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DANCE
IDEAS
- Remembering Gloria Steinem As A Writer
As she said, “It’s one of the ironies of trying to be a writer and an activist at the same time that just when you feel you have the most to write about, you have the least time in which to write it.” – The New York Times
- Bad Bunny Finally Gets An Emmy, For The Super Bowl
The so-called “Primetime Emmys” happen next week, but Bad Bunny cleaned up with seven “creative Emmys” for his halftime show at the huge sporting event. – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
- Turns Out AI Can’t Turn Dakota Johnson Into Marilyn Monroe
And Maggie Gyllenhaal is kind of sorry she ever tried something “the people who commissioned this project” wanted. – Vulture
- CD Sales Are Booming, Alongside Vinyl And Cassettes
“Despite the increased interest in physical media and the ongoing iPod revival, people are not leaving streaming in droves. Streaming revenue grew by 4.7 percent to $4.9 billion — dwarfing all physical media combined.” – The Verge
- What To Do With All Of Europe’s Empty Churches?
Sure, indoor pickleball courts can work, but there are many arts options. – The New York Times
ISSUES
- Maurizio “Banana Taped To The Wall” Cattelan Insists He’s Serious (And He’s Probably Right)
The art world’s merriest prankster; the guy who duct-taped a banana to a gallery wall, called it “Comedian,” and saw it get eaten, sold for $6.2 million, and then eaten again — he says “My work has always been serious. The problem is people often stop at the joke.” – The Guardian
- Why The Bayeux Tapestry Thrilled Ancient Audiences
If we look at the meanings incorporated into different objects during the early medieval period, we see that the Bayeux tapestry is a visual form of the scop, an early medieval storyteller who told tales of heroes and great deeds, helping to preserve the oral tradition of the early English peoples. – The Conversation
- Vancouver Police Break Into Gallery Mistaking Sculpture For Person In Distress
According to the VPD, a caller reported seeing a person’s feet sticking out from behind a counter and believed medical assistance was needed. – Vancouver City News
- Iconic Salt Lake City Temple Has Been Transformed. Now A Rare Look Inside
After years of extensive renovation and structural upgrades, the LDS Church will open its signature temple April 5 to the public — Mormons and non-Mormons alike – for six months of unprecedented tours. – CNN
- Far-Right German Party Attacks Iconic Bauhaus School
Attacks on Bauhaus by Alternative for Germany, also known as AfD, come as Saxony-Anhalt in eastern Germany is about to vote in an election that could see a far-right party take control of one of the country’s states for the first time since World War II. – AP
MEDIA
- How City Arts Funding In Chicago Stacks Up Against That Of Other Big U.S. Cities
“Across the country’s five largest cities, Chicago was the only one to cut the funding for its local arts agency during its most recent budget cycle. And while its spending dwarfs that of the larger Los Angeles, and trails only behind New York per capita, the pressure is mounting to do more.” – WBEZ (Chicago)
- Trump Officials Threaten To Withdraw All Aid If Smithsonian Doesn’t Drop “Ideological Agenda”
“Administration officials ‘cannot in good conscience continue to support the Smithsonian under current leadership,’” said a letter from a key policy director and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. “citing artifact loans, procurement assistance and discretionary grants as examples of federal support that could be at risk.” – The Washington Post (Yahoo!)
