Wednesday, June 3, 2020
“Short as it is, [Jamar Roberts’s] video, Cooped, released last week, is one of the most powerful artistic responses yet to the Covid-19 crisis. And as that crisis changes shape, as the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PM“[She] first became known in Cambridge when she started selling her photos in a pushcart in Harvard Square. When police tried to chase her away, [her husband], a civil rights attorney, suc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PM“‘I can’t make my characters exist without interaction,” [one novelist] says. ‘While, for instance, I can edit out cheek kisses because this may no longer seem the norm, my charact…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM“Hoffman was one of the first book retailers to employ aggressive marketing techniques in the service of creating mass market bookselling. Despite occasional criticism from authors and pub…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18PM“Deserted by tourists, a hotel in Vienna gave itself a temporary one-night-only makeover, turning itself into an outdoor concert hall. The guest bedrooms, which have stood empty during the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AM“Amanda Crowe, a museum employee who was laid off on March 30, filed a lawsuit in a county court against the institution and [ex-director Mark] Masuoka last week, alleging that she had bee…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AMNo, this isn’t some Regieoper conceit. This performance will take place on an actual parking deck — the one at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where, starting next Friday (June 12), music dire…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AMDue to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic and social distancing rules, the company is postponing everything through the end of the year that had been announced for its Stratford-upon-Avon head…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AM“Carol Murphy, whom [former director Mark] Masuoka fired in 2015 as director of external affairs, painted him as a boss who was ‘quiet,’ ‘strange’ and ‘extremely introverted’ y…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AMAmanda Hess: “The mask is a public health device, but it has also revealed itself as a mask in the more traditional sense: a tool in a social ritual, a fetish object that signifies a perso…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AM“The COVID-19 Theatre Think-Tank (CTT) deliberately draws from as many of theater-making corners as possible, from stage managers to directors, from the Great White Way to regional theater…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AMThe world’s largest movie theater chain revealed that it expects its financial report for the first quarter of 2020, during which the COVID lockdowns began, to show a loss of up to $2.4 bi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AMTuesday, June 2, 2020
I hear from nearly all corners of the arts sector that there is “no going back to normal” — that something fundamental needs to be redesigned in our systems to make them more equitable…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:33PM“A deadly thunderstorm that rolled across parts of northern India damaged sections of the Taj Mahal complex, including the main gate and a railing running below its five lofty domes, offic…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PM“‘Talking About Race‘ is a Web-based initiative that uses videos, role-playing exercises and question-based activities to explore the origins and definitions of race and identity. Buil…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMWhile she did sing some Italian roles (Gilda, Lucia, Rosina) and even a few German ones (the Queen of the Night, Zerbinetta), Mesplé won worldwide acclaim for the French concert and opera r…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMThis past Friday night, as the KCPD prepared to confront people demonstrating against police violence in Minneapolis and elsewhere, security guards on duty at the closed museum agreed to pol…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMA 22-page white paper with dozens of requirements and recommendations, delivered to Govs. Gavin Newsom (CA) and Andrew Cuomo (NY) as well as the Los Angeles County Department of Public Healt…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PM“The most widely-read books are translated foreign bestsellers. There is little space for Russian talent — and if you want to be one of the chosen few to secure a book deal, that means s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PM“It’s paradoxical but true: On TikTok, a platform driven largely by dance, people with little to no dance background are becoming megastars — and highly-trained dancers can seem like f…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PM“As a composer, Bach would have been highly attuned to the effects of a church’s acoustics on the performance of music. He was known, for example, to have preferred composing for the Tho…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMPerformances are canceled and theaters are dark all around the world, but the long-touring Broadway production of Phantom has continued to fill a 1,600-seat house in Seoul for eight shows a …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:35AMOur loss yesterday of Christo, the canny conceptual artist with tangible appeal, is a poignant reminder of more innocent times — 16 days in early 2005 when New Yorkers from all walks of li…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:06AMThe Gershwin threat was seemingly felt by all American-born classical musicians: they feared his genius. European-born classical musicians weren’t threatened, and the list of Gershwin admi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:06AMThe Paris landmark, which had been the world’s most visited museum, opens its doors on July 6 following the coronavirus lockdown. But safety limitations have been placed on crowd flow, and…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:06AM“The company, which last performed live on March 11, now hopes to return with a gala on New Year’s Eve after its longest interruption in more than a century. It is a gap that is projecte…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:06AMFriday, May 29, 2020
That’s what Uruguayans are doing with Carrasco International Airport near Montevideo. The movies, screened every evening, range from The Lion King and Sonic the Hedgehog to Bohemian Rhapso…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12PMBefore the coronavirus hit, the Met was going to perform a new co-production of the opera this spring at BAM. David Patrick Stearns went online to revisit the original Opera Philadelphia pro…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PMHere, for instance, are the rules for dance class at the Ballet du Rhin in France: “Dancers are not allowed to use changing rooms. Instead, they must go directly to the studio and stand at…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PM“As most American theaters have pared down their offerings to a mix of Zoom readings, artist conversations, and archival streams, Seacoast Rep, in Portsmouth, N.H., has been web-casting ne…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:03PM“It is 46 years old, weighs nearly four pounds in paperback and is about as ill-suited for the internet age as they come: The book is not even available for digital readers. And yet, in ce…
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