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Monday, October 21, 2019

US Army To Create New "Monuments Men" Unit To Try To Save Artifacts by Artsjournal

The Army is forming a new unit with a similar mandate to be composed of commissioned officers of the Army Reserves who are museum directors or curators, archivists, conservators and archaeol…

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Rescuing Indigenous Americans From Children's Tales by Artsjournal

"From the dull art of crafting Thanksgiving turkeys out of handprints to the bad politics of making headdresses out of turkey feathers, the point of contact between Indians and non-Indians b…

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Orange County's Segerstrom Center Gets A New Leader by Artsjournal

He's Casy Reitz, currently executive director of New York's Second Stage. "Before taking the position at the Second Stage Theater in September of 2010, Reitz was director of development at t…

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San Francisco To Make Its Busiest Street Car-Free by Artsjournal

"It can't be overlooked that San Francisco has some heavyweight car-free peers. Once, pedestrianized urban cores were largely the domain of enlightened mid-sized cities in northern Europe. B…

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Freelance Journalists In California Freak Out That New Uber Law Would Apply To Them by Artsjournal

If a freelance journalist writes for a magazine, newspaper or other entity whose central mission is to disseminate the news, the law says, that journalist is capped at writing 35 "submission…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]

Nick Tosches, Fiery Rock Journalist, 69 by Artsjournal

Tosches and his fellow music writers Richard Meltzer and Lester Bangs were labeled "the Noise Boys" for their wild, energetic prose, a world away from fan magazines like Tiger Beat and Seven…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]

Economists Make The Case For Studying Humanities by Artsjournal

As humanities majors slump to the lowest level in decades, calls are coming from surprising places for a revival. Some prominent economists are making the case for why it still makes a lot o…

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Glass Blowing Generates Significant Amounts Of Greenhouse Gasses. What To Do? by Artsjournal

While the glass art industry blows oxygen and life into intricate glass chandeliers, vases, bowls and complex sculptures, it also consumes hefty amounts of natural gas and propane while fill…

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Reversal: WNYC Decides Not To Cancel "New Sounds" by Artsjournal

"It has become clear to me that John and Caryn Havlik's work is distinct, inimitable, and intrinsically New York"and that this beloved team must stay with us. A show like New Sounds can only…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]

A Star Architect Who Recycles And Rebuilds For Those In Need by Artsjournal

Shigeru Ban, a designer of houses and visitors' centers and condominiums and towers, is perhaps more famous as a designer of emergency shelters, for people suffering from earthquakes and flo…

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Humans Say: Music is Not An Algorithm by Artsjournal

"The current streaming culture we find ourselves in marks music and wide open spaces of exploration into nothing more than a commodity, and because of this, we're increasingly driven away fr…

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Studies: Acting Changes Actors' Brains by Artsjournal

"Until recently, this debate over whether actors literally lose themselves in their roles was largely a matter of conjecture. However, a pair of research papers in psychology published this …

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Reading As An Active Sport (No Really) by Artsjournal

"The main contention of What We Talk About When We Talk About Books " that reading print can be a sociable, active, and even seditious activity " is so sensible that it seems incredible that…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]
Saturday, October 19, 2019

The Phoenix Symphony " President & CEO by Artsjournal

The Phoenix Symphony (TPS) is Arizona's largest performing arts organization and considered a cultural icon. Founded in 1947 as a part-time orchestra, TPS has grown to become Arizona's only …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54PM[SHARE]
Friday, October 18, 2019

Watch: Elijah Cummings Speaking To The League Of American Orchestras In 2016 by Artsjournal

This Little Light of Mine: The inimitable Mr. Cummings speaks to the League's annual meeting about how the arts has the power to change lives. "As I march toward the twilight of my life, the…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:42PM[SHARE]

Why That Picture Of Nancy Pelosi Standing Up To Trump Has Become Iconic Art by Artsjournal

Something about the symmetry, the light, and the postures of the figures in the room turned ordinary people into art historians who were captivated by the strength of the composition. "The j…

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How Do You Reconstruct A 140-Year-Old Ballet? Carefully by Artsjournal

"It's controversial in Russia to reconstruct ballets " original Russian ballets " but on the notation that was removed from Russia. In recent years, "La Bayadère" has raised questions over …

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The "Slow Fire" That's Destroying Our Books by Artsjournal

It's called a "slow fire," this continuous acidification and subsequent embrittlement of paper that was created with the seeds of its own ruin in its very fibers. In a 1987 documentary on th…

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The Radical Personal Life Of Johann Sebastian Bach by Artsjournal

"I've talked to people who feel they know Bach very well, but they aren't aware of the time he was imprisoned for a month. They never learned about Bach pulling a knife on a fellow musician …

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Fans Protest WNYC Cancellation Of "New Sounds" by Artsjournal

For music fans, the news last Thursday that WNYC will end New Sounds, a show hosted by John Schaefer since its debut in 1982, has provoked a deep sense of mourning and nostalgia for both the…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:42PM[SHARE]

Architecture Critic And Historian Charles Jencks, 80 by Artsjournal

Mr. Jencks was an architectural historian who, with a landmark book, put himself at the forefront of the debate over what architecture should do. " The New York Times

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More Theatres Are Experimenting With Different Performance Times by Artsjournal

The conventional wisdom on curtain times has long been broken, and it's proving beneficial to producers and audience. More show-by-show tinkering can only continue to evolve theatregoing pra…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:01PM[SHARE]

Are We Seeing A New Theatre Construction Boom In America? by Artsjournal

Some see other current trends"the conversion of old structures, the blurring of boundaries between disciplines, the increasing move of visual artists into performance, the popular interest i…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:28PM[SHARE]

John Schaefer: Why We Still Need Music Curators by Artsjournal

"When what we listen to is all based on algorithms, you're fed things that will already fit your taste. My intention with the show was always to make it like a series of doors. You could pee…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM[SHARE]

Do We Need Critics For Cities? by Artsjournal

Given how long we've relied on the work of critics on film, music, food, and much else besides, as well as the ever-increasing relevance of cities in our lives, it's time we recognised city …

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Los Angeles Ballet seeks Controller by Artsjournal

Los Angeles Ballet is seeking an individual with a minimum of 5 years of experience as a controller, preferably for nonprofit arts institutions.

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Los Angeles Ballet seeks Administrative Director by Artsjournal

Los Angeles Ballet is seeking an experienced, energetic arts administrator with demonstrable leadership qualities.

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Thursday, October 17, 2019

James Wood: Harold Bloom's "Anxiety Of Influence" by Artsjournal

"You mistook him for no one else: the late, popular style was a faded fan, but it was still recognizably Bloom's old peacockery. The leaping links, hieratic cross-referencing, and amusingly …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:54PM[SHARE]

Is Democracy For Sale? Democracy.com Sure Is by Artsjournal

According to the domain brokerage GoDaddy, the five most expensive publicly-reported domain names are CarInsurance.com " $49.7m; Insurance.com " $35.6m; VacationRentals.com " $35m; PrivateJe…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:48PM[SHARE]

A Caravaggio Was Stolen From A Sicilian Church 50 Years Ago. Is Time Running Out To Find It? by Artsjournal

Fifty years have passed since 17 October 1969, but Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's Nativity with St Francis and St Lawrence remains one of the world's most sought-after works of stolen a…

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National Ballet Of Canada Posts Its Tenth Season In A Row Of Budget Surpluses by Artsjournal

Specifically, the company's revenues were $37.58 million with expenses at $36.17 million, which resulted in a surplus of $1.41 million. The figures represent a 4 percent operating surplus. "…

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