Thursday, March 12, 2020
As much as it sounds like something out of Isaac Asimov, we have to say it: we can't surrender our discernment to the computers. What we need now " what will make our social media feeds and …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:02PM[SHARE]The passive celebrity interview is over. Now celebrities must work for their press " or, at worst, they have to be interviewed by another celebrity. These practices makes sense in the social…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM[SHARE]"There is no question that Broadway shows should be closed," Racaniello said. "Any large gatherings of people, especially here in NYC where we know the virus is circulating, need to stop." J…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM[SHARE]Amid the worries on Wall Street, stock prices have tumbled for Orlando-based SeaWorld Entertainment, which operates 12 theme parks across the country. The stock, previously trading above $35…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM[SHARE]If the future is unclear for arts organizations, it's even scarier for individual artists, backstage artisans and stage hands, many of whom survive job to job. Those who are union members ma…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM[SHARE]As was the case during the AIDS crisis and in the months following the Sept. 11 atrocities, "regicide, civil strife and anarchy" tend to be replaced with great writers musing on the existenc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM[SHARE]Here's the 20,000 foot summary: Your brain's most important job is not thinking or feeling or even seeing, but keeping your body alive and well so that you survive and thrive (and eventually…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM[SHARE]Apparently, the show must go on even if it kills us. While the country is staring down the barrel of a public health catastrophe, theaters are up against a different enemy: their ragged bala…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:28PM[SHARE]German Culture Minister Monika Grütters promised government financial help to cultural institutions and artists whose livelihoods are threatened by the coronavirus as theatres and concert h…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:02PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 11, 2020
"I know of numerous composers who suffer from tinnitus " that ringing or other sound in the ears which never shuts off. And even violinists tend to end up with hearing damage in the left ear…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:12PM[SHARE]Consumer spending on digital home entertainment surged to $48.7 billion last year, up 24% from 2018, according to a new report from the Motion Picture Assn. Worldwide theatrical ticket sales…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:12PM[SHARE]It's enough, more than enough, really, for an artist to simply find a voice, to chisel it out of the noise and to keep it ringing clear across a lifetime. Though he tried lots of modes and m…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:12PM[SHARE]Gonzalo Casals is an immigrant from Argentina who identifies as queer. Since 2017, he has led the Leslie-Lohman, a museum with roots in the L.G.B.T.Q. civil rights movement, diversifying its…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:12PM[SHARE]Known as Bill Smith to the jazz world and William O. Smith in classical circles, Mr. Smith served on the University of Washington faculty from 1966-1997. He was a founding member of the Dave…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PM[SHARE]The day is coming when practically anything that a human can do"at least anything that the labor market is willing to pay a human being a decent wage to do"will soon be doable more efficient…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PM[SHARE]The novel represented a maturation of storytelling"the adulthood of fiction, taking the reader into the interior of the human person. Now, the form is on its deathbed. Lingering readers are …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM[SHARE]Almost all cinemas in China " the world's second-largest moviegoing market behind North America " went dark more than a month ago because of the virus, while all of Italy is now quarantined.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:48PM[SHARE]Starting at noon Thursday, remaining seats for five of the hottest tickets on Broadway will be going for a fraction of their normal price, selling for just $50 apiece at all performances thr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:48PM[SHARE]The First Amendment doesn't protect your right to eat steak; nothing in the Bill of Rights prohibits a quarantine. Whatever discomfort or vexation arises from these restrictions should hardl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 10, 2020
In the span of a single decade, we basically let a computer-centric mindset around planned obsolescence threaten to ruin the long-term usability of entire categories of products unnecessaril…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24PM[SHARE]As the building approaches its 50th birthday, in 2023, the interventions are necessary. While its architect, Jorn Utzon, is now widely recognized as a visionary and his creation is a UNESCO …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24PM[SHARE]The culture minister was supposed to meet Tuesday with representatives from the cinema and performing arts industries to assess the impact of new measures taken to counter the Covid-19 epide…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24PM[SHARE]"Alas, few of us were fortunate enough to witness this production. Friday night, the Ballet announced that all further performances of this "Midsummer" run have been canceled because city of…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24PM[SHARE]In Poland and other countries ruled by nationalist governments, far-right political parties are increasingly attempting to twist history to fit into their own narratives. And they're going a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24PM[SHARE]Tate"a network of four museums including Tate Modern, which ranked as Britain's top tourist attraction, with 5.9 million visitors in 2018"announced it would cut its carbon footprint by at le…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM[SHARE]Postponing the massive festival series until October is a huge endeavor involving hundreds of artists and their representatives, as well as hundreds of contractors and vendors and tens of th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PM[SHARE]In a vivid example of the ad hoc and highly inconsistent way arts organizations are dealing with the spread of the potentially deadly coronavirus, the Seattle Symphony is operating as usual …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]Monday, March 9, 2020
North American audiences are not staying away from theaters amid virus concerns, according to the weekend's box office numbers. Disney and Pixar's "Onward" topped the charts as expected and …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]The aphorism is that if America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold; if Ultra and SXSW cause a domino effect, and music festivals in the UK and Europe are shut down, the economic i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]Widely hailed as one of the finest actors of his generation, Mr. von Sydow became an elder pop culture star in his later years, appearing in a "Star Wars" movie in 2015 as well as in the six…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]In the mid 1960s, researchers found that murmurating birds, particularly starlings, interact"not always, but often"with six or seven of their closest neighbors, who interact with six or seve…
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