Monday, October 21, 2024

Worth a Look

Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

Cal Shakes to close, in harshest blow yet to Bay Area theater

www.sfchronicle.com: California Shakespeare Theater is closing, the company announced Thursday, Oct. 10. Many theaters locally and nationwide have shuttered since the pandemic accelerated the industry’s financial problems, but Cal Shakes is the biggest yet in the Bay Area.

 

5 Artists Who Received Large Grants Share How Their Lives Changed—and How They Did Not

Dance Magazine: Some of the largest financial awards a dance artist can win are the ones you can’t even apply for. You’re simply told one day that you’ve won, say, up to $550,000, in the case of the Doris Duke Artist Award, or $800,000, in the case of the MacArthur “genius grant.” And those two grants are almost entirely unrestricted, meaning that after paying taxes on the money, artists can do whatever they want with it, personal or artistic—buy a house, fund a new piece, pay off debts, grow their company.

 

From the Executive Office: Here for You

AMERICAN THEATRE: As our annual season preview issue is going to press, we are in a time of tremendous change in our country, in our theatres, and at TCG. Kelundra Smith has been named director of publications, with advertising, American Theatre, ARTSEARCH, and TCG Books under her purview. We promoted Jerald Raymond Pierce to managing editor and Gabriela Furtado Coutinho to digital editor of American Theatre.

 

Sistine Chapel recreated as an immersive exhibition

www.avinteractive.com: An immersive exhibition in Poland deployed 39 Panasonic projectors to recreate the Sistine Chapel in a tent. The Sistine Chapel: A Legacy presented the famous frescoes by Michelangelo in a space that had the exact dimensions of the chapel – but with a height of 6m, rather than 21m.

 

Best Music Venues in the US: Epic Concert Venues to See a Show Right Now

Thrillist: There’s no greater feeling of together-as-one unity than being in a packed venue singing along to your favorite artist—and surely your town has a club, theater, or stadium that’s fair to call the best in the area. But sometimes you want to up the ante and travel to a venue that’s special for both an audience and an artist: steeped in history, surrounded by beauty, or embedded in a community known for its live music scene.

 

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