Arts News Roundup: February 23, 2011

From The New York Times:
A Grand Finale: Cunningham’s Last Dances
If you are planning on seeing The Merce Cunningham Dance Company at Cal Performances next month, it might be your last chance to experience Cunningham’s choreography live. See event details at calperfs.berkeley.edu. (Also, watch a video on Cunningham on Spark.)

From the Contra Costa Times:
Google Art Project Sees World, but Not California
Google’s latest 20 Percent Project gets local criticism.

From the Oakland Tribune:
Johnny Nitro, S.F. Blues Legend, Dies at 59
Resident musician at North Beach’s Saloon loses a lengthy battle with heart problems.

From SFGate:
‘We Were Here’: Film Restarts Conversation on AIDS
Still hot from the Sundance Film Festival, David Weissman’s doc on San Francisco in the AIDS years opens in the Bay Area theaters this week. See a trailer for the film at wewereherefilm.com, and read a KQED Arts review of the film.

From SFGate:
New TheatreWorks season: 3 World Premieres, Austen
TheatreWorks announces its next season, which will run from July through June 2012.

From SFGate:
SFMOMA Expansion Projects Moving Along
The title pretty much sums it up…

From The New York Times:
Free Trove of Music Scores on Web Hits Sensitive Copyright Note
It’s like Napster, classical music and Wikipedia thrown into a blender, creating a hot mess.

From The New York Times:
London Auctions Highlight Insatiable Appetite for Contemporary Art
Sunflower seeds and skulls were hot ticket items last week in the art world.

From The New York Times:
Cindy Sherman’s Guises All in a Single Place
Sherman’s work will travel to SFMoMA later this year.

From The New York Times:
After 25 Years Sitting Down, Larry King Will Do Stand Up
It’s no joke that King will now be “live.”

From The Wall Street Journal:
Paul Taylor Seeks Students via Web
Paul Taylor Dance Company, who is performing next month at YBCA through San Francisco Performances, is doing an online competition for scholarships. See event details at performances.org.

Miscellaneous News You Can Use

The annual Noise Pop Festival is here. Check out the schedule at noisepop.com. And listen to a preview on The Bay Bridged.

SFMoMA announces it’s 2011-2012 schedule at sfmoma.org.

Sacramento-based band Cake is the inaugural collaborator for San Francisco’s Center for the Book’s new program, Musicians in Residence. The center will work with a musician or band to create a series of artists’ books. Find out more at sfcb.org.