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DANCE
IDEAS
- At Long Last, John Constable’s Most Famous Painting Is On View In Suffolk
“The famous work depicts a rural scene near the River Stour in Flatford, but it was actually painted in Constable’s London studio.” – BBC
- Learning How To Fake-Punch, Fake-Fall, And Fake-Go Up In Flames, On Camera
“The best side of a stunt always has to face the lens: The trajectory of a feigned punch, a few degrees off, can look fake to viewers.” – The New York Times
- Why Debates Over Free Speech Can Lead To So Much Fury
“The free speech wars of recent years are not just about rules – they’re about what it means to be a good person.” – The Guardian (UK)
- This Nonreligious Choir Draws Crowds In The Bay Area
Big crowds for a church venue, anyway – and a lot of participants. “The choir is full of these intense, amazing, freaky, kooky people, and the community that I’ve been able to fall into and build has just been a game changer.” – San Francisco Chronicle
- California Places A New Cap On Film And TV Tax Credits, Freaking Out State Lawmakers
The state legislators “are calling for Gov. Gavin Newsom to exempt the state’s film and TV production incentive program from a recently approved cap on corporate tax credits.” – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
ISSUES
- At Long Last, John Constable’s Most Famous Painting Is On View In Suffolk
“The famous work depicts a rural scene near the River Stour in Flatford, but it was actually painted in Constable’s London studio.” – BBC
- Reconsidering An English Artist Who Painted The Working-Class
A painter from Manchester, who focused on the working class, isn’t necessarily what Londoners think. “What we’re hoping to do is actually to bust a few myths. … [LS Lowry] wasn’t just an industrial painter. He certainly wasn’t naive or isolated.” – The Guardian (UK)
- The University Of North Texas Can’t Handle An Art Show With Work Critical Of ICE
“Initially, the administrators discussed removing some of the pieces from the show. But then the provost texted that he wanted to take down the entire exhibition instead. [He] wrote, ‘I think it’ll be easier to manage any barking from our friends in Austin.’” – NPR
- This Artwork Requires Covering The Gallery Floor In Peanut Butter
Smooth, not chunky – the artist wasn’t a monster. – The Guardian (UK)
- Anish Kapoor And The Meaning Of The Void
“When Kapoor first made one of these works in Prussian blue, he was stunned to find ‘it wasn’t an empty space painted blue,’ he said. ‘It was full of blueness or, as I say, darkness. What was empty became full. How can that be?’” – ArtNet
MEDIA
- Why Debates Over Free Speech Can Lead To So Much Fury
“The free speech wars of recent years are not just about rules – they’re about what it means to be a good person.” – The Guardian (UK)
- The Question Remains
Can genAI art or writing ever, ever be more than mid? – Glasstire
- What Would A Post-Literate World Look Like, Though?
“We are making real trade-offs as we shift to communication through short-form video, and maybe it will be worth it, but we certainly are losing a lot.” – NPR
- Is The U.S. Really Ready To Face The Mythmaking Of Little House On The Prairie?
A new Netflix adaptation would argue that some people – though likely not those trying to ban anything not “positive” in history texts – are so ready. – Salon
- The New York Times’ Article On Kerri Greenidge Has Weird Timing And Research Issues
“The article offers no convincing explanation for a response this totalizing. It does not solve the mystery. It compounds it.” – Study Marry Kill
MUSIC
- Could We Stop Demonizing BookTok Now?
Last week’s New Yorker has a rather intense article on the uselessness of BookTok for real book discussion. This woman begs to differ. – BBC
- Is TikTok Ruining Books, Or Publishing In General?
Personal testimony is paramount on BookTok; a book is deemed successful if it ‘breaks’ or ‘destroys’ a “reader. The most common book-review content on the app understands books as pleasure-spiking torment factories.” – The New Yorker
- Sometimes Book To Movie Adaptations Don’t Work Out For The Author
But this one may become legendary. “Tomi Adeyemi, the author of the bestselling fantasy Children of Blood and Bone, isn’t planning to see the forthcoming film adaptation — even though she co-wrote it.” – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
- Enjoying All Of The Agatha Christie Adaptations Out There?
