“Nationally renowned as the ‘suitcase symphony,’ the Raleigh-based orchestra traveled roughly 18,000 miles across the state, performing everywhere from Asheville to Wilmington, from Salisbury to Southern Pines.” Walter Magazine 09/13
Archives for September 2013
How Ballerinas’ Brains Change To Accommodate Movement
“Ballet dancers develop differences in their brain structures to allow them to perform pirouettes without feeling dizzy. Researchers from Imperial College London said dancers appear to suppress signals from the inner ear to the brain.”
Dallas Morning News Turns To Academia For Its New Arts Critics (A New Model?)
“The benefits here are obvious: Readers get better coverage — both more of it and higher quality — and the paper saves money by not having to hire a professional journalist. It’s the kind of small-bore savings that media bigwigs are talking about when they say improving the health of the news industry will require a lot of small moves at least as much as a few big ones.”
The New Literary Season Is Upon Us (Help!)
“Those of us in the business mostly dread the release of the Scotiabank Giller Prize long list because of whom it will exclude and thus throw deep into the sludge of eternal obscurity. The recent addition of a long list, released weeks before the short list, creates, paradoxically, additional terror because now that almost every novel released in the fall makes it onto the list, the ignominy of exclusion is even more significant.”
The Role Of Snobbery In Appreciating Classical Music
“The reason that research can seemingly suggest that our enjoyment of wine, certain foods, and classical music is BS can tell us a lot about snobbery and how we experience the finer things in life, the limitations of expert judgment in any field, and why marketing is so powerful.”
How Libraries Are Evolving
“Libraries were places of silence with pockets of group work and activity. In the 21st century university, they are becoming places of learning activity with pockets of silence.”
What Exactly Does A Dance Outreach Program Look Like?
“With a sagging economy, lackluster ticket sales, and funding shifts, many mid-sized ballet organizations are experiencing a disconnect occurring at a certain point among them, outreach program participants, and their local communities.” Dance/USA 09/05/13
Study: Artists Have Higher Job Satisfaction Than Most
“On a scale of one (very unhappy with their work) to 10 (totally happy), European artists average out at 7.7. That’s significantly above the 7.3 average for non-artists. This gap remains even when controlling for differences in such factors as income and hours worked.”