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Our Traditional Conceptions Of Time Have Been Wrong

IDEAS Posted: December 17, 2019 9:32 am

What we do know is that Aristotle viewed the present as something continually changing and that by the year 160, the Roman emperor-philosopher Marcus Aurelius was describing time as a river of passing events. And in the West, at least, many would still identify with these ideas. But physics tells a different story. – BBC

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Feminist Art Show In Kyrgyzstan Includes Nude Women, And Kyrgyz Conservatives Flip Out

VISUAL Posted: December 6, 2019 11:03 am

“On December 3, one day after Mira Dzhangaracheva resigned her post as director of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Bishkek, a commission of officials from the Culture Ministry confiscated half a dozen exhibits. Organizers the maiden Feminnale of Contemporary Art in Bishkek placed signs reading ‘censored’ in their place.” – Eurasianet

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Song Lyrics Website Says It Caught Google Stealing Material ‘Redhanded’, Sues For $50 Million

MUSIC Posted: December 5, 2019 9:04 am

“Lyrics site Genius on Tuesday sued Google and LyricFind for $50 million, alleging they have been misappropriating its transcriptions for years. … [Genius] used a digital watermark to see if other sites were copying its product — and it spelled ‘redhanded’ in Morse code.” – The Hollywood Reporter

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Following New York’s Lead (Gingerly), Philadelphia Gives Library Card Holders Free Access To Cultural Institutions

AUDIENCE, ISSUES Posted: December 5, 2019 6:32 am

Like NYC’s Culture Pass, the new Experience Pass will let Free Library of Philadelphia cardholders reserve one free entry per year at some of the city’s cultural institutions. But the famous ones aren’t taking part (yet): the best-known of the 11 participating institutions are the Museum of the American Revolution and the Magic Gardens on South Street — along with the Mayor’s Box at the Wells Fargo Center, which means users could see 76ers and Flyers games. – Philadelphia Magazine

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Galleries And Museums Are So Crowded Now The Experience Is… Not Artistic

AUDIENCE, VISUAL Posted: December 4, 2019 2:01 pm

Venture to many blockbuster exhibitions, particularly on a weekend, and you’ll often be met with overwhelming crowds. Is there a surfeit of public interest in art? Are galleries packing in the crowds to maximise profit? And how best to meet the growing demand for public art without turning museums into amusement parks, complete with heavily managed queues? – The Guardian

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What Mr. Rogers Tells Us About Generation X

MEDIA Posted: December 4, 2019 12:31 pm

“How is it possible that those of us raised on — or perhaps more accurately, raised by — Mister Rogers could have turned out to be so disengaged and sarcastic? Well, for starters, maybe because we are not as disengaged as we’re often described. (We are definitely as sarcastic.) But I think it’s also because the lessons Mister Rogers imparted are often placed, especially on the internet, into a general kindness and goodness box that doesn’t fully capture what he accomplished.” – New York Magazine

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The Man Who Brought Chinese Science Fiction To America And Made It A Hit

WORDS Posted: December 4, 2019 12:02 pm

“The success of The Three-Body Problem” — the first translated novel to win a Hugo Award — “not only turned [author] Liu Cixin into a global literary star; it opened the floodgates for new translations of Chinese science fiction. This, in turn, has made Ken Liu a critical conduit for Chinese writers seeking Western audiences, a literary brand as sought-after as the best-selling authors he translates.” – The New York Times Magazine

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Kyle Marshall On Dancing The Abstract Work Of Trisha Brown While Creating His Own Explorations Of Religion And Race

DANCE Posted: December 4, 2019 11:01 am

A Q&A with Gia Kourlas “about examining his religious upbringing, performing the dances of a postmodern master while choreographing his own works and developing a close-knit dance family.” – The New York Times

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How NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts Became So Big

MEDIA Posted: December 4, 2019 10:32 am

During its 11-year run, “unadorned” has been the name of the game at Tiny Desk Concerts, whose appeal lies in the nakedness of its setup: no backing tracks, no Auto-Tune, no frills. The resulting performances — each taking place at Boilen’s actual desk inside NPR’s Washington, D.C. headquarters — offer viewers an intimate look at artists both emerging and major. – Billboard

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So How Has Tumblr Survived Its First Year Without Porn?

