Archive for October, 2014
By: Arts Journal on Friday, October 31st, 2014 at 3:58 pm
“The Smithsonian Institution has appointed Albert G. Horvath, its current senior finance official, as its acting leader for the first half of next year, until the incoming secretary, David J. Skorton, can take up his position in July.”
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By: Arts Journal on Friday, October 31st, 2014 at 3:54 pm
“This is the opportunity we all have in front of us: to redefine storytelling for an always-on world. It is a new Golden Age with an ever-changing set of disruptive technologies that offer creative talent the opportunity to try new things and figure out what works.”
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By: Arts & Life on Friday, October 31st, 2014 at 3:41 pm
"I've made a career of playing small supporting roles," McDormand says. And in a four-hour HBO miniseries she plays Kitteridge, a supporting character who "should be a leading lady."
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By: Arts & Life on Friday, October 31st, 2014 at 3:33 pm
There's nothing like a good ghost story on Halloween — and some of the best tales were told by the late storyteller and NPR commentator Kathryn Tucker Windham.
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By: Art & Seek on Friday, October 31st, 2014 at 2:39 pm
For this week’s Art & Seek Spotlight, we’re off to Southfork Ranch in Parker for Chive Fest. Thechive.com is the world’s largest entertainment photo website, and they’ve teamed up with the producers of Austin City Limits and Lollapalooza for a festival of music and fun. Hear music from the John Butler Trio, Max and the Moon, Jake Owens, and others while enjoying beer... | Read More
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By: Art Forum on Friday, October 31st, 2014 at 2:11 pm
09.04.14-11.14.14 Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery at Fairfield University, Fairfield, review written by William J. Simmons... |
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By: The Art Law Blog on Friday, October 31st, 2014 at 1:54 pm
I'm the first to admit I'm not a commerce clause expert (dormant or otherwise), but it has always seemed to me that the resale royalty case was pretty simple and straightforward. That's certainly how it seemed in the recent oral argument on the appeal. Now, however, it seems the Ninth Circuit has ordered an en banc review, on account of "a potential conflict in circuit precedent on... |
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By: Arts & Life on Friday, October 31st, 2014 at 1:32 pm
"The more carny it got, the better I liked it," King says of his new thriller, Joyland. King talks with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his career writing horror, and about what scares him now.
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By: Arts & Life on Friday, October 31st, 2014 at 1:32 pm
The HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand is based on a collection of stories about residents in a small town in Maine. It's about family, friends and the tenuous relationships that make up life.
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By: Arts Journal on Friday, October 31st, 2014 at 1:03 pm
“For a fiction writer, editing an anthology offers multiple lessons. You learn directly from the stories, but also from the lives of the writers and from the process of acquiring the stories. The information you gather seems more like intelligence, because you’re often a detective trying to solve an inexplicable case.”
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