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Hugo Ball Prize Halted As Organizers Address The Artist’s Antisemitism

The prize, named for the influential German Dadaist, was awarded - but at the request of artist winner Hito Steyerl, and agreement of writing winner Olivia Wenzel, "the 2023 award will be replaced by an open discussion about historical and current antisemitism and racism." - Hyperallergic

Publisher Withdraws Coloring Book Based On Popular Novel About Domestic Abuse

No, not even Colleen Hoover's popularity can win this one. "The coloring book, which was set to be published by Atria, was, according to the publisher, 'Vividly drawn and charmingly relaxing.'" - LitHub

Riverdance’s Michael Flatley Diagnosed With An Aggressive Cancer

The long-heralded "Lord of the Dance" (who retired in 2016) once had his feet insured for $30 million, at the height of the traditional Irish dance craze of the late 1990s. - Washington Post

The Wait For Prince Harry’s Memoir Stretches Into Years At Libraries

At Orange County, the wait is more than 55 weeks (or was when the article was written, as "more than 700 people are on hold for its 100 or so copies." (The Los Angeles Public Library waitlist has more than 5,500 people on it.) - Los Angeles Times

Some Historical Fiction Is Only Kinda Based On A True-ish Story

And lawsuits are quick to follow. - The New York Times

How To Win A Literary Prize (Hint: It’s Rigged)

The game is rigged. It is rigged like capitalism is rigged. There is no puppet master, no conspiracy, only a field where advantages, to begin with, are distributed unequally. You can beat the long odds, but you have long odds to beat. - LA Review of Books

Andrew Litton Talks About Conducting For Ballet

It’s very hard to explain to musicians who don’t know ballet, but “One” is everything to a dancer — even though it may have nothing to do with the “One” in the score. - The New York Times

A “Pre-Colonial” Africa Never Existed

The concept of ‘precolonial’ anything hides, it never discloses; it obscures, it never illuminates; it does not aid understanding in any manner, shape or form. - Aeon

How Will Women Conductors Change The Culture Of Conducting?

What is authority as it pertains to conducting? If music itself cannot be gendered, why has the conductor’s role been gendered? - Aeon

Nazi Loot Claim On Van Gogh Worth $250 Million

In 1987 the work was auctioned for £25m, but the heirs of the German Jewish banker Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, who owned it until the 1930s, now value it at a staggering $250m. - The Art Newspaper

The Imelda Marcos-David Byrne-Fatboy Slim Immersive Disco Musical Is Coming To Broadway

"Here Lies Love will be produced in the fully immersive, mostly standing-room format that was an essential element in its world premiere engagement ... and subsequent productions. That immersive setting had posed the greatest challenge in getting the show on Broadway, where ripping the seats out is not an every-year occurrence." - Variety

Studies: How Making Theatre Helps You Think

Theater involves “active learning” — getting up on your feet to take in information, rather than merely sitting at a desk. “When you put something in your body, it’s more durable, it lasts longer, and you remember it longer.”  - Washington Post

Lessons From Hamline University: Who’s Really In Charge?

Does academic freedom really only mean as much freedom as your most sensitive students can stand, and the careers of scholars in the hands of students who are inexperienced in the subject matter, new to academic life, and, often, still in the throes of adolescence. - The Atlantic

Studying Conducting Is Very Expensive — Except In This L.A. Garage

"The Los Angeles Conducting Co-op is a new organization founded by violinist and producer Lisa Liu, conductor Christopher Rountree and violist, curator and broadcaster Nadia Sirota. Their mission is straightforward: 'Pool resources to defray the costs of studying symphonic conducting.'" - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)

We Sometimes Forget How Words Evolve

Sentence structure aside, so much of the challenge posed by James’s prose is that words often had different meanings around the turn of the century than they do now. This quiet evolution of language is a facet that can be damnably hard to notice day to day, yet its importance is hard to overstate. - The New York Times

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