AUDIENCE, MEDIA Posted: December 4, 2019 10:04 am

Better than many people had predicted, actually. Yes, reports Kaitlyn Tiffany, traffic took a very big hit. Even so, “without porn, Tumblr still has plenty: photography, studying, The Sims, cats, dogs, reptiles, ‘fitness’ … [The site remains] a vibrant tangle of memes and mini-communities.” – The Atlantic

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264 Episodes, Decades Of Reruns, And 50 Spin-Off Novels — Why ‘Murder, She Wrote’ Endures

MEDIA, WORDS Posted: December 4, 2019 9:03 am

Sure, it’s because of Jessica Fletcher, both an independent woman and a nice old lady who fights crime with a sharp eye instead of a gun. And the TV scripts were solid. Yet, observes Jon Land (who wrote that 50th novel), what made the franchise different from earlier crime series was the setting of Cabot Cove, Maine, “the kind of cozy place where nothing bad ever should happen, but always seems to.” – CrimeReads

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What’s The Point Of The Turner Prize If Everyone Wins?

VISUAL Posted: December 4, 2019 8:35 am

“While this gesture is charged by the passion of a particular moment, it has huge implications for the future. It places the Tate and subsequent Turner Prize artists and juries in an invidious position. How can they now continue as normal? If the Tate wants the prize to go on, does it install new rules stating that there can be only one victor? That rather undermines this year’s winners.” – London Evening Standard

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You Get A Turner Prize And You Get A Turner Prize And You Get A Turner Prize And You Get A Turner Prize

VISUAL Posted: December 4, 2019 8:28 am

The four nominees had appealed to the jury to consider awarding the prize to them as a collective due to their shared commitment to urgent social and political causes. “At this time of political crisis in Britain and much of the world, when there is already so much that divides and isolates people and communities, we feel strongly motivated to use the occasion of the prize to make a collective statement in the name of commonality, multiplicity, and solidarity—in art as in society.” – Artforum

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At The Theater Olympics (Where Russia Is Not Banned)

THEATRE Posted: December 4, 2019 8:02 am

Like its more famous athletic counterpart, this international gathering, founded in Greece in 1994, happens (roughly) every four years in a different city. This year, for the first time, it’s in two locations, St. Petersburg, Russia and Toga, Japan, and it’s the longest and largest Theater Olympics yet, with 104 productions from 22 countries. – The New York Times

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D.C. Fontana, ‘Star Trek’ Writer Who Shaped Character Of Spock, Dead At 80

PEOPLE Posted: December 4, 2019 7:31 am

“Fontana, the first female writer on the show, … was perhaps second only to Gene Roddenberry, the series’ creator, in molding the sprawling Star Trek story-telling empire. … [She] wrote or co-wrote some of the most notable episodes of the original series, which ran from 1966 to 1969, and, with Roddenberry, co-wrote the pilot for its revival as Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987.”. – NBC News

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Turkey’s Top Court Rules That 1,000-Year-Old Church-Turned-Mosque-Turned-Museum Must Be Turned Back Into Mosque (Could This Happen To Hagia Sophia?)