- Thanks To New Tourist Tax, Edinburgh Arts Organizations To (Probably) Get 25% Increase In City Funding
“The distribution of funds raised by the Scottish capital’s new visitor levy, which is expected to raise up to £50m annually, has been the subject of intense debate in recent weeks. … (Organisations now) face a ‘deeply frustrating’ delay until the uplift is confirmed.” – The Stage
- US Government Agency Weakens Protections For Cultural Heritage Sites
Proposed federal rule changes would eliminate the requirement for public feedback and consultation with key parties like Tribal Nations and ultimately lead to the destruction of much of our cultural heritage. – Live Science
- A Deal To Save Philadelphia’s Academy Of Natural Sciences
The announcement comes one day after Drexel and the Academy said they would close the Academy’s museum effective Sept. 30 and that Academy CEO Scott Cooper would be stepping down immediately. Sept. 27 will be the last day the museum will be open to the public. – Philadelphia Inquirer
MUSIC
- Remembering Gloria Steinem As A Writer
As she said, “It’s one of the ironies of trying to be a writer and an activist at the same time that just when you feel you have the most to write about, you have the least time in which to write it.” – The New York Times
- This May Not Be The Great American Novel, But It’s Got To Be The Great American Manuscript
That would be the 120-foot scroll of architectural tracing paper on which Jack Kerouac typed — single-spaced — his original draft of On the Road. He produced the whole megillah in three very caffeinated weeks. – AP
- Why There Are Fewer English Majors In Universities Today
The decline of the English major offers a lesson in what young people want. Teenagers in the 2020s have a spiritual thirst that is unmet by a curriculum without order and greatness and charm. A field without a bible like the Norton doesn’t satisfy them. – Portico Quarterly
- Bookshop.com Has Directed $50M To Indy Bookstores
The company launched in 2020 to offer shoppers a way of buying books online that supported independent bookstores and to divert sales away from Amazon and competing platforms. It operates both as a proprietary sales channel and offers affiliate sales for independent stores and influencers. – Publishers Weekly
- Oxford University Press Staffers Strike Over Offshoring
“Oxford University Press plans to offshore its financial operations department to EXL Services, which will provide the service from the (Indian) subcontinent. More than 30 Unite the Union members walked out on Tuesday over the plans, with the industrial action set to last until 11 September.” – BBC (Yahoo!)
PEOPLE
- Remembering Gloria Steinem As A Writer
As she said, “It’s one of the ironies of trying to be a writer and an activist at the same time that just when you feel you have the most to write about, you have the least time in which to write it.” – The New York Times
- Bad Bunny Finally Gets An Emmy, For The Super Bowl
The so-called “Primetime Emmys” happen next week, but Bad Bunny cleaned up with seven “creative Emmys” for his halftime show at the huge sporting event. – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
- Turns Out AI Can’t Turn Dakota Johnson Into Marilyn Monroe
And Maggie Gyllenhaal is kind of sorry she ever tried something “the people who commissioned this project” wanted. – Vulture
- CD Sales Are Booming, Alongside Vinyl And Cassettes
“Despite the increased interest in physical media and the ongoing iPod revival, people are not leaving streaming in droves. Streaming revenue grew by 4.7 percent to $4.9 billion — dwarfing all physical media combined.” – The Verge
- What To Do With All Of Europe’s Empty Churches?
Sure, indoor pickleball courts can work, but there are many arts options. – The New York Times
PEOPLE
- Remembering Gloria Steinem As A Writer
As she said, “It’s one of the ironies of trying to be a writer and an activist at the same time that just when you feel you have the most to write about, you have the least time in which to write it.” – The New York Times
- Bad Bunny Finally Gets An Emmy, For The Super Bowl
The so-called “Primetime Emmys” happen next week, but Bad Bunny cleaned up with seven “creative Emmys” for his halftime show at the huge sporting event. – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
- Turns Out AI Can’t Turn Dakota Johnson Into Marilyn Monroe
And Maggie Gyllenhaal is kind of sorry she ever tried something “the people who commissioned this project” wanted. – Vulture
- CD Sales Are Booming, Alongside Vinyl And Cassettes
“Despite the increased interest in physical media and the ongoing iPod revival, people are not leaving streaming in droves. Streaming revenue grew by 4.7 percent to $4.9 billion — dwarfing all physical media combined.” – The Verge
- What To Do With All Of Europe’s Empty Churches?
Sure, indoor pickleball courts can work, but there are many arts options. – The New York Times
THEATRE
VISUAL
- What To Do With All Of Europe’s Empty Churches?
Sure, indoor pickleball courts can work, but there are many arts options. – The New York Times
- Have We Wrecked Childhood?
This doesn’t sound like a very nice life, does it? It’s an existence in which you’re micromanaged and surveilled, given almost no freedom or privacy, and put under constant pressure while, at the same time, being seen as incompetent and lazy. – The New Yorker
- Twilight Of The Oxford Dons
These same dons disdained Britain’s provincial universities—known pejoratively as Redbrick—as well as academics in the U.S., whom they scorned for going about their business with “woefully unnecessary seriousness.” A don, by contrast, was effortlessly successful. – The Wall Street Journal
- There’s A Difference Between Celebrating Innovation and Trying To Understand It
Journalist Nicholas Carr called the online world “the shallows” for the way it erodes concentration. But the paradox is that its depthlessness arrives as immersion. – The Walrus
- She Who Controls The Logistics…
