On an artistic note, to a writer contemplating an experiment in language, Riddley Walker has this message: "Look, that Russell Hoban guy made me work, right?
Other pioneering singer-songwriters of artistic note included John Prine, a homespun comic fabulist and storyteller from Illinois; Tom Waits, a Californian who acted the role of raspy-voiced hipster and latter-day beatnik saint; and Waits's female counterpart, Rickie Lee Jones, whose pop-jazz suites echoed Nyro's effusions.
And why does history afford a special place for the creatively incompetent, from poets like William McGonagall (the immortal versifier of "The Tay Bridge Disaster") to singers like Florence Foster Jenkins (whose inability to sing packed Carnegie Hall) and, more recently, the "American Idol" reject William Hung (whose inability to do anything of artistic note has turned him into a celebrity)?
As a result, Swihart was offered the opportunity to paint Zamperini as he saw fit: "Brad gave me complete artistic freedom," the artist notes.
André Bishop, Lincoln Center Theater's artistic director, notes that with a 92percentt membership renewal rate, the company does not really have the capability to expand its membership because "the ranks are closed".
"The result is very dramatic, [so] projections can follow much higher speed movements with greater accuracy allowing for more artistic expression," notes Asai.
A poet educated at Cooper Institute, she "possessed rare literary ability and artistic talent," noted the writer of a biographical sketch.
As Peter Martins, City Ballet's artistic director, noted onstage before the audience rose to sing "Happy Birthday," Balanchine would have been 96 on Saturday.
Kevin McKenzie, Ballet Theater's artistic director, noted in his welcoming remarks that the gala included excerpts from new works to be produced this season.
