Cinedigm Acquires "VISITORS," the Landmark New Film Collaboration between Director Godfrey Reggio, Composer Philip Glass and Filmmaker Jon Kane Presented by Steven Soderbergh Cinedigm to Release Theatrically Following World PremiereShow More Summary
You know that summertime is closing in when you can’t keep track of all the things New York has to offer over a weekend. Thankfully that’s what we’re here for, and this weekend is full of so many great things, we had to boil it down to three that you really can’t miss. … Read More
The Day the Earth Stood Still Philip Glass Ensemble. Music in Twelve Parts (Orange Mountain Music) Adele Anthony. GLASS, P.: Violin Concerto / Company / Prelude from Akhnaten (Naxos) Bernard Herrmann. The Day the Earth Stood Still (Classic Records) William...
Sondre Lerche @ MHOW, 2011 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin) Bad news: due to a hand injury, Van Dyke Parks will not be performing at the Henry Miller Library / Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge concert this Sunday (5/19) at Music...
Nico Muhly curates the Barbican’s May marathon of music next weekend, including a line-up featuring Villagers, Philip Glass, Glen Hansard (The Frames) and Bang on a Can. Win tickets... Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com
The authorities in Nantes searched the concert hall all night for the source of a rogue mobile telephone that disrupted a Philip Glass concert. They eventually found the phone, stuck between two seats in the auditorium. What they can’t work out is how people sitting either side of the device failed to tell where the [...]
Via Tyler Cowen, I'd pay to see this:
Going Horizontal: Turning Painting On Its Side, the first exhibition featuring the work of a group of seven artists known as The Horizontalists opened at Studio Vendome at The Philip Johnson Urban Glass House, 330 Spring Street (between Washington and Greenwich Streets) in SoHo on April 25th through June 2nd. Show More Summary
The Henry Miller Memorial Library might just be the coolest library ever; that is, if you can get out to Big Sur, Calif. to visit it. However, from May 12-19 you’ll only have to travel as far as Brooklyn to celebrate Henry Miller during their Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge festival,...
The Henry Miller Memorial Library has done concerts in Big Sur, CA for years, and they're now bringing the celebration over to NYC for Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge, a weeklong festival which goes down from May 12 - 19...
In these modern times, remixing is seen as merely another way of reinterpreting someone's work. Just like jazz or rock artists reworking old standards or classics in their own way, so, too, do remixers apply a modern method of interpreting...Show More Summary
The new Philips DesignLine TV is a striking design, a seamless monolithic sheet of glass with transparent ombre finish designed to lean against the wall like the cool kids back in high school, giving the appearance of a giant floating picture... More
Even under the best of circumstances, watching films in 3D is kind of a pain. Those clunky glasses never quite sit right on anyone, and they’re hideous to boot. That goes double if you have to wear them over your normal glasses. And then on top of all that, the picture may still look off [...]
Tim Munro of eighth blackbird on his early attempts at playing Music in Fifths: I complain to friends, exasperated. “But it’s just so bloody impossible. If I think about a post-rehearsal beer, I’m lost; If a drop of sweat drips...
You gotta love it when NYC delivers. Look at this calendar of events! Come on! Lil Buck performing to a Philip Glass premiere? Maya Angelou? An examination of Sekou Sundiata? Also I'd be remiss in not pointing out that our own Dave Bry is appearing with Rose Surnow at KGB Bar tonight. --- See more posts by Choire Sicha 0 comments
From an Emory press release… Emory University’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts announces the 2013-14 Candler Concert Series, featuring preeminent artists such as influential composer and musician Philip Glass and superstar pianist Lang Lang, referred to as “the hottest artist on the classical music planet” (“New York Times”). The series also presents the overlapping worlds [...]
The American writer Philip Roth celebrates his 80th birthday today. Did you know there is a Philip Roth Society? No doubt, they will be raising a glass to the author. Founded in 2002, the Philip Roth Society is an organization devoted to the study and the appreciation of the writings of Philip Roth. Its goal [...]
The Dutch electronics manufacturer will launch in the near future a new line of TV sets that were built with interior design in mind, as they look like a seamless sheet of glass.
Judging by this YouTube video, it would seem that Philips has had this line of products in the...Continue Reading on Walyou
The Philips DesignLine TV looks like it’s made of a single piece of glass, thanks to its seamless and frameless glass front. The LED-backlit 3D HDTV also uses Philips’ Ambilight technology. Hat Tip Link
From watching Einstein on the Beach: One can’t really figure out much about Einstein or his works except that perhaps he loved trains and paper planes, he played the violin, and his works has something to do with nuclear bomb.