249 stories from CultureFuture
Kristen Engebretsen (ARTSblog) vents some frustration about the patchwork of arts education funding:
I recently read an article about a school that won a $25,000 contest by HGTV to redesig…
Lynne Conner (ArtsJournal.com) wants to artists to be more receptive to audience interpretation:
Inviting audiences to interpret the art works we present (make, produce, critique) is …
I saw that the previous "Things We Learned" post generated some interest, particularly around the piece of advice to let every employee stop the line.
If you're interested in hearing that m…
"I don't want to be embarrassing but I do have a tendency to be a best-selling author."
-- Douglas Adams, declining a standard £600 advance to write a Dr. Who no…
First nomination for hero of the year:
Just because you have a job to do, doesn't mean you can't do it with your own flourish.
Organs of State had our (quarterly?) summit, where we get together for way too many hours and talk about what we've done, what we're doing, what we're going to do, and how and why we do…
A reader of my blog caught me in the real world asked me why I haven't posted in quite some time, and there have been a lot of good reasons.
I went to New Zealand, where I got to…
On the heels of my last citation by Andrew Sullivan, another one (I'm the one who took screenshots of InTrade.com).
Carve it on my mausoleum.
I'm still coming back from my two week vacation (and I've commited myself to reading everything from while I was gone -- for theater, that is) but here's two quotes that look great together:…
I'm quoted at 9:23 PM.
So sayeth Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel:
A few months after his May inauguration, Emanuel said, he decided that he would work out of the mayor's so-called ceremonial office " and not the relat…
Not a subject I'd ever know how to tackle, but there's an incredible personal essay on the subject here. Read the whole thing.
A must-read from Rob Weinert-Kendt on the need for importance in theater:
But why do I feel the need to go further than to say it's entertaining and leave it at that? I agree with one of t…
Our powers combine to form...:
Three of New York City's top indie theatre companies, Boomerang Theatre Company, Flux Theatre Ensemble, and Gideon Productions, have joined forces to form the…
I wish I could believe this, but this shit sounds bananas:
According to a new UK study involving Apple and the London School of Economics " reported by Hannah Thomas at Marie Claire " peopl…
Fractured Atlas held a meet and greet last Wednesday evening at Topaz Arts featuring NY City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, Chair of the Council on Culture. (Official Press Rel…
"Student Maces Class at Academy for Social Action."
Don't laugh. It's not funny. Kids got hurt.
Really, don't think about the irony of a bunch of kids studying social action getting the fu…
Very Philip K. Dick.
I try not to indulge in schadenfreude, but Newt Gingrich completely fails to evoke even the barest of sympathies. So I enjoyed this immensely:
"Language is supposed to be a package that …
This race is HEATING UP:
Open more doors in life:
Fellow blogosphere inhabitant RVCBard is working on putting her work in the universe; you can donate to help make that a reality.
Anoth…
This beautifully designed compendium contains all manner of whimsical scribblings, photographs and cartoons, together with some rock and roll music and vaudevillian ballads.
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Previous installments: I, II, III,
IV, V, VI, an update, and VII
The NYPD Disorder Control Memo leaked on Gothamist contains this point as point #1:
"A strong military appearance, with s…
"There but for the grace of God go I."
Lesson #1:
The remaining students, who far outnumber the contingent of police, slowly start to encircle the officers while chanting "Shame on you!" The chants get louder and more menacing a…
A lot of buzz on the internet around the bills being debated in the House and Senate (with broad, bipartisan support) that would allow the Government to issue take-down notices to websites, …
