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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Ben Brantley And Jesse Green Size Up The Off-Broadway Season (Since It’s Now Over) by Artsjournal1

Ben : “In many of these productions, time seemed to be torn off its hinges, and the solid floor of what we think of as ‘normal life’ to have cracked open. Who knew how apt a preface su…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PM

Know What Else Coronavirus Has Infected? Our Everyday Language by Artsjournal1

Karen Russell: “Today, we are witnessing the shotgun weddings of words into some strange unions, neologisms sped into existence by this virus (‘quarantunes,’ ‘quarantini’), epidemi…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PM

Photographer Victor Skrebneski, 90 by Artsjournal1

He first attracted notice for shooting supermodels in famous ad campaigns for the likes of Estée Lauder; his fame grew with a photo series of famous actors, each in an enormous black turtle…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM

Why The Hollywood Reporter’s Editorial Director Abruptly Walked Out by Artsjournal1

“Matthew Belloni resigned as editorial director of The Hollywood Reporter due to intense conflicts with Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu, the co-CEOs of the trade’s owners, Valence Media, ove…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM

Karina Canellakis Named London Philharmonic’s Principal Guest Conductor by Artsjournal1

Before embarking on a conducting career in 2013, the 38-year-old American performed as a violinist in solo and chamber works as well as in the Berlin Philharmonic’s Academy Orchestra and t…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:36AM

Even More Jobs And Money Lost: Whitney Museum Lays Off 76 Employees by Artsjournal1

“Projecting a shortfall in revenue of at least $7 million by the end of this fiscal year, New York City’s Whitney Museum has laid off 76 staff members. In an email sent Thursday afternoo…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:36AM

James Drury, Star Of Long-Running TV Series ‘The Virginian’, Dead At 85 by Artsjournal1

“He played the laconic rancher with no name on the revolutionary NBC series. Among Westerns, only Gunsmoke and Bonanza lasted longer.” – The Hollywood Reporter

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:36AM

Another Salzburg Festival Canceled (But Not The Main One, Yet) by Artsjournal1

Just short of a month after the Salzburg Easter Festival was called off because of the pandemic, the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, directed by mezzo Cecilia Bartoli and scheduled for May 20-Jun…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AM

Joy in the afternoon by Artsjournal1

This is, first of all, an expression of profound gratitude for the innumerable messages of sympathy I have received. I thought you might like to read about Hilary’s last good day. – Terr…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18AM

A letter to unknown friends by Artsjournal1

A few days after my beloved Hilary received her double-lung transplant, I published an open letter in The Wall Street Journal addressed to the family of the anonymous organ donor whose lungs…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18AM

Safety, Solvency, Service by Artsjournal1

These past few weeks, a whole world of arts organizations have been searching for, revisiting, or assembling-on-the-fly their emergency readiness plans as the pandemic turns that world upsid…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18AM

Recent Listening: Ernesto Cervini’s ‘Tetrahedron’ by Artsjournal1

The Canadian drummer’s new album manages to meld elements of contemporary electronica with references to developments in the six decades since John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman turned the …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12AM
Friday, April 3, 2020

Crosswords Only Date Back To 1913, But Written Word Games Have Been Around For A Very Long Time by Artsjournal1

Here’s a brief history, going from a five-by-five palindrome from ancient Rome to Victorian double acrostics to four different kinds of riddle (including the anti-riddle). – The Paris Re…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:24PM

Before There Was ‘The Onion’, There Was ‘Not The New York Times’ by Artsjournal1

An April Fool’s story that’s actually true: back during the 1978 newspaper strike in New York City, a group of writers and editors that included some now-illustrious names — George Pli…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:24PM

Now Even Arthouse Movie Theaters Are Embracing Streaming Video by Artsjournal1

“Alamo Drafthouse, Film Forum and the Angelika are a few of the … theaters testing out the provisional path into [online streaming]. … Patrons can purchase a digital ticket, most of wh…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PM

New Plays About Coronavirus Epidemic Are Already Arriving by Artsjournal1

“Skylight Theatre, a Los Angeles theater company that prioritizes social issues, … [has] kicked off weekly plays from its writers lab set amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the [online] ser…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PM

