Sunday, March 22, 2020
Er, maybe move online this year, film festivals? “Cannes organizers are looking at the possibility of postponing the event by about six weeks, until late June, in the optimistic hope that …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PMInspired by Italy, Rogers Park got itself together to sing the popular 1980s rocker’s “Livin’ on a Prayer.” The singer himself joined in via Instagram, and a local radio station chan…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PMThis week’s edition of what we can watch while stuck at home and missing all of the culture outside our walls. – The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PMSays one professor of media psychology on why so many people are watching, say, “The Great British Baking Show” and other comfort watches or re-watches: “There’s a lot of comfort in …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PMHatch and his wife, artist and filmmaker Camille Billops, “created a vast archive of interviews with black actors, singers, writers and artists. … He became an expert in the history of b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PMAfter days – and lots of angry tweets, posts, and other pushback from staff who said they had no masks, no gloves, no hand sanitizer, and were still being forced to take cash – and the C…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PMThis story came out before Sir Patrick Stewart performed “Let us not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediments” (aka Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116) on Instagram, but there are plenty …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PMThe Northridge Earthquake didn’t even stop box office reporting. But COVID-19 has, as almost all movie theatres have closed. – Los Angeles Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PMHis double music life: “As William O. Smith, he pioneered unorthodox techniques for his instrument and developed ways to notate them for other players. Composers like Luigi Nono, Pauline …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PMYew, who was ending his run as artistic director of Victory Gardens in Chicago: “We will emerge with new stories to tell. We will revisit old tales that give our lives new meaning and sust…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:30PMThat’s not its official name, and it won’t be a competition, but EuroVision organizers said “the show will ‘honour the songs and artists’ that were due to take part of the contest …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:36AMThe “emergency relief agreement” negotiated by the Broadway League and 14 different unions created an agreement “to pay hundreds of actors, musicians, stagehands and others for the fir…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:36AMDelair starred in Laurel and Hardy’s last movie, but she was best known for starring in 1940s thrillers directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, some of which were made during the Nazi occupatio…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AMWhy? Because everyone’s at home – and everyone needs bandwidth. “European Commissioner Thierry Breton had asked streamers to take measures to prevent congestion on the internet. One of…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AMDebbie Allen, star and choreographer of Fame, has been hosting dance lessons and classes since Wednesday. “‘While all of us are dealing with this uncertainty and darkness, we will bring …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AMOne film art director: “Over one hour, everything was cancelled. That’s £28,000 gone in an instant. My head started spinning. I realised the knock-on effect this would have in the indus…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AMYou can read an awful lot for free through libraries’ online services. Also, here are some tips on how to find reading community when your book group can’t meet in person. – The Washin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AMLuisa Roldán revolutionized the use of terra cotta for small devotional figurines and was a court sculptor for the final Hapsburg Spanish king – in the 1690s. Her work was sent to Mexico …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AMRogers was the original country star selling out arenas, long before Garth Brooks or Shania Twain in the 1990s. “Rogers’s popularity stemmed partly from his genial persona and rugged goo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AMFirst of all, theatre can acknowledge the uncertainty, anxiety, grief, and pain of this time – and the resilience that so many people are bringing right now. “Some theatres … have reco…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:30AMMonday, March 16, 2020
This paragraph barely skims the surface of the life of P-Orridge: “Genesis led the influential British rock bands Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, dabbled as a dominatrix in New York, ran…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMIf you’re historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, you ask YA superstar Jason Reynolds to collaborate on adapting a thick tome for middle schoolers. Reynolds: “I wanted to try to figure out how to …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMGrocery stores, pharmacies, and food banks can remain open, but movie theatres are also closed (at least, those that hadn’t already closed themselves). – Los Angeles Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMDoes anyone who identifies as queer or LGBTQIA actually believe Disney at this point? Probably not, but should production on movies and TV shows ever resume in the world, “There will be a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMIt’s grim for movie theatres and for production companies as they halt production. But … “A lot of analysts have been talking about how the old theatrical model is outdated and streami…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMSeriously: Dance is doable in-the-house exercise. Though the five dancers in this article all have extensive gym and group class routines, one also says that “dancing helps me appreciate m…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMGregotti helped design the 1992 Olympic Stadium in Barcelona and designed the Marassi stadium in Genoa for the 1990 men’s World Cup. He also designed the Grand Thèatre de Provence and Lis…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMOne moviegoer in Manhattan: “We understand what all the drama is, … but we felt that if we went to the first movie of the day, it wouldn’t be that crowded. And we wanted to just change…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMMistake. “Not long after she started working again at the academy, she misappropriated $1.5 million from its coffers.” – The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMSorry to every movie that opened last weekend – or, heaven forfend, this one. – Variety
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM“ Did you think the owner of Hobby Lobby paid too much for something that wasn’t authenticated so he could put it in his museum? You were correct. “Experts have confirmed what has long…
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