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DANCE
IDEAS
- Skydance’s $8 Billion Acquisition Of Paramount Global Is Now Complete
“Skydance Media has closed its takeover, unveiled in July 2024, of Paramount Global to form what the merger partners have called a ‘next-generation media and technology leader, positioned to win in today’s rapidly transforming media landscape.’” – The Hollywood Reporter
- What Robert Wilson Meant For The Avant Garde
What made Wilson’s divergence from theatrical and classical conventions so powerful was his clear reverence for them — the careful, conscientious approach he took to turning things upside down. – Washington Post (MSN)
- State Museum Of Pennsylvania Closes Native American Exhibit And Will Return All Items To Tribes
“(The action is) part of the museum’s compliance with a federal law mandating the repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items held by federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding.” – PennLive
- LA Arts Philanthropist Glorya Kaufman, 95
Glorya Kaufman, the philanthropist who transformed dance in Los Angeles through the establishment of an eponymous dance school at USC as well as a prominent dance series at the Music Center, among many other initiatives, has died. She was 95. – Los Angeles Times
- Where Have All The Horses Gone? We Struggle To Accept The Future And Let Go Of The Past
Everything is public now, potentially: one’s thoughts, one’s photos, one’s movements, one’s purchases. There is no privacy and apparently little desire for it in a world devoted to non-stop use of social media. Every minute, every second, has to be spent with one’s device clutched in one’s hand. – The New Yorker
ISSUES
- State Museum Of Pennsylvania Closes Native American Exhibit And Will Return All Items To Tribes
“(The action is) part of the museum’s compliance with a federal law mandating the repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items held by federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding.” – PennLive
- Herzog And De Meuron To Design New Museum In Honor Of Charles And Ray Eames
“The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, the organization dedicated to stewarding the Eameses’ legacy, will be transforming the former Birkenstock campus in Marin County into a museum. … The 88-acre site (will become) a public space set to host exhibitions, workshops, educational programming, and retail offerings.” – Artnet
- How Did Dinosaur Bones Get To Be As Expensive As Old Master Paintings?
Skulls and other recognizable fragments can sell for well into six figures, while complete or near-complete skeletons now bring tens of millions of dollars at auction. Dinosaur fossils are even turning up at art fairs. – Artnet
- Can Steve Martin Help Direct Visitors To The Frick?
In a new video posted to the Frick’s website and social media, the Only Murders in the Building co-creator and actor prances around the freshly renovated Gilded Age mansion, narrating a short history of the museum and its originator, the industrialist and notorious labor suppressor Henry Clay Frick. – Hyperallergic
- This Cheapo L.A. Motel Just Got Landmark Status
“This place gives a bad feeling, don’t recommend,” says one typical Yelp review (1.3 stars) of the Hollywood Premiere Motel — which the Los Angeles City Council has just added to its Historic Cultural Monument List. – Artnet
MEDIA
- Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Cancellation Of NIH Grants
“A judge in Oregon on Wednesday ordered the federal government to essentially freeze more than $200 million withheld from state and local humanities councils across the country and to halt any plans to spend the money elsewhere.” – The Oregonian
- UCLA: Trump $584M Cuts Are A “Death Knell” For School’s Research
The University of California president on Wednesday said Trump administration grant suspensions at UCLA total $584 million, cuts that would be a “death knell” to medical, science and energy research and have spurred negotiations with federal officials. – Los Angeles Times
- Here’s The Culture Trump’s NEH Is Funding After Canceling Previous Grants
The grants include many focused on presidents, statesmen and canonical authors, including $10 million to the University of Virginia — which the agency said was the largest grant in its history — that will support the “expedited completion” of editorial work on papers relating to the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution and the Founding era. – The New York Times
- San Francisco Arts Community Facing Cost/Funding Squeeze
Financial constraints in the arts in the community are responsible for much more than limiting the amount of entertainment available. – San Francisco Classical Voice
- Qatar Is Using High Culture To Flex its Soft Power
“(Landing the newest expansion of the Art Basel franchise is) just the latest coup for Qatar, uncomfortably wedged between Saudi Arabia and, across the Persian Gulf, Iran, as it expands its soft power by hosting global events and securing the friendship of the rich and powerful through investment and entertainment.” – Politico
MUSIC
- The Impact Of NEA Funding On Small Presses
For most publishers, the grants are not generous enough to sustain an entire catalog, especially when compared to how tedious and time-consuming the application process is. The money matters because it puts more gas in a small team’s tank, but also it waves a green flag. – LitHub
- There’s A New National Association Of Black Bookstores
“The National Association of Black Bookstores, a member-based nonprofit organization which aims to support and promote Black booksellers, announced its launch on Friday. Its mission, NAB2 said in the announcement, includes ‘promoting literacy, amplifying Black voices, and preserving Black culture.’” – Publishers Weekly