Give This Woman A Pritzker Prize! Once Pakistan’s Starchitect, She Now Designs Mud-And-Bamboo Huts For Poor Villagers by Artsjournal1

Yasmeen Lari retired at 60 after making her career designing some of Pakistan’s glitziest modern buildings for government and corporate clients. Then, after a severe earthquake, she went t…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PM

Carnegie Hall Projects $9 Million Deficit, Cancels Everything Until Fall by Artsjournal1

“Carnegie Hall is projecting a $9 million operating deficit on its $104 million budget after canceling … all events in its auditoriums through July 25, roughly 30% of this season’s sch…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AM

Calgary Philharmonic Reverses Mass Layoff, Recalls Musicians And Staff by Artsjournal1

Let’s hope this is the start of a trend. “Two weeks after temporarily laying off staff and musicians, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is offering them reduced hours. Everyone will be …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AM

Museum Will Become Temporary Morgue As Ireland Braces For Coronavirus Deaths by Artsjournal1

“The Irish Museum of Modern Art … announced last week that it had been ‘requested to facilitate the construction of a temporary mortuary’ on its grounds as the ‘country prepares Pu…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AM

Public Radio And TV Stations Are Having To Rework Their Underwriting Models — Fast by Artsjournal1

Cultural institutions and restaurants, whose revenue has been largely wiped out by the coronavirus epidemic, have been among the biggest underwriters of local public media outlets. Reporter …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AM

Edinburgh Festivals’ Cancellation Could Devastate Labor Market Throughout City by Artsjournal1

Warning that there are up to five times as many jobs in the city indirectly affected by the festivals and the tourism industry as there are directly employed in them, the head of the Edinbur…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AM

Guitarist And New York Jazz Institution Bucky Pizzarelli Dead Of COVID At 94 by Artsjournal1

“[He] was revered for the technical aplomb that enabled him to combine intricate runs, full chordal accompaniment and even his own walking bass lines. His rock-solid rhythmic footing and b…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AM

They don’t trust me with cheese by Artsjournal1

‘The man next to us is honking like a seal,’ whispered my friend Mel at the interval of One Man, Two Guvnors at the National Theatre back in 2011. Tonight the National Theatre will strea…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:36AM
Thursday, April 2, 2020

Ancient Egyptian Pigment Has Become Biomedical Research Tool by Artsjournal1

“A researcher at the University of Göttingen, Sebastian Kruss, has used [Egyptian Blue], which is also known as calcium copper silicate, to produce a new nanomaterial that improves infrar…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:32PM

Libraries As ‘Second Responders’ In The COVID Crisis by Artsjournal1

“When libraries closed their doors abruptly, they immediately opened their digital communications, collaborations, and creative activity to reach their public in ways as novel as the virus…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Theaters Across The U.S. Commission Ten-Minute Plays We Can All Perform While Sheltering In Place by Artsjournal1

“The [project], which is being called ‘Play at Home,’ is a website (playathome.org) featuring new plays, intended to take no more than 10 minutes to read, that are free so that anyone …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM

Assembling New Micro-Operas During Coronavirus Confinement by Artsjournal1

“Ella Marchment, stage director of the International Opera Awards, is behind the scheme, which is called #OperaHarmony. … The [project] will pair composers with librettists to create pie…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PM

When COVID Shut This Small Museum Down, Its Community Suffered A Big Loss by Artsjournal1

“In the eight years since it was founded, the Underground Museum has become not only one of the most important destinations for black art in the country but also a crucial gathering place …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AM

The Dance World May Be Socially Liberal, But It’s Still Difficult For Gender-Nonconforming Dancers by Artsjournal1

The male-female binary is built into the formalized structures of dance at just about every level, from the very beginning of training through the conventions of professional-level choreogra…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AM

Jazz Patriarch Ellis Marsalis Dead Of COVID At 85 by Artsjournal1

“[A] pianist and educator, [he] became the guiding force behind a late-20th-century resurgence in jazz. … Photogenic, erudite and fabulously talented, Mr. Marsalis’s children and many …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AM

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