Mar 16 Stories from SXSW: Finding the Harmony Between Music and Interaction Design At the 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival, two presenters decided to reevaluate their work in interactive design by way of a metaphor that taps the festival's 25-year-old roots: music. Continue reading
Mar 16 ‘Natural Selection’ and ‘Dragonslayer’ Are Big Winners at SXSW Film Festival Two films were big award winners at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. "Natural Selection" by director Robert Pickering and "Dragonslayer" by director Tristan Patterson took home Jury Awarded Best Feature Narrative and Documentary, respectively. Continue reading
Mar 16 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, one of the last remaining old time actresses of the Yiddish theater has died. Continue reading
Mar 15 Stories from SXSW: Films That Speak to Deaf and Hearing Audiences Alike Filmmaker and designer Robyn Girard hopes that her latest project will bring positive stories of what it's like to be deaf to popular culture. Continue reading
Mar 15 Tuesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a legal battle has ended over a cache of negatives that a California man claimed were taken by Ansel Adams. Continue reading
Mar 14 Weekly Poem: ‘Distal’ Carol Ann Davis' first book, "Psalm," was published by Tupelo Press in 2007. She directs the undergraduate creative writing program at the College of Charleston in South Carolina and edits the journal "Crazyhorse" with her husband, poet Garrett Doherty. Continue reading
Mar 14 Monday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a movie that depicts a devastating tsunami is pulled from Japanese theaters. Continue reading
Mar 11 Conversation: Protecting Egypt’s Antiquities By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Thomas Campbell, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who released a statement last week expressing concern about the safety of Egypt's antiquities. Continue reading
Mar 11 Friday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Bob Dylan gets permission to play in China. Continue reading
Mar 10 Julie Taymor Out as Director of ‘Spider-man’ By Tom LeGro The curtain has closed for Julie Taymor, director of the problem-plagued Broadway musical, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark." The show's producers announced Wednesday night that Taymor will be stepping down and that Philip William McKinley will replace her. Continue reading