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Christian Science Monitor | Arts/Entertainment
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
'The Waltons' movies in a new three-disc set, OK Go's lastest album, eco-conscious 'No Impact Man'out on DVD, and more. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
A new mouthwatering book on artisan cheeses, singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston's lastest album, History Channel's new 'American Pickers' series, and more. ...
After social upheaval, clubs and small publishers have sprung up in the East African nation as new outlets for literary expression. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Elvis at 75 on CD, Alexander McCall Smith’s latest novel, ‘Shadows of Russia’ film festival on Turner Classic, and more. ...
Egypt salvages its modern treasures
With Cairo in transition, collectors scramble to save a fading era. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Susan Boyle's 'Dream' CD, McCartney concert magic at New York's Citi Field, D.C.'s holiday celebrations on TNT, and more. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
'The Waltons' movies in a new three-disc set, OK Go's lastest album, eco-conscious 'No Impact Man'out on DVD, and more. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
A new mouthwatering book on artisan cheeses, singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston's lastest album, History Channel's new 'American Pickers' series, and more. ...
After social upheaval, clubs and small publishers have sprung up in the East African nation as new outlets for literary expression. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Elvis at 75 on CD, Alexander McCall Smith’s latest novel, ‘Shadows of Russia’ film festival on Turner Classic, and more. ...
Egypt salvages its modern treasures
With Cairo in transition, collectors scramble to save a fading era. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Susan Boyle's 'Dream' CD, McCartney concert magic at New York's Citi Field, D.C.'s holiday celebrations on TNT, and more. ...
NYT > Television
Arts, Briefly: Smaller Audience Still Wins for ‘Idol’
A final audition episode of “American Idol” drew 20.8 million viewers on Wednesday night. ...
Frances Buss, Pioneer of Early Television, Dies at 92
Ms. Buss helped establish the talk show, the game show and the cooking show as television staples. ...
Television: ‘Lost,’ Nearing End, Nods to the Beginning
Tuesday night’s season premiere of “Lost” seemed to be trying to strike a balance between the show’s convoluted mythology and its more human, character-driven dimension. ...
Television Review | Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities: Australia’s Drug Wars, Seething and Savage
DirecTV’s 101 Network has picked up “Underbelly,” an R-rated Australian series that dramatizes three decades of drug wars in Melbourne and Sydney. ...
Video Game Review | Mass Effect 2: Dragging Out a Galaxy Rescue
Mass Effect 2, more refined but less complex than its predecessor, melds the combat of a shooter with the storytelling and characterizations of a role-playing game. ...
Creators of ‘Lost’ Say the GPS Unit Is Plugged In
The end of the story of the mysterious island is near, although it hasn’t even been written yet. ...
Christian Science Monitor | Arts/Entertainment
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
'The Waltons' movies in a new three-disc set, OK Go's lastest album, eco-conscious 'No Impact Man'out on DVD, and more. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
A new mouthwatering book on artisan cheeses, singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston's lastest album, History Channel's new 'American Pickers' series, and more. ...
After social upheaval, clubs and small publishers have sprung up in the East African nation as new outlets for literary expression. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Elvis at 75 on CD, Alexander McCall Smith’s latest novel, ‘Shadows of Russia’ film festival on Turner Classic, and more. ...
Egypt salvages its modern treasures
With Cairo in transition, collectors scramble to save a fading era. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Susan Boyle's 'Dream' CD, McCartney concert magic at New York's Citi Field, D.C.'s holiday celebrations on TNT, and more. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
'The Waltons' movies in a new three-disc set, OK Go's lastest album, eco-conscious 'No Impact Man'out on DVD, and more. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
A new mouthwatering book on artisan cheeses, singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston's lastest album, History Channel's new 'American Pickers' series, and more. ...
After social upheaval, clubs and small publishers have sprung up in the East African nation as new outlets for literary expression. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Elvis at 75 on CD, Alexander McCall Smith’s latest novel, ‘Shadows of Russia’ film festival on Turner Classic, and more. ...
Egypt salvages its modern treasures
With Cairo in transition, collectors scramble to save a fading era. ...
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Susan Boyle's 'Dream' CD, McCartney concert magic at New York's Citi Field, D.C.'s holiday celebrations on TNT, and more. ...
FT.com - Arts
Medea, Oxford Playhouse/touring
The story of Medea has fascinated artists in all media down the ages, says Ian Shuttleworth, and here it is again – albeit with unadorned, demotic speech, the blues for the choric sequences and a lead with a Caribbean lilt...