- Robert Reich: I Hate Book Tours
That’s what you are when you go on a book tour: merchandise. A traveling salesperson selling a book. But not just any book — it’s your book. – Robert Reich
- Study: As Language Changes, People Of All Ages Adapt (Not Just The Young)
A study led by McGill University researchers challenges the theory that language change over time requires new generations to replace older generations of speakers. – Phys
- Jamaica Kincaid Is Always Watching Herself, And Always Has
“It sounds awfully wooey, you know, kind of hippie-ish, but somewhere I’m still Elaine (her birth name). She doesn’t know how to write. I wouldn’t know how to write an autobiography or a memoir about my childhood, but Jamaica could look at Elaine and write about her.” – The New York Times Magazine
PEOPLE
- Skydance’s $8 Billion Acquisition Of Paramount Global Is Now Complete
“Skydance Media has closed its takeover, unveiled in July 2024, of Paramount Global to form what the merger partners have called a ‘next-generation media and technology leader, positioned to win in today’s rapidly transforming media landscape.’” – The Hollywood Reporter
- What Robert Wilson Meant For The Avant Garde
What made Wilson’s divergence from theatrical and classical conventions so powerful was his clear reverence for them — the careful, conscientious approach he took to turning things upside down. – Washington Post (MSN)
- State Museum Of Pennsylvania Closes Native American Exhibit And Will Return All Items To Tribes
“(The action is) part of the museum’s compliance with a federal law mandating the repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items held by federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding.” – PennLive
- LA Arts Philanthropist Glorya Kaufman, 95
Glorya Kaufman, the philanthropist who transformed dance in Los Angeles through the establishment of an eponymous dance school at USC as well as a prominent dance series at the Music Center, among many other initiatives, has died. She was 95. – Los Angeles Times
- Where Have All The Horses Gone? We Struggle To Accept The Future And Let Go Of The Past
Everything is public now, potentially: one’s thoughts, one’s photos, one’s movements, one’s purchases. There is no privacy and apparently little desire for it in a world devoted to non-stop use of social media. Every minute, every second, has to be spent with one’s device clutched in one’s hand. – The New Yorker
PEOPLE
- Skydance’s $8 Billion Acquisition Of Paramount Global Is Now Complete
“Skydance Media has closed its takeover, unveiled in July 2024, of Paramount Global to form what the merger partners have called a ‘next-generation media and technology leader, positioned to win in today’s rapidly transforming media landscape.’” – The Hollywood Reporter
- What Robert Wilson Meant For The Avant Garde
What made Wilson’s divergence from theatrical and classical conventions so powerful was his clear reverence for them — the careful, conscientious approach he took to turning things upside down. – Washington Post (MSN)
- State Museum Of Pennsylvania Closes Native American Exhibit And Will Return All Items To Tribes
“(The action is) part of the museum’s compliance with a federal law mandating the repatriation of Native American human remains and cultural items held by federal agencies and institutions that receive federal funding.” – PennLive
- LA Arts Philanthropist Glorya Kaufman, 95
Glorya Kaufman, the philanthropist who transformed dance in Los Angeles through the establishment of an eponymous dance school at USC as well as a prominent dance series at the Music Center, among many other initiatives, has died. She was 95. – Los Angeles Times
- Where Have All The Horses Gone? We Struggle To Accept The Future And Let Go Of The Past
Everything is public now, potentially: one’s thoughts, one’s photos, one’s movements, one’s purchases. There is no privacy and apparently little desire for it in a world devoted to non-stop use of social media. Every minute, every second, has to be spent with one’s device clutched in one’s hand. – The New Yorker
THEATRE
VISUAL
- Where Have All The Horses Gone? We Struggle To Accept The Future And Let Go Of The Past
Everything is public now, potentially: one’s thoughts, one’s photos, one’s movements, one’s purchases. There is no privacy and apparently little desire for it in a world devoted to non-stop use of social media. Every minute, every second, has to be spent with one’s device clutched in one’s hand. – The New Yorker
- Should Ideas Be Free? How Big Thinkers Have Thought About Intellectual Property
Should owning an idea be treated the same way as owning a physical object, or are these two forms of property rights ultimately incomparable? – Aeon
- Reimagining How To Teach In The Age Of AI
Through a combination of oral examinations, one-on-one discussions, community engagement and in-class projects, the professors I spoke with are revitalizing the experience of humanities for 21st-century students. – The New York Times
- Being A Perfectionist Is A Curse
At first blush, it can be hard to take perfectionism seriously as a source of suffering. The lament “I’m a perfectionist” carries a strong whiff of humblebrag—the kind of thing savvy job applicants say when asked their greatest flaw. – The New Yorker
- Yes You Can Get Wiser As You Get Older. But Also Stupider Too
In the second half of life, we’re all expected to say how much happier we are than in our insecure twenties, how we wouldn’t swap places with our younger self, oh no, not even if you paid us. Hmm. Sometimes I feel that way, but not always. – The Ruffian
