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Ancient City Of Petra Is Now On Google Street View

VISUAL Posted: December 1, 2015 9:15 pm

“As usual, Google used its backpack-like Street View Trekker, the same hardware it used for its expeditions into Nepal, the Grand Canyon, and the Galapagos Islands, for taking these images. So if you don’t have a trip to Jordan planned anytime soon, you can now take a virtual hike around Petra and explore sites like the Treasury, the Street of Façades, and the Monastery.”

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VISUAL Published: 11.23.15

Read the story in TechCrunch Published: 11.23.15

Ethical Dispute Or Cultural Difference? Figuring Out ‘Moral Relativism’

IDEAS Posted: November 25, 2015 1:55 am

“Because the term ‘moral relativism’ is closely associated with this subjectivist picture of morality, it elicits understandable hostility. How can we earnestly hold our moral commitments if we give up on the aspiration to objectivity regarding morals, to getting them right rather than wrong? I think there is another way to understand what moral relativism involves, which does not require us to give up our aspiration to objectivity. Let me use an example.”

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IDEAS Published: 11.23.15

Read the story in New York Times Published: 11.23.15

The Man Whose Bad Handwriting Gave Us The Dollar Sign

PEOPLE Posted: November 25, 2015 1:25 am

He was, it turns out, a wealthy Irish businessman in New Orleans who went broke financing the American Revolution.

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PEOPLE Published: 11.23.15

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Balanchine Is Getting A Hollywood Biopic

DANCE Posted: November 25, 2015 12:47 am

“David K. Israel is adapting Elizabeth Kendall’s acclaimed book Balanchine & the Lost Muse: Revolution & the Making of a Choreographer [for] Gulfstream Pictures … Set against the backdrop of the Russian revolution, the film tells the coming-of-age story of Balanchine, during his tenure at Mariinsky Theater and school where he met his muse, Leda Ivanova.”

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DANCE Published: 11.23.15

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Toronto Symphony Reports 57 Percent Increase In Fundraising

MUSIC Posted: November 24, 2015 9:25 am

“The symphony ended the 2014-15 season with a small surplus of $135,781, its second in a row, on total operating expenses of $27,952,748. This positive report follows earlier surpluses reported for the National Ballet of Canada, the Canadian Opera Company and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.”

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MUSIC Published: 11.23.15

Read the story in Toronto Star Published: 11.23.15

Opera Colorado Comes Back From Austerity With A New Plan For Audiences

AUDIENCE, MUSIC Posted: November 24, 2015 8:56 am

“Anything we’re doing outside the opera house is to engage a different audience. It’s not about bringing this audience we have out into the community.”

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AUDIENCE, MUSIC Published: 11.23.15

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Denver Wants To Reimagine What Its Performing Arts Center Can Be

AUDIENCE, ISSUES Posted: November 24, 2015 8:52 am

“The city believes it has to adapt the site, since audiences for the traditional arts have tapered off. At the same time, people want more informal and engaging cultural experiences.”

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AUDIENCE, ISSUES Published: 11.23.15

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Sound Without Barriers: Recording Contemporary Music

MUSIC Posted: November 24, 2015 2:23 am

“No longer do composers require the endorsement of a large corporation to get their music recorded and released as they did 50 years ago; as a result, the diversity and quality of the recordings that listeners have at their fingertips has never been greater.”

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MUSIC Published: 11.23.15

Read the story in Gramophone Published: 11.23.15

Public Battle Over Leadership Of San Francisco African-American Arts Center

ISSUES Posted: November 24, 2015 1:40 am

“In San Francisco, a call last week for the dismissal of the executive director of the African American Art and Culture Complex has created a firestorm, adding a public relations challenge to already-existing tensions around mission and finances.”

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ISSUES Published: 11.23.15

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky Talks About His Brain Cancer Treatment, Recovery, And Return To The Opera Stage

PEOPLE Posted: November 24, 2015 1:10 am

“I’ve turned half-bald. Lost all hair on the back of my head. At a US hospital in Rochester I underwent a mighty biopsy under general anesthesia. … In fact, I had holes drilled in the base of the skull. If you bring your hand close enough to the irradiated area, you will feel it is warmer than others. Occasionally, when blood rushes to this place, I have strong pulsations there. Feel[s] pretty close to hearing music.”

