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“Everything Everywhere All at Once” And “Tár” Lead 2023 Independent Spirit Award Nominations

Everything Everywhere All at Once received eight nods: best feature, director, screenplay, and editing, as well as four acting nominations.  Tár garnered seven nominations: two for acting (Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss), plus cinematography, editing, screenplay, editing, and best feature. - The Hollywood Reporter

Lucerne Festival Artistic Director Announces His Departure Date

Michael Haefliger will have run the summer event for 26 years when he allows his contract to expire at the end of 2025.  Over that time, he has increased the festival's breadth and prestige to the point that it's now considered a peer of the august Salzburg Festival. - Switzerland Times

Marcelo Gomes Will Be Directing Dresden’s Ballet Company

With Semperoper Ballett artistic director Aaron S. Watkins leaving this summer to take over English National Ballet, Gomes — who's been coach and ballet master at the Semperoper since he resigned from ABT in 2017 — will fill Watkins's post for, at least initially, the 2023-24 season. - Dance for You

Italy May Have To Raise Museum Ticket Prices Because Of The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals

"Following a climate protest in which activists threw flour on a Warhol-painted BMW in Milan, Italy's cultural minister warned that museum admission prices could rise as museums increase security measures put in place to foil future climate protests." - ARTnews

New Entertaining Bios Of Mary Rodgers And Stephen Sondheim Demonstrate The Power Of Voice

Two new brazenly entertaining works of theatrical biography are a reminder that “voice” is as essential to the stage as it is to a work of literature. - Los Angeles Times

Why Streaming Can’t Be The Movies’ Only Revenue Stream

The problem with this—on top of the hope that each of these studios could replicate Netflix’s first-mover advantage—is that streaming never ever made sense as a one-stop replacement for every source of revenue, Covid or no. - The Bulwark

A New Era Of Copyright Fights Is Beginning Over AI

Some people who make a living from their visual creativity are upset that AI art tools trained on their work can then produce new images in the same style. The Recording Industry Association of America has signaled that AI-powered music generation and remixing could be a new area of copyright concern. - Wired

Esperanza Spalding Quits Harvard Faculty Over Curriculum Proposal

Spalding wrote she communicated with Harvard about a “decolonial education” curriculum she would like to implement as a course or initiative, but said what she aspires “to cultivate and activate in organized learning spaces is not (yet) aligned with Harvard’s priorities.” - The Crimson

Playing Music To Treat Schizophrenia

“Having a mental health diagnosis is not a reason to not have a creative life." Schizophrenia can be disabling, but therapy, medication and even playing music can help, according to a growing body of research. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Finally: A Meaningful Treatment For Alzheimer’s?

The therapy slowed cognitive decline, the statement said, raising hopes that a drug might finally apply the brakes to Alzheimer’s and provide “a clinically meaningful impact on cognition and function”. - The Guardian

Detroit Opera Names Its First Music Director Since The Company’s Founder Stepped Down

Conductor Roberto Kalb, who starts effective immediately, will work alongside artistic director Yuval Sharon and associate artistic director (and soprano) Christine Goerke. Kalb will be the first person to hold that position since founder David DiChiera retired from what was then Michigan Opera Theater in 2016. - CBS Detroit

China’s Grandparents Are Becoming Social Media Stars

In this corner of the Chinese internet, octogenarians croon, septuagenarians tango and gray-haired fashionistas strut down catwalks and offer makeup tips to millions of fans. There’s even an 86-year-old man who just sits and plays video games like Call of Duty. - The New York Times

Pittsburgh Public Media Gets Quite A Donation: Another Radio Frequency

Martz Communications was operating WAMO (660 AM and 107.3 FM) as a hip-hop station until the company sold to the radio conglomerate Audacy, which bought all of WAMO's intellectual property but not the frequencies. So Martz is donating those to PPM, which operates "The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel." - Inside Radio

Banksy Claims Clothing Brand Stole His Images, Urges Fans To Steal Clothing

On Friday, November 18, the anonymous graffiti artist took to Instagram to accuse the clothing retailer of using his work without his permission before telling his 11.7 million followers to shoplift from one of its stores. - Paper Magazine

How A Poor, Bullied Black Girl In Pasadena Grew Up To Be Octavia E. Butler, Science Fiction Legend

"(Writing stories was) her own temporary escape hatch from a life of 'boredom, calluses, humiliation, and not enough money. ... I needed my fantasies to shield me from the world.' ... When she learned she could make a living doing this, she never let the thought go." - New York Magazine

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