“Welcome to the strange jazz resurgence of the new millennium. Jazz is definitely hot again … yet all of this is happening outside of the jazz world. This is a peculiar turn of events.”
Six Words Of Arts-Professional Jargon That Could Just Make You Want To Puke
“There’s a small subset of words that trigger this nauseous reaction when we encounter them. We want to analyse what it is about these words that makes them so objectionable to us. They sit at the intersection of Jargon, Buzzwords, and Office Speak.”
San Francisco Arts And Homeless Organizations Join Forces
“Although the city’s arts and homeless communities intersect frequently in the present tough economic climate — with increasing numbers of artists and arts organizations being displaced from their homes and workplaces, artists creating art about living on the streets, and homeless services organizations offering arts activities to people in shelters — the collaboration is certainly unusual.”
So You Think You Know Your Own Mind, Do You?
“The mid-20th-century behaviourist philosopher Gilbert Ryle held that we learn about our own minds, not by inner sense, but by observing our own behaviour, and that friends might know our minds better than we do. (Hence the joke: two behaviourists have just had sex and one turns to the other and says: ‘That was great for you, darling. How was it for me?’)”
Indie Opera Is Flourishing In Toronto
“Quite apart from the gold-plated extravaganzas that glide across the stage of the Canadian Opera Company’s Four Seasons stage, there is a vital collection of smaller companies in the city finding natural life in the supposedly ossified realms of one of Western civilization’s most highly developed art forms.”
Do Canadian Content Rules Make Any Sense In The New Media Landscape?
“Even the most ardent cultural nationalists know there’s a problem. On television, regulations requiring that about half the programming day be devoted to Canadian shows were created for linear schedules; they make little sense in an on-demand environment. Also, unregulated foreign services – that would be Netflix – face no such requirements. Nor does Netflix contribute to the Canadian programming funds underwritten by the cable and satellite companies.”
New Young Generation Takes The Stage At Stratford And Shakespeare Is Reinvented Yet Again
In fact, the most immediately notable aspect of the younger Stratford is that it is becoming a more thoroughly diverse Stratford – just as young Canada is a more diverse country.
Why Would Corporations Help Rome Restore Its Monuments? City Government Is Incompetent At Best
One reason why the city is so hard-up (beyond the still-towering effects of the 2008 financial crisis) is that its administration is almost as dilapidated as the monuments of which it is custodian. Steered by a mix of sclerotic incompetence and outright corruption, the city’s mismanagement has long earned it the sobriquet “Mafia Capital.”
Are We Close To Having A Universal Translator? (And If So You’ll No Longer Need To Learn A Second Language)
“For years it’s been a major boon in business to know a second language—and for the sake of relationships, it may still be. But it looks like in a few years you’ll be able to attend a German cocktail hour and know what’s being said, or make that trip to France and understand directions.”
What Kinds Of Books Are Selling These Days? Paperbacks, Audiobooks, Coloring Books – But Not E-Books
“After years of seemingly unstoppable growth, e-book sales have started to slip, while paper has improbably bounced back. Digital book sales fell nearly 10 percent in 2015 from the previous year. Paperback sales grew by a healthy 16 percent.” What’s more, “those who came of age with digital technology seem, surprisingly, to prefer paper to pixels.”
Uffizi Gallery And Indiana Univ. To Digitize Collection Of Ancient Statues
“Students in Indiana University’s new Ph.D program in virtual heritage, along with Italian colleagues here in Florence, will photograph the museum’s collection of ancient Greek and Roman statuary, a total of about 1,250 pieces, between the Uffizi itself and the Pitti Palace and Boboli gardens on the other side of the Arno River.”
Tobias Picker Named Artistic Director Of Tulsa Opera
The 61-year-old American composer, who recently ended a five-year term as artistic director of Opera San Antonio, “will work with Tulsa Opera General Director and CEO Greg Weber on overall artistic vision for the company, selection of repertoire and production teams, and casting of singers.”
The Easiest Way To See The ‘Hamilton’ Cast Is On The Softball Fields
Raise a bat to freedom: There’s a Broadway Show League, and the Hamilton cast and crew (unsurprisingly) like to win.
How To Be Successful At City Ballet
“Miriam Miller’s arms move like liquid. But when she was a student at the School of American Ballet, a teacher used to tell her that they looked as if they came out of a washing machine — in other words, shapeless. Ms. Miller, a member of New York City Ballet, laughs about that now. At just 19, she has already performed in roles that more experienced dancers still dream about.”
In An Ongoing Legal Battle, Netflix Denied The Right To Stream Two Movies
“The ruling could bring either an appeal (the judge has already refused a Netflix bid for a stay) or some other bold move by Netflix that cuts against Wiles’ decision. Before the ruling was announced, Netflix filed additional papers that asserted that the bankruptcy court lacked constitutional authority to compel Netflix into amendments to its agreements.”
Will The Changes To Australia’s Book Industry Destroy Australian Literature?
“Overseas publishers are going to make the financial gains in Australia. If Australian publishers are making less money, they’re going to go out of business. Publishers, editors, publicists, designers, sales people – the list of who works in a publishing company goes on forever. Their jobs are lost. And of course, Australian authors, booksellers and the printing industry are hugely affected.”
Those Glasses In The Museum Are An Artwork Of Genius
“This is what genius looks like now. We live at a moment when the difference between art and not-art is so small and subtle that where you put something can change it from stuff to concept, thing to idea, a £20 pair of glasses to a million-dollar artistic masterpiece.”
Tacoma Supporters Raise $7 Million To Save, Buy Their Public Radio Station
“It took 17,000 supporters of the Tacoma-based public radio station less than five months to donate the money. A fund-topping $500,000 matching contribution came from a collection of businesses and individuals.”