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PEOPLE Published: 11.23.15

Read the story in TASS (Russia) Published: 11.23.15

Paris’s Hit Staging Of ‘Singin’ In The Rain’ Coming To Broadway

THEATRE Posted: November 23, 2015 11:45 pm

“The [Théâtre du] Châtelet production …, based on the 1952 movie, is directed by Robert Carsen, designed by Anthony Powell and choreographed by Stephen Mear. It faithfully reproduces the dialogue and action of the film, with its songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, and its famous splash-in-the-puddles, rain-drenched dance solo for Gene Kelly.”

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THEATRE Published: 11.23.15

Read the story in New York Times Published: 11.23.15

Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.23.15

AJBlogs Posted: November 23, 2015 11:12 pm

A Recipe For Trouble At New York City Museum
When more than a half dozen people shake their heads in disbelief at a museum announcement, and make a point of asking me what I think, I’d say it was time to weigh in publicly. … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2015-11-23

Sugarcoating Gonzales-Torres’ Candy: Crystal Bridges Updates from NW Arkansas Business Journal And Me
What has Alice Walton’s generously endowed startup, which just celebrated its fourth anniversary, been up to lately? … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-11-23

Monday Recommendation: Terell Stafford
From his emergence in the early 1990s, Terell Stafford’s conception has drawn on the modern jazz trumpet tradition at large. He has evidently not felt the need to pattern himself on individual predecessors. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-11-23

Sushi for one
I have two good friends who are singletons and claim to actively prefer living alone. It’s hard for me to believe that this avowed preference is anything more than a sign that they’ve yet to meet Mister or Miss Right – which I’m well aware is nothing more than a complete failure of imagination on my part. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-11-23

A Unique Friend
Any regular Seattle Opera attendee might remember hearing several slightly tenorial shouts of Bravo! after an aria or at the end of a performance, a sound that carried over even the most tumultuous applause. … read more
AJBlog: OperaSleuth Published 2015-11-23

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AJBlogs Published: 11.23.15

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3-D Printers Are Going To Revolutionize Pretty Much Everything

IDEAS Posted: November 23, 2015 5:09 pm

“If we’re going to use physical ‘documents’ the way we use paper ones—glancing at them for an hour, or perhaps only a moment, then tossing them aside—we’ll need printing material to be recyclable, even biodegradable. Imagine the 3-D printing equivalent of a Post-it note! What’s more, we need our intellectual culture to evolve. Right now, we don’t value or teach spatial reasoning enough; “literacy” generally only means writing and reading.”

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IDEAS Published: 11.23.15

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Just Exactly Where Is Vermeer’s ‘Little Street’? An Art Historian Knows

VISUAL Posted: November 23, 2015 4:08 pm

“While various theories had been suggested for the location of the painting over the years, Grijzenhout was the first researcher to consult an arcane document from 1667, about a decade after the work was painted.”

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VISUAL Published: 11.23.15

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Why Do We Try To Reassure Kids That Life Will Be Safe When It’s Clearly So Unsafe And Tragic?

WORDS Posted: November 23, 2015 4:02 pm

“As a parent I understand that desire to try to keep our offspring in a safe space, but it’s illusory. Life is not safe. The world is full of cruelty, both random and intentional. The world is also full of beauty and I’ve found the trick is to try to concentrate on finding the joy among the rubble, rather than sticking our fingers in our ears, singing lalala and claiming that life is undilutedly sweet.”

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WORDS Published: 11.23.15

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The Arts In Britain: Survey Says They’re Still Male, Still White, Still Middle-Class

AUDIENCE, IDEAS Posted: November 23, 2015 3:04 pm

“The survey reinforced the recent findings of the Warwick Commission, which found that arts and culture was being ‘systematically removed’ from the state education system, and that arts audiences were predominantly white and middle class. Both factors were contributing to the creative sector becoming a closed shop, particularly to those from black, asian and ethnic minorities (BAME) and less affluent backgrounds.”

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AUDIENCE, IDEAS Published: 11.23.15

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Artificial Intelligence: Can We Figure Out What To Do With It Before It Figures Out What To Do With Us?