VISUAL Posted: December 4, 2019 7:05 am

“The Church of St Savior in Chora, which was converted into the Kariye Mosque in the early 16th century by an Ottoman vizier, was designated a museum by the Turkish government in 1945. Its 14th-century frescos and mosaics are regarded among the world’s finest examples of Byzantine art. Turkey’s Council of State … ruled last month that the historic cabinet decision that made Kariye a museum was unlawful because a mosque ‘cannot be used except for its essential function’. … [President] Erdoğan vowed [during Istanbul’s municipal elections] in March to re-consecrate Hagia Sophia as a mosque.” – The Art Newspaper

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Founders Of Chicago’s Halcyon Theatre Abruptly Quit And Leave City

THEATRE Posted: December 4, 2019 6:34 am

“On Tuesday, the co-founders of Halcyon Theatre, Tony and Jenn Adams, said that they have stepped down [after 14 years] and have moved to Maine. Effective immediately, Arlicia McClain will become the company’s new artistic director. … Halcyon Theatre was founded in 2006 in [the] Albany Park [neighborhood] and describes itself as committed to connecting people, transforming borders and ascending toward a more just union.” – Chicago Tribune

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And The 2019 Turner Prize Goes To — All Four Finalists Together

VISUAL Posted: December 4, 2019 5:32 am

From the Booker Prize to the Bad Sex in Fiction Award, this seems to be the year of shared accolades in the UK. The judges of the Turner, Britain’s leading visual art prize, split the honors between Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo and Tai Shani at their explicit request, made “in the name of commonality, multiplicity and solidarity – in art as in society.” – The Guardian

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‘Who Owns Black Art?’: A Question Resounds at Art Basel Miami

Uncategorized Posted: December 3, 2019 10:16 pm

“At a time when black creators are being celebrated as much as ever — from Hollywood to the fine arts — some are raising the question of whether black people are truly the main beneficiaries of the culture they produce. That theme is at the center of an exhibition opening on Wednesday in Miami, outside of the official Art Basel program, bluntly titled Who Owns Black Art?” – The New York Times

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The Baltimore Sun Has Been Critical Of The Baltimore Symphony’s Business. But Maybe The Sun Should Look To Itself First?

ISSUES Posted: December 3, 2019 1:28 pm

“Instead of filling The Sun’s pages almost exclusively with reports about crime and corruption in our city, thereby cementing its negative image locally and abroad, does The Sun not have a duty to also highlight and honor its amazing cultural life and support it every way possible, rather than just chide institutions for failing? – Baltimore Sun

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Letter From The Future: Stories In A Post-Print World

AUDIENCE, WORDS Posted: December 3, 2019 9:29 am

It strikes me as strange to mourn a format, particularly when the new format has made storytelling more accessible and widespread than ever before. Virtual reality transcends literacy, language, ability and geography; it’s collaborative and adaptive and inherently empathetic, permitting us to walk any number of digital miles in someone else’s shoes; it’s even affordable, thanks to the team of rogue librarians behind @AlexandriaRising, who created the sliding-scale pricing system. – The New York Times

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Smaller Galleries Weigh The Cost/Benefits Of Participating In Art Fairs

VISUAL Posted: December 3, 2019 8:31 am

While it may be the right time for a newer or smaller gallery to try to get into the bigger fairs like FIAC, Frieze and Art Basel, the costs can be almost prohibitive. – The New York Times

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‘Existential’ Is Dictionary.com’s 2019 Word Of The Year

WORDS Posted: December 3, 2019 8:04 am

The site’s editors wrote that the word “captures a sense of grappling with the survival — literally and figuratively — of our planet, our loved ones, our ways of life. … But, existential also inspires us to ask big questions about who we are and what our purpose is in the face of our various challenges.” (The runner-up: nonbinary.) – CNN

