Friday, August 7, 2020
When experts and pundits can’t or won’t say ‘I don’t know’, the consequences can be dire. In the short term, bad advice leads to bad decisions. In the context of admitting uncertai…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:32PMIt was a dance moment that went viral: Photos of two young dancers, Ava Holloway and Kennedy George, both 14, turned out and on their toes, each raising a fist against the backdrop of the st…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM“With the calamities facing the world, rebuilding what has been is no longer our most pressing goal — reimagining the future moving forward is. The ever-changing present requires the art…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18PMMost seminal event in classical music since global onset of COVID-19 on August 14th in Vail, CO!
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:32AMThursday, August 6, 2020
The problem is that urban nightlife — no matter how risky — isn’t something that just allows itself to be canceled. The need to socialize, relax, mingle, hear music and dance is a powe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:12PMFans come to see themselves not just as the audience for, or patrons of, a given “intellectual property” but (to paraphrase the old WestJet slogan) as owners too. This feeling of ownersh…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:12PM“The reluctance to produce shows with casts that are all or largely non-white disproportionately affects shows written by Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) playwrights and compose…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:31PMBeing unable to see real works of art in person for months has made me realize just how much I have come to depend on seeing works online—and how I get more from that experience than I’d…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMThe artwork appearing on the toonie honouring his legacy is known as Xhuwaji, Haida Grizzly Bear. Reid painted it in 1988 on a ceremonial drum belonging to the Sam family of Ahousat, B.C. �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PM“The need for accessible streets and sidewalks has utterly reshaped the contemporary cityscape, and the most profound change is also the most modest: the curb cuts that you’ll find now a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMA white supremacist on YouTube will tell you all about race and IQ but if you want to read a careful scholarly refutation, obtaining a legal PDF from the journal publisher would cost you $14…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:32PMIf white-collar workers are told the downtown office is forever optional, some will take their superstar-city jobs out of superstar cities. That much is obvious. But these shifts, even if th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMThe truth of Fleisher is in his own questions, his dogged pursuit of answers (from spiritual healers to experimental treatments) is more interesting than the answer itself. You can’t help …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMWhile the pandemic has revealed the power of our shared public spaces, it has also magnified enormous disparities in quality and access to them. Demand has outstripped supply, in some cases …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMWednesday, August 5, 2020
You don’t think minimalists can be virtuosos? Tell it to Ernest Hemingway. Tell it to Thelonious Monk. Tell it to the Japanese calligrapher who spends his entire life perfecting a straight…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PMIf we want to trace bullshit back to its origins, we have to look a lot further back than any human civilization. Bullshit has its origins in deception more broadly, and animals have been de…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PMWhile the 2020 Salzburg Festival may not have such a global audience, it has commanded the world’s attention by forging ahead against all odds. New regulations notwithstanding — includin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PM“If he has withdrawn those two particular songs from BMI’s political license program, then the Trump administration does not have a license to play them at a political rally and they hav…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PMIts annual study into UK media habits suggested adults – many stuck indoors – spent 40% of their waking hours in front of a screen, on average. Time spent on subscription streaming servi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PM“Beijing has sent a clear message to the filmmaking world, that filmmakers who criticize China will be punished, but that those who play ball with its censorship strictures will be rewarde…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PMSunday, August 23 Perspectives Ensemble presents a two-part event: J.S. Bach: The Six Solo Cello Suites Performed by Wendy Sutter Part I: 3pm EDT (Suites 1-3) and Part II: 6pm EDT (Suites 4-…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PMStaff posted to social media but the museum’s director later deleted “Black Lives Matter” from the posts. Some museum staff went on strike, and then were laid off. – The New York Tim…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PMThe Burbank entertainment giant posted a net loss of $4.72 billion for the three months that ended in June, Disney said Tuesday. That’s compared with the $1.43 billion in net income the co…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PM“There is a cultural revolution happening in the United States, and people are realizing that they have the power to be more engaged with how public art is decided,” explained Patricia W…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMMass Cultural Council is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with a mission to promote excellence, inclusion, education, and diversity in the arts, humanities, and sci…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18AMTuesday, August 4, 2020
Groups of students have variously described the composition of Princeton’s faculty and its “institutional culture” as “pillars of its oppressive past,” declared that their educatio…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PMSince April, more than 20 members of the opera’s costume crew have been toiling away sewing face coverings which the opera is donating to firefighters, social service agencies and front li…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PMKjersti Flaa, a Norwegian journalist living in Los Angeles, filed a complaint Monday in California federal court alleging that the HFPA has adopted membership rules that exclude qualified ap…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PMBeyond just matching up bogus claims with evidence to the contrary, the startup treats the fact-checking process like an assembly line, with an algorithm prioritizing and doling out tasks. A…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PM“I mentioned that I work in real estate. When a listing is advertised with the line, “First time on market after 40 years of family ownership,” it almost always includes the phrase, �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMThe dismissals are only a small part of the changes implemented by the new government. On 1 July, the National Archaeology Museum (MUNARQ), which answered to the ministry of cultures and tou…
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