Then you might want to read more Golden Age mysteries, including Josephine Tey (and not just Daughter of Time). – The New York Times
- Meta Won’t Stop Going After The Author Of Careless People, Proving The Book’s Point Over And Over And Over Again
“The optics of the case speak louder than the niceties of any contract dispute. Those optics advance the narrative that Meta is a heartless and negative force determined to stifle the truth about its misdeeds.” (In other words, buy physical copies of the book.) – Wired
PEOPLE
- At Long Last, John Constable’s Most Famous Painting Is On View In Suffolk
“The famous work depicts a rural scene near the River Stour in Flatford, but it was actually painted in Constable’s London studio.” – BBC
- Learning How To Fake-Punch, Fake-Fall, And Fake-Go Up In Flames, On Camera
“The best side of a stunt always has to face the lens: The trajectory of a feigned punch, a few degrees off, can look fake to viewers.” – The New York Times
- Why Debates Over Free Speech Can Lead To So Much Fury
“The free speech wars of recent years are not just about rules – they’re about what it means to be a good person.” – The Guardian (UK)
- This Nonreligious Choir Draws Crowds In The Bay Area
Big crowds for a church venue, anyway – and a lot of participants. “The choir is full of these intense, amazing, freaky, kooky people, and the community that I’ve been able to fall into and build has just been a game changer.” – San Francisco Chronicle
- California Places A New Cap On Film And TV Tax Credits, Freaking Out State Lawmakers
The state legislators “are calling for Gov. Gavin Newsom to exempt the state’s film and TV production incentive program from a recently approved cap on corporate tax credits.” – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
PEOPLE
- At Long Last, John Constable’s Most Famous Painting Is On View In Suffolk
“The famous work depicts a rural scene near the River Stour in Flatford, but it was actually painted in Constable’s London studio.” – BBC
- Learning How To Fake-Punch, Fake-Fall, And Fake-Go Up In Flames, On Camera
“The best side of a stunt always has to face the lens: The trajectory of a feigned punch, a few degrees off, can look fake to viewers.” – The New York Times
- Why Debates Over Free Speech Can Lead To So Much Fury
“The free speech wars of recent years are not just about rules – they’re about what it means to be a good person.” – The Guardian (UK)
- This Nonreligious Choir Draws Crowds In The Bay Area
Big crowds for a church venue, anyway – and a lot of participants. “The choir is full of these intense, amazing, freaky, kooky people, and the community that I’ve been able to fall into and build has just been a game changer.” – San Francisco Chronicle
- California Places A New Cap On Film And TV Tax Credits, Freaking Out State Lawmakers
The state legislators “are calling for Gov. Gavin Newsom to exempt the state’s film and TV production incentive program from a recently approved cap on corporate tax credits.” – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
THEATRE
VISUAL
- It’s Possible That We’re Coming To The End Of Literacy
How can we tell? Well, a lot of ways. One grim statistic: “Gambling has become a more common leisure activity than reading a book.” – The Atlantic
- Seneca, Worried About The Crisis Of Attention, Had An Idea For A Fix
Too much scrolling (of papyrus) in ancient Rome had the philosopher Seneca in search of an answer. His advice, “which he outlined in his Letters From a Stoic: Devote your attention to one idea a day.” – The New York Times
- As Yet Another Version Hits Cinemas, Why Are We Still So Obsessed With The Odyssey?
“The Odyssey – the story of a warrior’s homecoming, his long and tortuous journey to reintegrate himself within his own household – has passed into the bloodstream of many storytelling traditions,” from Finding Nemo to Game of Thrones. – The Guardian (UK)
- The Schomburg Center Turns A Century Old
“Growing up in Puerto Rico in the late 19th century, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was told by his teacher that Black people had no significant history or accomplishments.” Just how wrong was that teacher? Very. – The Guardian (UK)
- What Society Is Losing As It Becomes Postliterate
“The literate era will prove to be a brief interlude between the oral and digital ages. Reading shaped the modern mind. Its disappearance will reshape it. Cognitive scientists are starting to understand what these changes might look like.” – The Atlantic