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  • Lookback: “Call me Bartleby”
    From 2006: I woke up this morning at nine-thirty, an hour later than my normal get-up-and-go time. As I descended from the loft in which I spend my nights, it struck me that I had nothing whatsoever to do today: no deadlines, no shows to see, no meals with friends,... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-19
  • Almanac: Thomas Fuller on memory
    “We have all forgot more than we remember.” Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia Continue reading Almanac: Thomas Fuller on memory at About Last Night.... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-19
  • Just because: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Ravel
    Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays the slow movement of Ravel’s G Major Piano Concerto, accompanied by Sergiu Celidibache and the London Symphony:  (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) Continue reading Just because: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-18
  • Almanac: Jean Anouilh on beauty
    “Things are beautiful if you love them.” Jean Anouilh, Mademoiselle Colombe (trans. Louis Kronenberger) Continue reading Almanac: Jean Anouilh on beauty at About Last Night.... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-18
  • Trey Devey share his passion for Arts Education
    “If we are empowered with creativity, with collaboration, with all of the skills that come from practicing the arts… that will lead to the breakthrough ideas.” Trey Devey, President of the Interlochen Center for the Arts, speaks to the power of arts education.... Read more
    Source: Aaron Dworkin Published on: 2021-01-16
  • The pandemic process
    A new episode of Three on the Aisle, the podcast in which Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I talk about theater in America, is now available on line for listening or downloading. Here’s American Theatre’s “official” summary of the proceedings:  This month, as the scale of the economic devastation facing arts professionals continues to... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-15
  • Classics for free
    In today’s Wall Street Journal drama column, I review two theatrical webcasts drawn from important New York productions of the past by the Hunter Theater Project and Shakespeare in the Park. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * Sometimes you have to dig to find the best theatrical webcasts, while others are hiding... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-15
  • Replay: Laurence Olivier in Uncle Vanya
    A scene from the 1963 film of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” directed by Laurence Olivier and starring Olivier, Rosemary Harris, and Michael Redgrave: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) Continue reading Replay: Laurence Olivier in... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-15
  • Almanac: Chekhov on friendship between men and women
    “A woman can be a man’s friend only in this sequence: first an acquaintance, then a mistress, and after that a friend.” Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya Continue reading Almanac: Chekhov on friendship between men and women at About Last Night.... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-15
  • Capitol Offense: Metropolitan Museum Blasts “Domestic Terrorism” by “Treasonous Rioters”
    Throwing caution to the winds, the Metropolitan Museum today went beyond the more measured words of a few other museums in its angry call to “bring to justice those responsible” for the “criminal actions” at the Capitol on Jan. 6. The Met’s official Statement on Capitol Desecration, signed by Daniel... Read more
    Source: CultureGrrl Published on: 2021-01-14
  • Matthew Loden discusses the mission of orchestras
    “There’s a fundamental mission drive and, in many instances, I think a moral imperative to actually do what we’re doing for as many people as possible and to do it intelligently and in a way that is actually going to bring some kind of either musical relief or solace.” Matthew... Read more
    Source: Aaron Dworkin Published on: 2021-01-14
  • Let’s Talk About Literary Exposure
    Some would call it visibility. If you’re talking books, how about millions upon millions of Youtube views for a reading from Supervert’s "Necrophilia Variations.' A dozen years ago when that video had two million views, I called it “viral reading.” Three years later, on Dec. 30, 2015, the video had... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-01-14
  • Almanac: Will and Ariel Durant on revolution
    “The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers and saints.” Will and Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History Continue reading Almanac: Will and Ariel Durant on revolution at About Last... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-14
  • Snapshot: James Earl Jones in Fences
    James Earl Jones appears in a scene from the original Broadway production of August Wilson’s Fences, performed on the 1987 Tony Awards telecast: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) Continue reading Snapshot: James Earl Jones... Read more
    Source: About Last Night Published on: 2021-01-13
  • Connect
    The viability of our industry depends upon developing relationships–making connections–with many new communities. The bases for success are respect and humility.... Read more
    Source: Engaging Matters Published on: 2021-01-12
  • Jim Haynes, RIP
    Brad Spurgeon memorializes him: "End of an Era, but not of a Philosophy of Life." I never met Jim. But he was extraordinarily welcoming when we corresponded by email about the strange case of Orwell's typewriter.... Read more
    Source: Straight|Up Published on: 2021-01-12
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