| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Stuck In Partial Recovery - 2011-09-18 21:29:17 |
| "At the heart of the DSO's dilemma is a catch-22. The major donors needed to rebuild the orchestra's endowment won't pony up their millions if they think the money is going to go straight to the banks rather than support the orchestra." |
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| Move Over, New York; L.A.'s Blasting Through - 2011-09-18 21:23:48 |
| "Since the rise of Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s, New York has dominated textbook accounts of contemporary art. Pacific Standard Time hopes to establish Los Angeles as an equal player in the post-World War II art world by spotlighting its unique contributions, including David Hockney's dazzling swimming pool paintings, Ed Ruscha's deadpan-humorous prints and the lifestyle-defining furniture of Charles and Ray Eames." |
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| For Filming Le Carré's Stories, Beautiful Minds With A Broad Canvas - 2011-09-18 11:39:47 |
| "Mr. le Carré is maybe the most eccentric constructor of fiction in English literature since Joseph Conrad. His stories are full of digressions and long flashbacks; he circles around his plots for the longest time, as if he were doing reconnaissance on them before deciding to go in for the kill. And the verbal textures of the books can be challenging too, because his spies tend to speak in their own special jargon, which seems like normal speech, but isn’t quite." |
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