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DÉJÀ VU At the Farewell
I took a personal interest in Melena Ryzik’s post today to the ArtsBeat blog of The New York Times, since it involved plans for the final performances by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Ryzik reported that the visual artist for this occasion...
The ‘Other’ Bicentennial?
Perhaps it was just a shortcoming in my reading habits, but I found it interesting that The New York Times was already revving itself up for the bicentennial of the birth of Frédéric Chopin on January 2, while the first notice that Chopin shared...
Brace Yourselves!
For those who do not yet already know, 2010 is the bicentennial of the birth of Frédéric Chopin; and, according to a post by Larry Rohter to the ArtsBeat blog for The New York Times, Poland wasted little time in getting the honors for its native...
France Takes a Stand on Digitization
In the context of Robert Darnton’s efforts, in the latest issue of The New York Review, to make sense out of the legal muddle over the digitization plans behind the Google Book Search effort, yesterday’s news from Paris, as reported by...
What Alec Baldwin Brings to the New York Philharmonic
It had to happen sooner or later. Today’s Web edition of The New York Times has a piece by Daniel Wakin that will appear in the Arts and Leisure Section of this Sunday’s paper edition. The subject is Alec Baldwin in his new role as the...
Yasmina Reza’s Guilty Pleasure?
Whenever it feels as if everyone is telling me that I have to see a show, I tend to start looking for reasons to run the other way. Several years ago, while on a business trip to the East Coast, I found myself with an evening to myself in Manhattan;...
The Consciousness Industry Flexes Its Muscles
Two weeks ago, when we were still ramping up to any Congressional vote over health care reform, I wrote the following remark about the impact of the “consciousness industry” on any likely outcome: Thus, the future of health care will rest...
Entertainment Wins More Ground on Television
The first time I had a cable feed delivered to my home (a condominium in Stamford, Connecticut), the thing I enjoyed most was the Headline News channel run by CNN. This was before HBO offerings were particularly interesting; and, while “A&E”...
