After our time training together in the '70s, Richard went on to join two of the finest ballet companies in the world at the time. He danced like a comet. And after that, astonishingly, he became a doctor. Ballet dancers, at that time, rarely went to college. You'd train about to age 18, then audition for a professional troupe...
Informed that the English village where he lived was considering ending mail delivery on Sundays, the great novelist wrote, basically, that if he couldn't receive his fan mail seven days a week, well, he just might have to sell his house and leave town. - BBC
"As (Liz) Truss continues to gain support in the Conservative Party leadership contest against former chancellor Rishi Sunak, she has reportedly confirmed that Dorries is likely to stay where she is." A source said that Dorries "has a lot of unfinished business on her desk." - Yahoo! News
The Gagosian Gallery closed last year, and Pace will close its Palo Alto gallery next month. Working artists have had to leave their Bay Area studios for less expensive regions. And last month the San Francisco Art Institute, which has counted a long line of distinguished artists among its alumni and faculty over the decades, shut its doors after...
A group of 24 college professors got together to attempt to think this difficult question through. They couldn't agree. - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Americans on both sides of the political aisle were opposed to banning books, although it also found stark differences when it came to how issues of race should be taught in the classroom, and it’s this divide that has muddied the banned-book debate currently raging in schools. - FiveThirtyEight
"Female choreographers, on average, make up 35% of a venue's programming and 40% of a company's programming at all venues. On average, women make up 34% of venues' leadership boards. ... and 49% of these companies board leadership when artistic and executive directors are considered." - Dance Data Project
"People with more experience of playing a musical instrument showed greater lifetime improvement on a test of cognitive ability than those with less or no experience. ... This was the case even when accounting for socio-economic status, years of education, childhood cognitive ability, and health in older age." - The Guardian
"The book list includes novels that have been taught for generations, including To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. It also includes the Harry Potter series and the biblical Song of Solomon. ... But the list is a fiction." - USA Today
"A (pair) of locals confronted a driver for the production on Friday and said they would only 'allow' filming to continue if they were paid $50,000. ... The driver refused to pay and the group threatened to 'come back later this evening (and) shoot someone' if production continued." - The Hollywood Reporter
"Sculpture Space, a residency program for sculptors in Utica, New York, was ransacked and severely damaged by vandals in the early hours of Sunday, August 28. The Utica Police Department (said) that an investigation is ongoing. The motive for the attack remains unclear." - Hyperallergic
The schedule for this season is set, but, starting in fall 2023, the network would eliminate its 10-11 pm slate of shows and turn that hour back over to local affiliate stations, as Fox and The CW have done for years. Here's a look at why it's being considered. - IndieWire
Yes – there's nothing else like it. "But to defend it, we need to reform it. ... The fringe is unregulated, wonderfully so, you might say, when it's working. But – spoiler alert – laissez-faire only takes you so far. The lack of anyone to take responsibility is a problem right now." - The Guardian
Patrons will no longer have to wait in line to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 before entering the building, though masks will still be required except when eating or drinking. - AP
