Midwest states hosted 27 percent of U.S. orchestra performances, even though they were home to only 19 percent of concerts overall. The Midwest doesn’t necessarily have more orchestras than the rest of the country, but it does seem to have bigger and more active ones. - Washington Post
"Understanding whether or not Japanese literature is changing also requires defining 'Japanese literature,' and defining the 'Japanese' part of the term is challenging enough. Does writing in other languages by diaspora Japanese qualify? Or writing by non-ethnically Japanese writers living in Japan in Japanese, or other languages?" - Metropolis (Japan)
"People often associate travel with decadent meals, extending their bed times, the attractions and the things you do while you're traveling, really almost at the cost of sleep. Now, I think there's just been a huge seismic shift in our collective awareness and prioritization on wellness and well being." - CNN
"The problem was that he misunderstood what made the monolithic mass media world a financial success. He was convinced that you could keep all the business structures basically the same, and just replace the media's phony reality with an authentic one." - The New Atlantis
“Be sure to read the programme beforehand” is critic’s shorthand for a very confusing story. But Scottish Ballet founder Peter Darrell used to say that if you have to read the programme, a ballet has failed in its job. - The Guardian
Journalist Tiago Rogero has created three sets of podcasts — Negra Voz (Black Voice), Vidas Negras (Black Lives), and The Querino Project (Brazil's equivalent of The 1619 Project) — celebrating the "people, struggles and achievements that had been airbrushed from the history of a country that is more than 50% Black." - The Guardian
The more you study the history of music, you realize that composers were not marching in lockstep in the interest of fulfilling a linear narrative prescribed by music historians. - The Imaginative Conservative
"It is a white-owned and white-run institution with a self-described mission to 'preserve, protect and perpetuate' one of the nation's greatest Black cultural legacies. ... A place where all the knotty questions of race and culture ... that face New Orleans and all of America are on blaring display." - The New York Times Magazine
We identify with Tár’s admirers, both because we feel empathy for her calculating misuse of them and because, like them, we can’t stop wanting her to really be everything she presents herself as: the uncompromising artist, the intellectually generous mentor, the loving parent and devoted spouse. - Slate
"Within a week of former Australian Consumer and Competition Commission chair Rod Sims (becoming board chairman) at Opera Australia, ... its artistic director of 13 years, Lyndon Terracini, ... (is) leaving the company next Friday, 14 October." - The Guardian
"Collaborating over Facebook groups, (these) heritage enthusiasts spend their spare time scouring virtual museum catalogs and auction listings to identify stolen items, as well as urging authorities to hold the art world accountable." - The Christian Science Monitor
"The Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing will house spaces for activities including performances, exhibitions, workshops and community meetings. ... As its name suggests, its founders envision it as a place that will not only inspire but also carry reparative power." - The Art Newspaper
"The Los Angeles Times theater critic from 1969 until 1991, Sullivan earlier worked at St. Paul's Pioneer Press, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The New York Times. As director of the Eugene O'Neill National Critics Institute, he also mentored many of the nation's current theater critics." - Los Angeles Times
"The improv stage and training center, based in Chicago since 1959, announced on Thursday that it would open a location in New York City for the first time." The theater and classroom facility will begin operating next summer in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood. - The New York Times
"The news site Bloomberg reported last month that this summer's drought ... has created a fungus that is eating away at the Amsterdam museum's wooden foundations. A spokesperson said the museum 'has not sunk a millimetre'." - The Art Newspaper
