Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/fridays-art-notes-65 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Friday’s Art Notes Arts Mar 25, 2011 1:37 PM EDT Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lanford Wilson has died at age 73. Spencer Michels talked to Wilson in 1999 about a St. Louis production of his work Book of Days. Read more about his life from The New York Times. [Editor’s Note: Director Marshall Mason’s name was spelled incorrectly in the original 1999 segment above] * An online update of the OED includes online abbreviations like OMG and LOL, as well as its first symbol, the heart, via The Associated Press. * The Art Newspaper reports on the official list of antiquities stolen during the Egyptian upheaval (which now totals 54 items), put out by the country’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. * Broadway will dim the lights on Friday night to honor Elizabeth Taylor, via Reuters. * Dorothy Young, stage assistant to magician Harry Houdini, has died at age 103, via The New York Times. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now
Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lanford Wilson has died at age 73. Spencer Michels talked to Wilson in 1999 about a St. Louis production of his work Book of Days. Read more about his life from The New York Times. [Editor’s Note: Director Marshall Mason’s name was spelled incorrectly in the original 1999 segment above] * An online update of the OED includes online abbreviations like OMG and LOL, as well as its first symbol, the heart, via The Associated Press. * The Art Newspaper reports on the official list of antiquities stolen during the Egyptian upheaval (which now totals 54 items), put out by the country’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. * Broadway will dim the lights on Friday night to honor Elizabeth Taylor, via Reuters. * Dorothy Young, stage assistant to magician Harry Houdini, has died at age 103, via The New York Times. A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy. Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue. Donate now