“I’m convinced that there is an evolutionary encoded thirst for artistic complexity and beauty, which can, and will, wither if it is not being nourished.”
Black British Theatre Is Real, And It’s Getting Attention
“It is easy to forget that there were precedents to our current age of BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) breakthroughs, and by talking to the likes of Roy Williams and Mustapha Matura, we acknowledge that the young reach their current heights by standing on the shoulders of those that went before.”
When A Lawyer Gives A Writer A Room Of Her Own
“I began to leave some of my books (William Trevor, Andre Dubus, Richard Yates, and Alice Munro) amongst the business tomes, like wild, beautiful hippies poking through a humorless crowd of overachievers.”
We’re All Suffering, Still, From Future Shock
“The Tofflers framed the question of technological change and its speed in a way that has been largely ignored before and after: as a psychological challenge.”
Facebook Will Start Warning Users If ‘State-Sponsored’ Hacking Hits Their Accounts
“A warning message will now pop up any time a user tries to log into an account believed to be targeted by a ‘nation-state.’ According to a screenshot of the new warning, it reads: ‘We believe your Facebook account and your other online accounts may be the target of attacks from state-sponsored actors.’ It then instructs the user to switch on login approvals, which require the user to enter a security code sent by phone.”
L.A.’s Music Center Refuses To Turn Over Financial Records To County Supervisors
“The supervisors called for the audit after reports earlier this year that the Music Center was struggling financially. A 50th anniversary gala celebration in December 2014 had fallen short of fundraising goals, and subsequently the Music Center began to cut staff, slashed a much-praised program that sent teaching artists into public schools and saw most of its department heads depart.”
Opera Philadelphia To Switch Regular Fall Season To Festival Format
Beginning in 2017, the company will offer six productions – concentrating on contemporary works and traditional repertory in unusual stagings – over 12 days in September, just before the beginning of the regular concert season. Three additional productions will be presented from February to April.