles, is keeping international visitors away." Christian Science Monitor 05/19/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 4:44 pm

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People

Bill T - Still Speaking His Mind More than 10 years after a controversial essay trashing his work appeared in the New Yorker, Bill T. Jones still finds himself having to defend himself. "An articulate and forceful advocate for his work and his company, Jones is keenly analytical and self-aware. In conversation, he spools off tightly argued paragraphs aglint with references to John Cage, Euripides, Merce Cunningham, high modernism, Marcel Proust, avant-garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage and Krishna consciousness. His programs invite viewers to trace references, make comparisons and find patterns." San Francisco Chronicle 05/19/05
Posted: 05/19/2005 7:35 am

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Theatre

The Great American Musical Project The American Music Theatre Project is a $2 million, multiyear endeavor designed to turn Northwestern University into the "leading collegiate incubator of new works of musical theater. If all goes according to the long-range plan, future summers in Evanston will feature a variety of music-theater professionals working with students on new musicals in a developmental atmosphere somewhat akin to the Sundance Theatre Institute or a musical version of the Williamstown Theatre Festival or the Iowa Writers Workshop." Chicago Tribune 05/19/05
Posted: 05/19/2005 8:10 am

A New Plan For New Musicals "The American Music Theatre Project, which has a $2 million budget for its initial three-year trial period, will bring top artists in the field to the Northwestern Unigversity campus to collaborate with the school's students, and with a faculty that already includes professional artists -- among them Frank Galati and Mary Zimmerman -- who have national and international reputations. During this period, four new shows, each in various stages of completion, will receive high-level public productions in one of the school's many theaters." Chicago Sun-Times 05/19/05
Posted: 05/19/2005 8:07 am

Little Women To Go Dark Producers told the cast of Little Women the Musical May 17 that the production at Broadway's Virginia Theatre would close May 22 after 55 previews and 137 performances. There are still plans for a national tour starring Maureen McGovern... Playbill 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:44 pm

Anti-Commercial Theatre That Isn't Non-Profit Seattle's Capitol Hill Arts Center is a classic non-profit theatre that has chosen not to run as a non-profit. "CHAC, pronounced 'shack,' is for-profit, meaning it gets no public and private donations. CHAC survives on ticket sales, building rentals and concessions. Yet CHAC also is anti-commercial and has no intention of using the tools designed to protect nonprofits from having to bow to the bottom line – government grants and fund-raising campaigns." The News Tribune (Tacoma) 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:15 pm

A Repertory Ensemble Company For Tacoma? Tacoma Actors Guild Theatre, which shut down operations last December, is considering an idea to create an old-style salaried repertory company. "Years ago, acting companies were the foundation for many of the country’s greatest theaters, but they fell out of favor because of the expense of keeping actors on salary." Under the plan, TAG would cast a company of 12 to 20 actors contracted for one year in January. The News-Tribune (Tacoma) 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:10 pm

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Publishing

What We Really Want In Books - Get Happy! Our hunger for happiness books is virtually unslakable. "It seems to be an American phenomenon. We buy can-do books that teach us to fix our problems. It's like having your own personal life coach, and it's less expensive than seeing a shrink." Philadelphia Inquirer 05/19/05
Posted: 05/19/2005 8:53 am

Penguin At 70 Penguin Paberbacks are 70 years old this year. "Nowadays, there are some 5,000 different titles in print at any time, translated into up to 62 languages. But what makes Penguin one of the world's most enduring publishers?" BBC 05/19/05
Posted: 05/19/2005 7:57 am

Ex-Paris Review Editor Has New Publication Brigid Hughes, George Plimpton's successor at The Paris Review, who was forced out of the publication earlier this year, has a new project - editor of "A Public Space". The new publication's "focus will be on two art forms no longer in fashion — fiction and poetry. Magazines such as Collier's and The Atlantic Monthly once served as starting points and sustainers for poets and fiction writers, from Wallace Stevens to F. Scott Fitzgerald, but few major publications highlight such work anymore. Hughes' contract was not renewed at The Paris Review earlier this year, amid reports that the board of directors wanted more nonfiction and a more commercial approach." Yahoo! (AP) 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:51 pm

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Media

Europeans Eye Movie Distribution Over The Web Culture ministers from across Europe see the internet as a way to improve distribution of European culture and compete against Hollywood. "The fact this discussion has taken place in Cannes this year and the fact all these culture ministers, ISP providers and industry figures have got together to discuss it, shows that using online distribution is imminent." BBC 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 4:47 pm

Click here for more Media stories...

Dance

Kudelka - More Time For Choreography National Ballet of Canada sources say James Kudelka was not forced out of the artistic director job this week. Kudelka wanted more time to spend on his choreography. "You've got to ask yourself a question, if you are James Kudelka: 'How many great years of choreography do I have in me? And do I take my salad years and spend them doing performance appraisals or joining in funding calls or all the other ancillary things you have to do as artistic director?'" The Globe & mail (Canada) 05/19/05
Posted: 05/19/2005 7:43 am

Shocker: Kudelka To Leave Canada's National Ballet The National Ballet of Canada was shocked Wednesday when artistic director James Kudelka announced he would step down. "I am proud that the National Ballet is now a different company than the one I inherited and has developed its own role in the dance world, rather than emulating others. When I watch the company perform, I know that they are giving a performance that you could not see anywhere else." CBC 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:10 pm

Ballet West Dancers Charge Bad Faith By Management "Ballet West dancers have asked the American Guild of Musical Artists to file unfair labor practice charges against the company with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging management has refused to bargain in good faith." Deseret News (Utah) 05/18/05
Posted: 05/18/2005 5:03 pm

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