IDEAS Posted: November 18, 2015 11:59 pm

“If artificial intelligence can be achieved it would be an event of unparalleled consequence – perhaps even a rupture in the fabric of history. A bit of long-range forethought might be a moral obligation to our own species.”

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IDEAS Published: 11.23.15

Read the story in The New Yorker Published: 11.23.15

  • Just because: the video for Donald Fagen’s “New Frontier”
    The original music video for Donald Fagen’s “New Frontier,” from The Nightfly, produced by Annabel Jankel, directed by Rocky Morton, and released in 1982: (This is the latest in a series of arts-... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-03-08
  • Almanac: Aristotle on probability
    “It is a part of probability that many improbable things will happen.” Aristotle (paraphased by George Eliot in Daniel Deronda) Continue reading Almanac: Aristotle on probability at About Last Night.... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-03-08
  • Blake-Anthony Johnson Talks Orchestral Diversity
    Blake-Anthony Johnson, President of the Chicago Sinfonietta discusses orchestral leadership at one of the most diverse orchestras in the country.... Read more
    Source: Aaron Dworkin Published on: 2021-03-06
  • Will Oprah Winfrey Pick Up Where He Left Off? Heathcote Williams on the British Monarchy
    "'God save the queen,' they sang, 'it's a fascist regime.' / And the song's hook-line became a new anthem —— / Disturbing to clutches of flag-wavers lining the streets. / And horrifying... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-03-06
  • Cue the Regulators! Met’s Deaccession Regression Attracts the Critical Eye of NYS Attorney General’s Office
    The Metropolitan Museum’s controversial consideration of adopting the Association of Art Museum Directors’ relaxed deaccession standards has now become a fait accompli: As the Met’s spokesperson confirmed to me yesterday, the museum’s... Read more
    Source: CultureGrrl Published on: 2021-03-05
  • Stumbling down memory lane
    In today’s Wall Street Journal, I review George Street Playhouse’s webcast of Theresa Rebeck’s Bad Dates. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * The premise of Theresa Rebeck’s “Bad Dates,” which is being webcast by New... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-03-05
  • Replay: Ginette Neveu plays Chausson’s Poème
    Ginette Neveu plays the closing section of Ernest Chausson’s Poème. This rare silent film footage is synchronized with Neveu’s commercial recording of the piece: (This is the latest in a series of arts-... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-03-05
  • Almanac: Mary Renault on love and hate
    “In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul.” Mary Renault, The Mask of Apollo Continue reading Almanac: Mary Renault... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-03-05
  • Almanac: Flannery O’Connor on mixed feelings
    “I hope that to be of two minds about some things is not to be neutral.” Flannery O’Connor, letter to Betty Hester, May 4, 1957 Continue reading Almanac: Flannery O’Connor on mixed... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-03-04
  • Snapshot: Rudyard Kipling speaks about writing and truth
    Rudyard Kipling speaks about writing and truth in an undated film clip from the Thirties. This is thought to be the only surviving sound footage of Kipling: (This is the latest in... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-03-03
  • Almanac: Rudyard Kipling on the prevalence of obsessions
    “Everyone is more or less mad on one point.” Rudyard Kipling, “On the Strength of a Likeness” Continue reading Almanac: Rudyard Kipling on the prevalence of obsessions at About Last Night.... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-03-03
  • Lookback: on being sworn in to the National Council on the Arts
    From 2005: I am now officially the Honorable Terry Teachout, having been sworn in this morning (together with Gerard Schwarz and James Ballinger) as a member of the National Council on the Arts. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-03-02
  • Almanac: Flannery O’Connor on inhibited families
    “I come from a family where the only emotion respectable to show is irritation. In some this tendency produces hives, in others literature, in me both.” Flannery O’Connor, letter to Betty Hester,... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-03-02
  • Afa Dworkin Talks Diversity & Arts Leadership
    Afa Dworkin, President & Artistic Director of the Sphinx Organization speaks about the importance of diversity in the arts and leadership attributes that empower organizational excellence.... Read more
    Source: Aaron Dworkin Published on: 2021-02-27
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