Thursday, May 14, 2020
"Some tough decisions are going to have to be made. And it's not going to be small changes, it's going to be big changes for a time. And that feels incredibly painful if I'm honest." " BBC
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54PM[SHARE]Spotify, which controls 36 per cent of the world streaming market, reported third-quarter operating proceeds of $60 million (all figures U.S.) in October 2019. YouTube, meanwhile, revealed i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54PM[SHARE]In non-pandemic times, even the most modest change at a college or university can take months, if not years. Think of the committees, reports, reviews, and approvals needed to introduce even…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54PM[SHARE]Five prominent pianists have released books recently. Some are collaborations, some a simple musings. All show an engagement with the world beyond the keyboard. " Van
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PM[SHARE]Colorado's funders have been stepping up to prop up the arts with emergency money. But it's clear that the need far outstrips the resources. What happens next? " Westword
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PM[SHARE]"We will need to be prepared for an entirely new and multi-phased approach to audience and community engagement"both at the organizational and industry-wide levels. When there is no preceden…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PM[SHARE]"There are many reasons why musicians continue to make music, both live and in the studio, right up until the end. In some cases it is out of financial necessity, and in other instances it i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12AM[SHARE]"Many people were likely stunned to read recently the announcement by Microsoft that AI was proving to be better at reading X-rays than trained radiologists. Most newspaper readers don't rea…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12AM[SHARE]Meritocracy begins with the idea that people have to be measured on a scale of human value. So when we have decided that meritocracy is the way into higher education " or in particular into …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 13, 2020
As some states allow a handful of businesses to reopen and other regions charge ahead full throttle, it is an experiment for bookstore owners and other retailers attempting to strike a balan…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PM[SHARE]The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), which represents 65 festivals in the UK, including Gloucestershire's 2000trees, London's Meltdown and Sheffield's Tramlines, reports 92% of it…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PM[SHARE]The company will "never probably be the same" in the structure of its work. "People who were reticent to work remotely will find that they really thrive that way. Managers who didn't think t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:32PM[SHARE]What will it take to make people feel confident enough to return to going to shows? " American Theatre
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]When a person fails to begin a project that they care about, it's typically due to either a) anxiety about their attempts not being "good enough" or b) confusion about what the first steps o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]Companies are considering not just how to safely bring back employees, but whether all of them need to come back at all. They were forced by the crisis to figure out how to function producti…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]"I think that's the problem with the model. The institutions do have to exist, but when s**t gets hard they have to care about their staff, not their gig workers, or their artists. I mean th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Already, the University of Michigan anticipates losses of $400 million to $1 billion this year across its three campuses. California's university system suffered $558 million in costs due to…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PM[SHARE]Alex Ross: "Other pianists of Levit's generation may have achieved wider mass-market fame"Lang Lang and Yuja Wang come first to mind"but none have comparable stature as a cultural or even a …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PM[SHARE]Elite journalism is chosen by elite journalists. Any problems with that? Well, it leads to certain kinds of myopia… " The Baffler
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PM[SHARE]There's a recognition that education " the value, the price, the product " has fundamentally shifted. The value of education has been substantially degraded. There's the education certificat…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PM[SHARE]The Writers Project had a huge impact on writers in America. Now, as writers and publishers are struggling, is it time for another FWP? Short answer: not likely, but a guy can dream… " Los…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:42PM[SHARE]Science is evidence-based. History is evidence. So why can't we apply scientific method to history? Because historical record is a very messy business. " Aeon
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:42PM[SHARE]It remains unclear when Broadway might reopen. Many industry officials believe it will be considerably later than Labor Day. The practical effect of Tuesday's announcement is that box office…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:42PM[SHARE]More than just a logistical feat, the phone call has become a singular measurement of how worried, desperate and vulnerable cultural organizations have become since the virus hit. And just a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:42PM[SHARE]The bookshelf has become the background of choice on Zoom calls from home. These aren't random choices. The books and objects on your shelves say things about you. And now the game of figuri…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:42PM[SHARE]Monday, May 11, 2020
Of the chorus of 130, 102 were diagnosed with the virus. " Diapason
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:54PM[SHARE]The stock movement was notable. AMC shares were trading at $5.62, up nearly 40%. They had been up as much as 70% in premarket trade. " Deadline
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:48PM[SHARE]The campaign calls for solutions to the problems that the lockdown has inflicted on musicians. The suspension of live music under lockdown has cut off most artists' one dependable source of …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:48PM[SHARE]"For the dance division, it really was the only significant gap left that we had in telling the story of early American modern dance. We've had material belonging to Martha Graham in the arc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:48PM[SHARE]As Little Richard himself described his effect on body and spirit, "My music made your liver quiver, your bladder splatter, your knees freeze"and your big toe shoot right up in your boot!"
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:42PM[SHARE]Assuming the captions are at all accurate, these images " until recently only accessible by trudging through the archives date by date and document by document " can be searched for by their…
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