Arts News Roundup: February 16, 2011

From SFGate:
Date Lines: News from the Bay Area Arts Scene
Rita Moreno postpones the world premiere of her one-woman show at Berkeley Rep. Plus, other news from San Jose Rep, San Francisco Theater Festival, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and Rain — A Tribute to the Beatles at the Orpheum Theatre in April.

From SFGate:
Big ‘Olmec’ Show Coming to de Young Museum
Coming soon to a venue near you: the first major exhibition on the West Coast of Olmec art (unearthed from sites in southern Mexico).

From SFGate:
Steven Schick to Lead S.F. Contemporary Players
UC San Diego professor and percussionist Schick is named the new artistic director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.

From The Bay Citizen:
Arts, by the Numbers: SF Gets Disproportionate Amount of Stimulus Funding
The National Arts Index report, which is produced annually by the Americans for the Arts, is out.

From The Bay Citizen:
Decades Later, Mystery of Missing Chinatown Art Finally Solved
It’s amazing what can be found found on the internet… And you can check out this “found” art in person at San Francisco’s Chinese Historical Society of America until September 16, 2011.

From The Bay Citizen:
In the Studio with UnderCovers
Local groups such as Jazz Mafia, Japonize Elephants and Conspiracy of Venus has signed on to redo the Pixies’ album, Doolittle.

From The New York Times:
Taking Her Art Seriously, Not Herself
The book And Furthermore, which chronicles Dame Judi Dench’s career in theater and film, is being released this week.

From The New York Times:
Top 10 Composers: A Young Reader Responds
Not really news-related, but who doesn’t need a dose of cute every once and awhile?

From the San Jose Mercury News:
Liz Taylor Remains Hospitalized for Heart Failure
The 78-year-old icon was admitted last week for symptoms caused by congestive heart failure.

From the San Jose Mercury News:
Hesse’s ‘Studiowork’ is Mysterious, Provocative
60 works by sculptor Eva Hesse are on display at the Berkeley ArtMuseum until April 10, 2011.

From the Santa Cruz Sentinel:
Gerard Butler Cast in Movie about Mavericks Icon Jay Moriarity
Gerard “Abs” Butler is the executive producer and co-star of the surf film, Mavericks, which is scheduled to be released in 2012.

From The Washington Post:
Coalition Supports a New Nuseum for “American People”
With support from 131 ethnic and nationality organizations, can it get any more PC?

From Yahoo News:
Wenders Takes 3D to Next Dimension at Berlin Fest
Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog take 3D cinema to art house films.

Miscellaneous News You Can Use

It’s all about the ladies this year at the GRAMMY Awards. And from the San Jose Mercury News, congrats to the local winners: Cast Album from Berkeley Rep’s ‘American Idiot’ Wins Grammy Award.

Also, watch selections online from Austin City Limits, which present performances from the 53rd annual Grammy Awards winners on PBS Arts.

The first 20 names to be placed on the Rainbow Honor Walk in San Francisco’s Castro district have been announced and includes: Allen Ginsberg, Keith Haring, Frida Kahlo, Gertrude Stein, and Oscar Wilde. See the full list at rainbowhonorwalk.org.