New York Philharmonic, Barbican, London
Richard Fairman sees the arrival of the NY Phil and that famed Fifth Avenue sound at the Barbican as it begins a series of regular visits. It is a well-played, confident performance on a big scale – but hardly loveable...
Leopards in the Temple, Sculpture Center, New York
This exhibition takes as its inspiration a parable by Franz Kafka, which tells of how tradition adapts and reintegrates whatever rises to challenge it. Some remarkable pieces here match that sentiment, says Ariella Budick...
Alan Fletcher: Fifty Years of Graphic Work (and Play), The Cube, Manchester
From sketches of the London skyline and advertising for Pirelli through to late work with Phaidon, this exhibition covers one of the most familiar and enjoyable oeuvres in the history of British design, says Edwin Heathcote...
Giacometti sets sale record with £65m sculpture
A sculpture by Alberto Giacometti became the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction when it fetched £65m ($104.3m) at Sotheby's London on Wednesday night...
Megson, The Forge, Basingstoke
On stage, the husband and wife duo of Stu and Debbie Hanna put their lives explicitly on show. David Honigmann hears them perform stamping rockers, complex laments, and quiet melodies...
The Official Blog of Park West Gallery
A Gavel Falls…is the Pendulum of Art History Swinging Back?
By Morris Shapiro, Park West Gallery Director The art and financial worlds are all abuzz about the vigorous buying surge witnessed on the evening of February 3, 2010 at Sotheby’s London, when a bronze sculpture by Swiss modern master Alberto Giacometti fetched the highest price in art auction history. Phillip Hook, the...
Pop Artist Britto and Kids Paint for Peace in Israel
Some of us can’t remember a time when we didn’t love to draw and paint, while others remember the first time we were dragged to the local art museum on a school field trip or by our parents. But hopefully, we all grow up and learn to at least appreciate the arts, and, in...
Happy 116th Birthday Norman Rockwell!
“I’m not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays!” —Norman Rockwell (Feb. 3, 1894 – Nov. 8, 1978) Today’s Google doodle celebrates Norman Rockwell’s birthday Happy Birthday Norman Rockwell!! To honor the most popular and well-known American artist of all time, today’s Google doodle incorporates an...
Celebrating Shadows, Even On Groundhog Day
Today, February 2, 2010, is Groundhog Day! And in case you haven’t heard, Punxsutawney Phil emerged at sunrise in Gobbler’s Knob, but unfortunately the little guy saw his shadow. That means we’re stuck with six more weeks of winter — can you hear all of us at Park West Gallery (in frigid Michigan) groaning? Just...
Sweet Combo! Romero Britto Partners with Dylan’s Candy Bar
NEW YORK — Internationally renowned Brazilian artist Romero Britto has teamed up with Dylan’s Candy Bar to create a new line of goodies using Britto’s signature pop-art themes and vibrant color palette — Park West Gallery agrees that’s a pretty sweet combo! If you’ve been to NYC lately, you’ve probably seen or...
Win FREE Art from Park West Gallery on Follow a Museum Day!
On February 1, 2010, Park West Gallery will proudly participate in Follow a Museum Day!! This is your chance to support the arts, even if it’s just in a small way. Here’s how you can get involved: 1. Join Twitter – it’s free, easy and fun! 2. Find an art institution and follow it on Twitter – a pretty comprehensive...
FT.com - Arts & weekend, Film
Avatar and Hurt Locker face off in Oscar pool
An intriguing Oscar battle between James Cameron and his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow is in prospect after films made by the two directors both earned nine Academy Award nominations...
From global superpower to empire of the senseless
The storyline of 'Empire of the Seas' is too simple and suffers from too much Dan Snow and too great a reliance on one replica sailing ship, says John Lloyd...
A mélange of new movies has breathed life back into the festival, says Nigel Andrews...
Leo Robson reviews Lee Daniels' 'Precious', Ron Clements and John Musker's 'The Princess and the Frog', Martin Campbell's 'Edge of Darkness', Atom Egoyan's 'Adoration', Yang Ik-Joon's 'Breathless' and Yasujiro Ozu's 'Late Autumn'...
America's most famous film festival, has lost its edge in recent years. But, says Nigel Andrews , a new festival director and a clutch of documentaries - of the sort that gave the event its niche - offer signs of hope...
The best comedy on mainstream TV skates on the thinnest of ice over pathos and tragedy, as demonstrated by 'Nurse Jackie' and 'Miranda', writes John Lloyd...
