"Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Maldonado is steeped in the American poetry scene. At the 92NY's Unterberg Poetry Center, he has overseen readings, workshops and an annual poetry contest." - NPR
"One nine-year-old girl is heard saying to her teacher: 'I'm absolutely sluggardized." A few weeks before, her year five class had been deciphering the word - meaning made lazy or idle - in one of Shakespeare's plays. Now she was using it correctly, to emphasise how exhausted she felt." - BBC
Julian Eltinge "represented a unique form of the art, one that emphasized fidelity to femininity instead of risqué repartee, outlandish outfits or high-energy lip syncing. He made a mint onstage and toured the world, sometimes while wearing a 23-inch corset and ... high-heeled shoes." - Washington Post
Another statue goes down for its inspiration being an enslaver. For a century, few knew who he was, but "in recent years it sometimes drew Hamilton fans to snap selfies" at Albany's City Hall.- The New York Times
Of course, "there is the question of who actually gets the Oscar. Is it the stunt artists? The choreographer? The film’s director? Is the award for best stunt? Best sequence? Best performer?" - The Guardian (UK)
In the 1960s and 1970s, Denver's Chicana/o community painted murals partly because the city knew they were cheaper than removing graffiti. Now they're disappearing. "The National Trust named the Chicano/a/x Community Murals of Colorado to its 2022 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places." - Hyperallergic
Union president Fran Drescher to her SAG-AFTRA members: "We are having an extremely productive negotiations that are laser focused on all of the crucial issues you told us are most important to you." Now, what about the writers? - Los Angeles Times
"What we find, then, is what we’ve previously called 'generalized skepticism,' whereby people are skeptical of all forms of news selection, whether done by humans or by algorithms." So ... er ... should we ask dogs and cats to do this work? - Nieman Lab
"His approach was often likened to that of his hero, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and others whose notion of 'the decisive moment' shaped modern street photography and the photojournalism that flourished in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s." - The New York Times
But museums are trying their damnedest to pick it up. "This surely is the route through the coming AI storm: the digital age demands more, not less creativity in schools and families. It is through play and imagination that we can rise above the robots." - The Observer (UK)
By "someone," we mean the Senate. "Tens of millions of Americans don’t have access to high-speed broadband. Depending on who you ask, that number could be as low as 14 million or as high as 42 million because the FCC has yet to fix the maps." - The Verge
In artist Mire Lee's work, "motors, tubes, and pumps paired with silicone, ceramics, fabrics and liquids become sculptures that are bizarre, messy and (in more ways than one) moving. Pushing lines of taste, her inventions can suggest organs ripped from bodies." - The New York Times
"The heart of salsa - the fast-tempo, horn-heavy music and its hip-swinging dance style - has beat loudly and strongly in New York for decades. ... Now the city is home to the first museum dedicated to the music that traces its roots to Africa." - NPR
Treasure Lunan, who's playing Lysander at Portland Center Stage's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, says they feel welcome there. PCS Associate Artistic Director Chip Miller says, "When you have someone so talented, why would you limit what roles they could play?" - Oregon ArtsWatch
"Bronzes of arms, feet, ears and other body parts ... the various ailments that were treated at the thermal baths." And then there are two bronze plaques with a "'very accurate' depiction of internal organs." - The New York Times
