Thursday, December 20, 2018
“It's an elegantly constructed, effortlessly listenable series that does exactly what you'd hope a general-interest opera podcast would do. It also avoids most of what you'd hope it wo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PM[SHARE]Slate spoke with a small group of people who had publicly declared they planned to #DeleteFacebook. Most were successful, though some find themselves back on the site from time to time. Thei…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:04PM[SHARE]Depending on the venue, shots of Socrates, Kant and Nietzsche will be supplemented with chasers of yoga, tai chi, meditation, music, dance and virtual reality experiences. – The New Yo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Philosophers go to conferences to find critics who can help them improve their theories. All of us need to recognise the value of listening carefully and charitably to opponents. Then we nee…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32PM[SHARE]It wasn't that the conversations in the café were necessarily intellectually productive; it was that the practice of free exchange itself"the ability to interact on equal terms with someone…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32PM[SHARE]Can the moral saint, if perfect, 'waste' time watching films and television? How about spending any money on fine food or travel? Or expending energy on sport rather than seriously important…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:18PM[SHARE]This, when uttered in the context of a Hallmark holiday movie, is a beacon to the Christmas spirits, who know one thing, and pretty much one thing only: No one should simply muddle thro…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:18PM[SHARE]“Removing cost as a barrier to entry for under-18s is a seismic leap forward for ENO and for opera as a whole, and we hope to entice as many under-18s as possible, from the musically o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:13PM[SHARE]More than 250,000 people in 2018 clicked on the poem, which features such lines as "It is only kindness that makes sense anymore, only kindness that ties your shoes." – Washington Post…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:13PM[SHARE]Even taking the alleged fakery into account, how did T. M. Landry school seem to fool so many of America's most prestigious universities for years? The work of admissions officers is noto…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]A new ruling said that although festival organisers did not enforce the "man-free" rule, since "no differentiation based on sex was made between visitors at entry", the statements the compan…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]Assist in creating, all types of multimedia content, including photos, GIFs, static graphics, and slideshows. Film footage and edit it into videos of appropriate length and style for web pla…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:04PM[SHARE]What I am asking here is simply whether it would be a tragedy if the planet no longer contained human beings. And the answer I am going to give might seem puzzling at first. I want to sugges…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PM[SHARE]This week the construction of Cloud Arch, a Junya Ishigami-designed steel archway planned for George Street, was deferred until after the tramline is finished. Originally dubbed "th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AM[SHARE]An accomplished professional and exemplary leader, the CEO of Imagine MKE will build the organization, advance the strategic agenda, recruit a talented staff, and facilitate the engagement o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AM[SHARE]The Director of Finance and Administration is responsible for the day to day administrative and financial management of the organization. The successful candidate will be a hands-on and coll…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 18, 2018
The new business, Concord Theatricals, merges the catalogues of four publishing and licensing organisations, which it claims makes it "the most substantial licensing house in the world". …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:18PM[SHARE]Not only must it continue to amass money toward the $650 million project, but it also must pack up its collection to prepare for construction. And it faces lingering questions about whether …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:18PM[SHARE]The Canadian Urban Library Council says “the big five” publishers like Hachette, Penguin Random House and MacMillan have long restricted library access to electronic mat…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:18PM[SHARE]Stadiums and other sports venues have become more opulent. They not only have to be functional, they more and more serve as marquee symbols on the skyline. Here are ten of the best in 2018. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12PM[SHARE]An antilibrary is a powerful reminder of your limitations " the vast quantity of things you don't know, half-know, or will one day realize you're wrong about. By living with that reminder da…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12PM[SHARE]“So let me clarify: we have forgotten how to hate well. We have forgotten how to hate rigorously and virtuously. This is, I believe, because we have forgotten how to distinguish bet…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:04PM[SHARE]About 36,000 additional three-dimension objects belonging to the art gallery are already on display at the West Campus at its recently opened Wurtele Study Center. This is all on top of a $1…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:54PM[SHARE]The artists Mai-Thu Perret and Lili Reynaud-Dewar, along with the curator Chus Martinez, signed the petition statement published on the Mediapart news website in early November, saying that …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:48PM[SHARE]At what point does a social dance become so normalized, that no one flinches to see it? Because individual movements can’t be copyrighted, it’s not like they have an expiry date …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:42PM[SHARE]Academics are unlike the employees of most organisations in that they fight over symbolic rather than material objects of aspiration, but they are like other workers in that they too are mot…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:36AM[SHARE]Monday, December 17, 2018
"The minute I heard I was going to do a little number, that sold me," Van Dyke tells PEOPLE in the latest issue out Friday. "And I thought I could contribute by just being a little bit of a …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PM[SHARE]Outrage " the hallmark of 21st-century discourse " still exists, but the radio flip-flop on banning indicates the paradigm may be shifting toward a reasonable middle ground, with space for t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:04PM[SHARE]These observers captured the moment when civilization turned from typographic culture"itself a massive break from the largely oral culture that preceded it"to electronic media. They're the m…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:04PM[SHARE]As the West becomes increasingly fractious and polarised, the New Silk Road countries are working more closely together. At the centre of this is China with its giant economy and its B…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PM[SHARE]There's nothing straightforward about the debate, and nothing particularly new about the "after" convention. Poetry is a medium in which sampling, allusion, and conversation have always been…
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