The murals have captured the public imagination, not because they’re artistic masterpieces, but because they play with something beyond the world of pop art – our love, fear and fascination with animals. - The Conversation
I’m a serial learner and hobbyist. Maybe you’d call it being a dilettante. Over the past 20-odd years, I’ve tried my hand at painting, pickleball, chess, printmaking, rock climbing, fencing, water aerobics, crochet, table tennis, cross-stitch, lacrosse, and the violin. - 3 Quarks Daily
Even limiting ourselves to literature, it’s simply the case that what endures has minimal correlation to either contemporaneous popularity or contemporaneous acclaim. - Countercraft
The ABA Right to Read Handbook: Fighting Book Bans and Why It Matters … features more than a dozen interviews and profiles, and includes a brief history of book censorship, 'a deep dive into the current book ban crisis,' and 'how-to' guides for organizing at the community level." - Publishers Weekly
An uplifting play about depression, Duncan Macmillan’s Every Brilliant Thing has become a global phenomenon since its Edinburgh fringe debut 10 years ago. It has been performed in 63 countries in around 400 professional productions. - The Guardian
"It began over a pint in a Bedford pub. Fifty years later, Paines Plough is a theatrical trailblazer. … To mark its half-century, the key players remember the company’s fights, firsts and furious creativity." - The Guardian
“Touring gives the dancers a chance for exposure for our creativity and artistry.” And a chance for audiences around the world to get a taste of what’s happening. - Seattle Times
"The bottom line ... is to remember that she, (and) everybody else in Janáček’s operas, are actually human beings. There aren’t any heroes, there are mostly survivors. … I always think that if somebody is considered an evil person, they must be so stiff emotionally, which makes them act in a certain way." - Bachtrack
Many of Scotland’s best known arts organisations, including the Edinburgh fringe and national jazz orchestra, are in uproar over plans for deep cuts in culture funding. - The Guardian
Here's what was and wasn't in the video that DBDT bosses claim is the reason they fired all the company's dancers, how the sackings actually happened, whether the dancers' allegations that DBDT is union-busting are credible, and the conditions that made company members want to unionize in the first place. - Dallas Observer
The beverage-heir-turned-entertainment-mogul's purchase offer ($4.3 billion, since raised to $6 billion) is lower than Skydance's $8 billion deal, but Bronfman says his plan to make Paramount a standalone company would avoid the complications of a merger, increase the stock price and be a better deal for second-tier investors. - TheWrap (MSN)
"The latest twist in the chaotic auction came late Wednesday as Paramount's independent board members were mulling whether to keep the door open for Bronfman's bid for the struggling company that owns CBS, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Showtime and the namesake Hollywood movie studio." - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
"Since (CEO Mena Mark) Hanna took over, nearly all of the nonprofit’s established artistic and business leaders have been replaced. And in recent months the board has seen an exodus, especially since chairwoman Alicia Mullen Gregory was ousted from her leadership position in July." - The Post and Courier (Charleston)