FT.com - Arts & weekend, Film
Hal Willner's I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues?, Lincoln Center, New York
Rufus Wainwright, Sting, Lou Reed, Van Dyke Parks ... Hal Willner calls in a few favours to stage a night of special guests singing American songs. Emily Stokes goes along for the ride...
Midlake, Wilton's Music Hall, London
The Texan prog-rockers give an introspective performance in their engagement with the past – but one that draws you magnetically into their imaginative world, writes Ludovic Hunter-Tilney...
Così fan tutte, Royal Opera House, London
A slim and gracious soprano set sparks off every phrase of this now oft-performed collaboration between Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte. It is a production with the necessary bite, says Richard Fairman...
Jurowski/OAE, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London; Barenboim, Berlin Staatskapelle, Royal Festival Hall
It was a shock to find the New Model Army of period style (the OAE) being upstaged by the old guard (Barenboim), says Andrew Clark...
Terri Lyne Carrington Quartet, Ronnie Scott's, London
In her first performance at Ronnie's for 15 years, the female drummer generates a steamrolling swing from a few flicks of her dark-toned ride cymbal and a couple of bass drum rumbles, writes Mike Hobart...
An all-star duo offers a celebration of the 200th birthdays of Schumann and Chopin, while a virtuoso group presents a precis of three decades of the European avant-garde, writes Allan Ulrich...
FT.com - Arts & weekend, Theatre & Dance
Ages of the Moon, Atlantic Theatre, New York
Sam Shephard's new play seems to call to mind numerous associations and character forms. But, says Brendan Lemon, the pair of old timers who lead the tale prove resistant to cornpone stereotypes...
Fool for Love, Riverside Studios, London
Theatre company Love & Madness has managed to secure the services of ex-Libertine Carl Barât and Sadie Frost for this play by Sam Shepard. Ian Shuttleworth sees Cool Britannia take on desert-American drama...
Waiting for Godot, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
Fine acting is at hand in this Sean Mathias production, including Ian McKellen's masterful performance as Estragon, writes Ian Shuttleworth...
Jez Butterworth's play hits the West End
The playwright tells Sarah Hemming why he wrote 'Jerusalem,' the dark and wildly funny play that offers a disturbing portrait of England's green and pleasant land...
London Mime Festival, Various venues, London
'The Mill' is an engaging and ingenious piece of work that focuses entirely on how hard the performers labour, says Sarah Hemming...
The Whisky Taster, Bush theatre, London
This crisply written wry comedy crossed with a will-they-won't-they romance is packed full of intriguing eccentrics – not least a synaestete, who experiences tastes as colours, says Sarah Hemming...
NYT > Arts
Frances Reid, Actress of Stage and Daytime TV, Dies at 95
Ms. Reid was one of daytime television’s most enduring performers, who played the family matriarch Alice Horton on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives.” ...
Inside Art: O! Say, You Can Bid on a Johns
The public will be able to see four works owned by Michael Crichton that Christie’s is to sell on behalf of his estate in New York at the evening auctions in May. ...
For Hollywood, Stand-Ins Play California’s Part
In an indignity for Hollywood’s struggling film production business, filmmakers are using cheaper locales to stand in for Los Angeles, the capital of the movie industry. ...
Behind Film’s Drama, a Tale Like a Country Song
A battle is in progress over the estate of the songwriter Stephen Bruton, who co-produced the “Crazy Heart” soundtrack. ...
Breaking Ground: The Estates at Keswick Hall
A resort community with new design options, in Keswick, Va. ...
“Arts of Ancient Vietnam,” at the Asia Society Museum, is filled with the kind of Asian art loans — matchless in quality, straight from the source — that we rarely see here anymore. ...
Wired Art
Photographer Loves Math, Graphs Her Images
Math and photography student Nikki Graziano combines her two favorite things by overlaying graphs and their equations on carefully composed images she's captured. ...
'Sexy' 6-Foot Sculpture 'Nude IV' Is Made of Typewriter Parts
The 6-foot-tall mechanical goddess known as Delilah took more than a year to construct. Artist Jeremy Mayer explains his painstaking creative process. ...
Get $5K for Your Documentary Photo Project
A new grant promises cash if you've got what it takes to produce a quality photo story that is socially progressive. ...
Artist Layers Massive Cut-Paper Sculptures
Microorganisms, anthills and auditory phenomena inspire artist Charles Clary, who patiently builds elaborate, layered, hand-cut paper installations. ...
