Sometimes direct translation works well (Parasite). Sometimes clarity requires adding or cutting words (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain became Amélie). Sometimes the foreign title works fine (Les Misérables). Sometimes the title changes completely (El Hoyo, "the hole," became The Platform). And the choice matters a lot. - The New York Times
Joel Burke, founder of BIG (Ballet International Gala) in Brisbane: "I grew up playing footy and cricket. There's no reason why ballet can't be like that; I don't like the whole idea of going to the ballet and having to be quiet and not cheer." - The Guardian
Dick Tofel: "First, let me be clear: I am not advocating eliminating the best longform stories that continue to distinguish many of these magazines. ... I am proposing saving on the very considerable expense of separately printing (often on higher quality paper), binding and inserting Sunday magazines." - Second Rough Draft
"(At) the Web3 start-up Arkive, ... members don't put down any funds to participate (at least for now); the works it collects are meant to be loaned out to cultural institutions, and the objects that Arkive acquires are not only digital ones." - ARTnews
Last summer, Elisabeth Vincentelli traveled to Creede, Colorado to see how Creede Repertory Theater was holding up through the ups and downs of the pandemic. Last month, she went back to see the company's return to full operation. - The New York Times
Berkeley Rep used to spend $300,000 to $400,000 per year on lodging for out-of-town artists; these days, it's more like $2 million. So it has constructed the Medak Center, with 45 units housing up to 128 occupants. And other arts organizations can rent any rooms Berkeley Rep isn't using. - San Francisco Chronicle
When we ask what we should do to benefit others, we can’t ignore the disquieting fact that the others who occupy the future may vastly outnumber those who occupy the present, and that their very existence depends on us. From this point of view, it’s an urgent question how what we do today will affect the further future. -...
"Over the last six months we have seen price increases from domestic suppliers that range from 7-15% on average, with some items as much as 32%." - ArtsHub
Criss Henderson’s departure, which had not been widely anticipated, is part of a great wave of resignations and retirements in the Chicago theater community, which has seen recent artistic and administrative leadership departures at the Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater and many others. - Chicago Tribune
People with encyclopedic minds are often paralyzed by the sheer quantity of what they know. Taruskin could step back from the crowd of facts and marshal them into mobile lines of thought. - The New Yorker
Battered by rolling lockdowns, key figures in the sector have said COVID-19 disruptions exposed job insecurity, poor remuneration, and a thinning of government grants that made a career in arts, entertainment and culture untenable for all but a lucky few. - Sydney Morning Herald
Arts criticism, which used to nurture the innovative, is on life support. Independence of judgment and expertise are in short supply. When it comes to political matters, the chatter never stops. But the mainstream media (online and off-) have pretty well kicked arts critics to the curb. - Arts Fuse
Says the excavation's lead archaeologist, "It's the first time that the ruins of a shrine painted with such a wide palette of colors in an incredibly well-preserved state — and with such rich, elaborate decorations — has been unearthed." - CNN
Further investigation will show if Domingo was aware of the Yoga School cult’s alleged crimes and of his friends’ connections to the group. But the media reaction to the story shows a tendency to exaggerate suspicions and report tendentiously where celebrities are concerned. - Van
The great African-American singer-actor suffered a great deal in his home country because of his fervent Communism, but — starting in 1941, when he performed and recorded the March of the Volunteers (which became, and remains, the PRC's national anthem) — he was celebrated for it in mainland China. - Aeon
