The festival’s powerful streak of commissioning new music — a roster of more than 50 pieces both large and small since 2006 — is largely a function of Ellen Primack’s hard work and powers of persuasion. - San Francisco Chronicle
The job is not easy. Depending on how you count, there are about a dozen Indigenous languages in our state, and every one of them has its own set of protocols about who can provide materials, and which parts of the languages and culture can be shared. - The Guardian
The recent struggles and remarkable late-career concerts of these two men will always mark for me the passing from the scene of their generation of artists — a generation that has loomed over the musical landscape, and stubbornly refused to cede it for decades. - The New York Times
The proposal made Thursday means that venues no longer would need a license to organize dances. Instead, as a general rule, they would only have to register with the police, which can be done verbally and does not cost anything. - AP
"A talk outlet owned by a billionaire businessman for whom radio is a hobby. ... A station that airs an improbable patch-quilt of block programming on weekends and boasts a talent lineup that ranges from Rudy Giuliani to Cousin Brucie, from Sid Rosenberg and Larry Kudlow to Tony Orlando." - Inside Radio
The new finding of Mr. Park and his colleagues suggests that investments in science are caught in a spiral of diminishing returns and that quantity in some respects is outpacing quality. - The New York Times
"Old Jet sits inside a former fighter-jet operations building. Like most rural hubs, it houses a unique mixture of people who live locally and need studio space: in this case, 35 musicians, artists, writers, photographers, fashion designers and more, ranging from early-career artists to established names." - The Guardian
I’ve loved my publishing experience with HarperCollins. Everyone I’ve worked with has been a smart adviser and a fierce advocate for a slightly weird first novel in a challenging marketplace. And yet, since November, part of me has worried about today, knowing how conflicted I’d feel. - Slate
She was a rarity, a professional female painter, in the Dutch Golden Age; her work has been admired ever since — although, for centuries, most of it wasn't recognized as hers. (It was frequently attributed to her likely teacher, Frans Hals.) Here's a rundown of what's known about her. - ARTnews
"The first phases of the gay play, crucial in their moment (the second half of the 20th century), are over. The spotlight has passed from that narrow band of the LGBTQ rainbow, and the specific drama of coming out, to a much wider and wilder journey." - The New York Times
In recent years the idea that our universe, including ourselves and all of our innermost thoughts, is a computer simulation, running on a thinking machine of cosmic capacity, has permeated culture high and low. - The New York Times
"Through complex, self-reflexive work that often flouted the traditional mechanisms of the art world and borrowed from mass communication, … the Italian polymath … mapped the mind in a prolific and restless six-decade career spanning painting, sculpture, film, literature, happenings, psychoanalysis, agriculture, and radical politics." - Artforum
Rouge et Noir was created for the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo in 1939. Dance critic Ann Barzel filmed parts of the work in Chicago in 1949; that film, restored and synched to the Shostakovich score, is the finale of the Matisse exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. - The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Within the tomb, archaeologists discovered the remains of some 50 bodies, buried alongside an assemblage of artifacts and weapons. It included bronze daggers, knives, and axes, interred alongside ceramic vessels, bronze beads, and a plaque carved in the silhouette of a stag." - Artnet
