“A group of researchers led by Robert Duke of The University of Texas at Austin conducted a study several years ago to see if they could tease out the specific practice behaviors that distinguish the best players and most effective learners.”
The Age Of Public Shaming
“We are seeing “a great renaissance of public shaming”. Social media, and Twitter in particular, has evolved into a rolling witch-hunt where reputations are smashed irreparably as the result of one ill-judged tweet or Facebook post. In extreme cases, a transgressor’s online identity never recovers: they bear the modern equivalent of being branded on the forehead.”
The Intense – And Rapidly Growing – World Of Fanfiction
“It’s only a matter of time before a writer that the literary-fiction crowd acknowledges as one of its own emerges from such fertile ground. In fact, given that most fic writers are pseudonymous, it’s quite possible that one already has and that the talent responsible for a first novel well reviewed by the New York Times is also tinkering with Sherlock ‘shipping.'”
13 Reasons You’re Sleep-Deprived
No, we mean besides the fact that you’re an overworked arts professional.
Cuban Dance Is About To Change – A Lot
“With the reduction in foreign subsidies and the increase in actual trade, … Cuban dance is going to become something different. It is likely that things will start stirring not at the most privileged level, ballet, or at the humblest, such as Rumba Saturdays, but in the middle, in modern dance.”
What Are We Really Losing As The Sheet Music Business Dies?
“There are a few publishers that understand the problem and are adjusting in the way that recording companies adjusted to the MP3 revolution. The problem is that many of them are trying to cling to their old models as they see their income dwindling. This is a tragedy because no one will produce this high-quality type of musical research that their editions will produce.”
Are Our Smartphones Making Us Stupid?
“What does it say about our thinking skills when we habitually outsource problem-solving to our phones?”
Met Museum Chooses An Architect For Its Expansion
“In a project likely to involve demolishing the existing Lila Acheson Wallace Wing in the museum’s southwest corner — though there are no firm design plans yet — the renovation will increase gallery space, double the size of the Roof Garden and possibly create an entrance from Central Park.”
Are Americans Getting Dumber? Here’s The Evidence
“The digital revolution, which has brought boundless access to information and entertainment choices, has somehow only enhanced the lowest common denominators—LOL cat videos and the Kardashians. Instead of educating themselves via the Internet, most people simply use it to validate what they already suspect, wish or believe to be true.”
Broadway Theatres Sell Air Rights, Buy Banks
“When the Shubert Organization sold the oxygen above its landmarked house for $17.1 million in May, Broadway’s biggest and richest landlord sheltered the proceeds from taxes in part by purchasing a Chase Bank branch on Mundelein’s Townline Road.”
Juilliard’s Drama Director Steps Down From Theater He Founded And Ran For 25 Years
“James Houghton, the founding artistic director of Off Broadway’s Signature Theater, will step down from the organization after a 25-year tenure that has seen the organization’s expansion into a busy theater producer with a $66 million, multi-venue outpost in midtown Manhattan. Houghton, recently diagnosed with stomach cancer, will continue to teach at Juilliard, where he’s the director of the drama division.”
Shakespeare’s Globe Gets Seven-Day Strike Warning
“Shakespeare’s Globe has been given seven days to avert strike action following a dispute over tour guides’ pay at the venue. Backstage union BECTU has been calling for a pay increase” for guides from £11.24 to £15.16 by November and £18.50 over the following two years.
Artist Gets Her First Gallery Show At Age 100
“Ever thought you were too old to take on a fresh challenge, learn something new, or add a few more chapters to your memoir? Please allow me to introduce Frieda Lefeber.”
CBC Names Replacement For Jian Ghomeshi As Host Of “Q”
The award-winning rapper Shad – né Shadrach Kabango – was the broadcaster’s choice to anchor the flagship culture show on CBC Radio One, prevailing over roughly a dozen guest hosts who did stints on the program following Ghomeshi’s firing over accusations of sexual harassment and battery.
Shad, The New Host Of “Q”, Is The Perfect Anti-Ghomeshi – Does That Make Him A Good Choice?
“When it went looking for the next host for Q, the CBC was a lot like someone badly burned by their last boyfriend … [it] contorted itself to appear to avoid the pitfalls that made the last relationship tank. … So there’s little surprise that the result is what happens in hastily engineered rebound relationships.”
Actually, Shad Is “A Perfect Choice” To Host CBC’s “Q”
“In Shad, CBC has found an outsider, badly needed, given the multiple reports of a toxic work environment within the Mother Corp. … He’s also an artist who is essentially Canadian, a Kenyan-born immigrant who has rapped nimbly and sagely about Aboriginal issues, love and feminism, among other things.”
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Who Should Be The Next Music Director Of The NY Philharmonic? (The Critics Weigh In)
“Can the New York Philharmonic woo someone who can thrill New Yorkers as much? Someone who can help raise funds in the nine figures for the coming renovation and who can keep audiences in the fold when the orchestra must play elsewhere in New York during at least two seasons of construction?”
Pharrell and Robin Thicke Lose Plagiarism Case – Why This Is A Blow To Creativity
“While we respect the judicial process, we are extremely disappointed in the ruling made today, which sets a horrible precedent for music and creativity going forward. Blurred Lines was created from the heart and minds of Pharrell, Robin and T.I. and not taken from anyone or anywhere else. We are reviewing the decision, considering our options and you will hear more from us soon about this matter.”
San Diego Opera Names A New Leader
He is David Bennett, director of the adventurous Gotham Opera in New York. “In New York, Bennett helped build an international reputation for Gotham based on its acclaimed presentations of largely unknown operas in nontraditional and alternative venues.”
Thomas Dausgaard To Be Next Chief Conductor Of BBC Scottish Symphony
“After all the fuss and fanfare of last week’s appointment of Simon Rattle as new music director of the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC SSO’s announcement is a veritable coup-de-théâtre of understatement. True, Dausgaard isn’t the household name that Rattle is, and the BBCSSO isn’t saddled with the hype and politics of London’s flagship orchestra. But it would be wrong to mistake the unshowy Dausgaard for any kind of musical lightweight.”
Chicago-Style Improv Comedy Comes To Brooklyn
Jason Zinoman: “My two-week binge at the Annoyance Theater, the first comedy theater in Brooklyn, ended in a pool of sewage.”