Decode Exhibition Points Way to Data-Driven Art
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Photographers Unite for Haiti Fundraising
A new photo magazine created since the Haiti earthquake aims to help raise disaster-relief funds with its sales and focus on the beauty of Haiti and its people. ...
NYT > Art & Design
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At London Sale, a Giacometti Sets a Record
At $104.3 million with fees, an Alberto Giacometti bronze broke the world record price for a work of art at auction. ...
New Theater: Lincoln Center Raises the Roof
A new black box theater, designed by Hugh Hardy, will be perched on the roof of the Beaumont Theater with a terrace overlooking Lincoln Center. ...
At a Neglected Movie Palace, Cobwebs Are Given Notice
The ACE Theatrical Group has agreed to restore the once-majestic Loew’s Kings Theater in Brooklyn, which opened in 1929. ...
Intense Seeker of Powerful Elegance
The very particular artist Steve McQueen gives up the fight and agrees to discuss his new work. ...
News Photos, on the Move, Make News
The entire collection of pictures amassed by the Magnum photo cooperative will be accessible to the public. ...
Wired Design
With Microsoft's New Interface, You Are the Joystick
Microsoft's new Xbox 360 controller is no controller at all. Codenamed Project Natal, the interface uses a depth sensor, mikes and a lo-res camera to read your gestures. ...
Found: Wildlife From the Future
This month's Found gives you a closer look at wildlife in the mid-22nd century. Navigating the Everglades in 2150 will be no glide through the park. Here, we envision how evolution, human tampering and happy accident could transform the subtropics. ...
Found Photoshop Contest: The Future of Athletic Gear
This month's Found contest asks you to imagine the future of athletic gear. Today, aerodynamic outerwear is making superjocks sleeker. Safety equipment is making them less vulnerable. In 50 years, what else will tech do for the sports set? ...
Evolution of the Self-Winding Wristwatch
The workings of the self-winding watch were inspired by a seesaw almost 100 years ago. Today's EvoTec is powered by an ultradense geared ring rotating on carbon rollers. Here's a history of the tech as the watch evolved. ...
Storyboard Podcast: Vintage Science Illustration Evolves
A flea-market find inspires a brainy mission: Give artwork from Roy A. Gallant's '50s textbooks a 21st-century upgrade. A behind-the-scenes look at "Intelligence, Redesigned," which appears in the November issue of Wired. ...
Take a look at how the craftsmen at Weta Workshops created swords for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. ...
NYT > Music
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The Who, and the Super Bowl’s Evolving Halftime Show
Marching bands and tribute acts have given way to rock ‘n’ roll bands looking to capitalize on the television exposure. ...
The Nifty 50 | Vivian Girls, Musicians
The Vivian Girls's sound is a lot like the Vin Diesel film franchise: fast and furious. ...
Abroad: The Sour Notes of Iran’s Art Diplomacy
A tour across Europe by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra had the faint echo of an earlier era of cultural diplomacy. ...
Bajan Reporter
David Rudder’s “Haiti” Anthem for Reform? An Appreciation © Ena Priscilla: 05/02/10
[caption id="attachment_7999" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Rudder has visited Barbados many times, some of his more notable visits were 1988 when he was in Calyspo Spektakula with Gloria Estefan; he also was part of Machel Montano's troupe at Kensington Oval last year"][/caption] If you weren't at Farley Hill last Friday, did you catch...
Barbadian Environmentalist angered at project which can destroy Sunbury, St. Philip
[caption id="attachment_8027" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Kammie Holder: Irate Barbadian"][/caption] My loyalty is to my Country and its people be it the marginalized, differently abled, the unborn and the voiceless. Thus I must be non partisan and free from all political influence and never be polarized. This letter was written as Kammie M...
Recently returned to power leader of St. Kitts says Libya will build a commercial bank on that island to finance developments in the Eastern Caribbean. Denzil Douglas says the Libyan Investment Bank also will help diversify the local economy. The statement says Libyan officials are in St. Lucia to talk about opening...
[caption id="attachment_8004" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Geoffrey Holder & Carmen DeLavallade"][/caption] Attached is a breakdown of the roles for which we need participants for the script development workshop being hosted by Caribbean Tales Film Festival (tentative dates 1st, 2nd and 3rd of March). Experience is not as important as finding individuals with the...
HAITI’S NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM AND SPECIAL OLYMPICS ASSOCIATION RECEIVE CARE PACKS FROM DIGICEL
[caption id="attachment_7985" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Doctors from the Ministry of Health's mobile vaccination clinics administer vaccinations"][/caption] Digicel just distributed care packs containing food, water, milk, T-shirts and medical supplies to 350 members of the Haiti National Football Federation and to over 100 members of the Special Olympics Association who have been living...
