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Staff Member Dies In A ‘Tragic Accident’ At Jacob’s Pillow

Production manager Kat Sirico and an intern lost control of a dolly carrying heavy platforms. Sirico tripped and fell, and the dolly and platforms fell on Sirico. All performances were canceled over the weekend. - The New York Times

How Virginia Woolf’s London Became The London So Many People Know

In Mrs. Dalloway, "London is not just a backdrop but an essential character. It is a living, breathing organism, to be held, touched, traversed, poked and prodded. To be, in some way, loved.” - The Guardian (UK)

The Smithsonian Now Says It Will Restore Trump To Impeachment Display

Eventually. And by the way, they removed the info, they say, because it "was meant to be a temporary addition to a twenty-five year-old exhibition did not meet the museum’s standards in appearance, location, timeline, and overall presentation.” - Washington Post (Yahoo)

Covering Forty Countries’ Worth Of Arts And Culture Is No Easy Task

One of the Times’ Culture Desk writers in Europe checks 36 news outlets from various countries twice a day, adding in more, from the smaller European countries, twice a week. He asks, "What’s going on in these countries that will really take off” in the US? - The New York Times

The Birth Of The Attention Economy — More Than 125 Years Ago

The rise of the cheap, daily newspaper in the 19th century created the first true attention economy—an endless churn of spectacle and sensation that remade how Americans engaged with the world. - The Atlantic

Choreographer Sues Fortnite Video Game For Stealing His Dance

Over the years, Fortnite has found itself in hot water for adding in-character dances that bear striking similarity to ones created by professional dancers, and it’s happening yet again. Felix Burgos is suing the video game over alleged theft of a dance he choreographed. - Vice

Edinburgh Fringe Needs A Big Overhaul To Survive

So many of the Fringe’s problems could be solved by a massive injection of cash: to subsidise performers’ costs, to shore up struggling venues, to make sure everyone’s paid fairly. But outgoing Fringe Society director Shona McCarthy sounded a gloomy note as she left her role this spring. - The Independent

Oregon Humanities Council Sues Trump Over Grant Cancellations

Although the suit charges the administration cannot legally cancel grants already approved by Congress, Oregon Humanities Communications Director Ben Waterhouse believes the decision was also political. - Oregon Arts Watch

Production Manager Killed In Tragic Accident At Jabob’s Pillow

The person killed, identified by Jacob’s Pillow as Kat Sirico, was rolling a dolly with the help of an intern to transport the platforms for theater staging across the property, the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office said in a statement on Saturday. - The New York Times

What Happens When Deaf Actors Take On A Broadway Show

“There is this preconceived notion that if a person is deaf, their entire world is silent. This is not true at all." - Washington Post

Accordian Master Dies At 86

The master of the Tex-Mex accordion Leonardo "Flaco" Jimenez, whose tradition-drenched sound came to define conjunto or Tejano music of South Texas, has died.  - NPR

Is Netflix Trying To Become More Like YouTube?

As Netflix and YouTube vie for the eyeballs on TV sets, Netflix (and other streamers) are increasingly using YouTube to test the waters for the kind of content viewers will flock to. - CBC

Anti-Gentrification Protesters Vandalize Museum In Mexico City

A group of anti-gentrification protesters vandalized the contemporary art museum of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as demonstrations against rising housing prices and the growing displacement of local residents continue across the city. - Hyperallergic

Royal Albert Hall Seat Owners Lose Suit Over Access To Seats

These investors were granted rights to use or access their seats for the term of the hall's 999-year lease, according to the venue's website. Some 1,268 seats, out of the hall's total possible capacity of 5,272, remain in the private ownership of 316 people. - BBC

How Do You Lose Your Country? Not All At Once

Looking back, it becomes clear that the process only really starts after severe damage has been wreaked to the fundamental concept of justice—and once the minimal morality you didn’t know you depended on has been destroyed. It is this exhausting, terrifying immorality that forces you to look for a somewhere else. - The Walrus

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