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Aug 02
Matteo Pericoli found fame with his 22ft fold-out drawing of the Manhattan skyline. His new book shows the city through the windows of New York resident musicians, artists and writers, from Annie Leibovitz to Philip Glass, David Byrne to Nora Ephron (read full article)
annie leibovitz, artists, composers, culture, david byrne, hammersmith, isle of dogs, London, Manhattan, matteo pericoli
Jul 22
Frankenstein is a 1910 film made by Edison Studios that was written and directed by J. Searle Dowley. It was the first motion picture adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The unbilled cast included Augustus Phillips as Dr. Frankenstein, Char (read full article)
1910, actors, augustus phillips, black & white, bronx, charles ogle, Cinema, culture, directors, edison
Jun 23
(The Bolton News) New York, Barcelona, Sydney, Sao Paulo – now Turton, near Bolton, has become the latest place to host a quirky art project which has brought music to hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. From next month, pianos wi (read full article)
art installation, artists, bolton, Bristol, culture, jackson heights, jean rigby, luke jerram, Manhattan, Music
May 28
Anneliese Rothenberger as Lulu Anneliese Rothenberger, an internationally known German soprano who sang with the Metropolitan Opera in New York in the 1960s, died on Monday in Switzerland. As befits a diva, her exact age had long been shrouded in obs (read full article)
anneliese rothenberger, Germany, lulu, metropolitan opera, Music, New York City, Obituaries, opera, singers, sopranos
Nov 27
Tracey Emin in Manhattan She’s not about to leave Britain as a tax exile – but she is spreading her wings abroad. Tracey Emin gets personal in a New York hotel bed with David Usborne of the Independent “I’m not going to tell anyone how much I (read full article)
artists, culture, interview, Manhattan, New York City, tracey emin, Women
Oct 29
Pianist Lera Auerbach, who defected from the Soviet Union at 17, makes her New Orleans debut Friday, writes Chris Waddington @ nola.com: She was just 17. She had no money, no contacts, and couldn’t speak English. She knew that she might never see (read full article)
composers, lera auerbach, Music, New Orleans, New York City, pianists, siberia, soviet union