Emirates Elite Panel loses a member as Umpire Mark Benson decides to retire
ICC umpire Mark Benson has retired from the Emirates Elite Panel and has decided to return home to England to take up a contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Benson, who has been on the panel since 2006, has umpired a total of 27 Tests, 72 ODI's and...
Top ART News
"If I Could Do Anything, I Would..." Doodle 4 Google
The 2010 Doodle 4 Google theme is: "If I Could Do Anything, I Would..." Hey Kids! The third annual Doodle 4 Google competition has begun! K-12 students in the U.S. are invited to enter this national art competition for a chance to see their artwork featured on Google's homepage. This year's...
Art of Steel: Jeff Koons to Create BMW Art Car
The concept of the BMW Art Car was introduced by Hervé Poulain, an auctioneer and ardent racing driver from France who was searching for a link between art and cars; he asked his friend renowned artist Alexander Calder to paint the first example in 1975. VIDEO: Learn about the history of...
What Recession? Giacometti Sets All Time Auction Record
Alberto Giacometti's bronze sculpture L'homme qui marche I set a new world record for fetching the highest price ever paid for a work of art at auction, selling for $104.3 million at Sotheby's on February 3. [Credit: AP/Anthony Devlin] LONDON — After eight minutes of "fast and furious" bidding, a new...
Google's Doodle Celebrates Rockwell's Birthday
Today's Google logo celebrates Norman Rockwell's birthday. Happy Birthday Norman Rockwell! The iconic illustrator is arguably the most popular and well-known American artist of all time. He produced an impressive 4,000 works of art in his lifetime, most notably Rosie the Riveter, the Four Freedoms Series and The Problem We All...
Despite Arts Budget Cut, NEA Calls for a Logo Redesign
The National Endowment for the Arts is seeking a new logo design for their newly defined "guiding mission" - Art Works. WASHINGTON D.C. — Despite a newly proposed budget decrease, the National Endowment for the Arts says it will pay a hefty reward for a new logo design. President Obama said Monday...
Cheesy Portrait: Conan O'Brien Immortalized in Cheetos [VIDEO]
COLORADO — Whether you're Team Coco or Team Leno, you've got to appreciate the very cheesy art of Colorado Springs artist Jason Baalman. He's known for his food art using media like ketchup and chocolate syrup. But most recently, Frito-Lay commissioned him to create a portrait of Conan O'Brien completely...
Second Life: Music, DJs, Nightlife, Art, and Creativity
FreePlayVL - *Virtually Live Music IS Social Media!* - Music In 3D Feature Article February 2010
FreePlayVL – Music In 3D* Virtually Live Music IS Social Media!* By Teddi Davis of FreePlayVL "All forms of social media work. It just depends on how you use them." Brad Reason aka Doubledown Tandino Brad Reason’s music career continues to flourish entwined with computer and Internet technology. He keenly demonstrates social media...
Aleks Krotoski - The Virtual Revolution
Join Aleks on the BBC’s The Virtual Revolution Programme 1, The Great Levelling?, broadcasts Saturday, BBC2, 8:30pm In episode 1 of The Virtual Revolution, Dr. Aleks Krotoski meets some of the biggest names of the web, including Jimmy Wales, Arianna Huffington, YouTube CEO Chad Hurley, and the inventor of the web...
Frontline: Digital Nation - 90 minute Documentary airs Tuesday, February 2nd
Ark Media and PBS-FRONTLINE: our 90-minute documentary "Digital Nation" will be airing on PBS on Tuesday (February 2) at 9 PM EST (check your local PBS listing). This unprecedented FRONTLINE project tackles what it means to be human in the digital age, from the way we think, work, interact and connect to...
5 Possible Plots for Avatar 2 2Blue 2Furious By Hanso of Mania.com James Cameron ain't in the movie failure-makin' business; he’s in the movie success-makin’ business. And cousin, business is a-boomin'. After stepping away from the game for 12 years, he finally delivered his latest epic, Avatar, and movie audiences around the world...
Google Xistence - Because Life is Too Short for Social Interaction
An introduction to Xistence, a new social media app from Google Labs. ... because life is too short for social interaction. ...
Second life?????? Please help me some one told me they was going to sue me?
This is a question I found on Yahoo Answers.... I was busting out laughing out loud: This question comes to us from: i can make your bedrock QUESTION: Second life??????please...
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