Thursday, March 26, 2020
I am ecstatic to report that I just got off the phone with Mrs. T. It was, of course, a one-way conversation, since she's intubated, but her nurse informed me that she is now fully conscious…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 25, 2020
To find out, you have to go back 102 years to the 1918 influenza epidemic. "Even when people knew in advance the closures were imminent and that deaths were surging, they didn't relinquish t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PM[SHARE]Laura Cappelle has plenty of good things in her profile as well, but yes, this happened: "In a matter of seconds, Huppert is on her feet and walks away from me, manifestly irked. 'Listen, he…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PM[SHARE]"Art spaces … are doing their part to meet the needs of medical professionals, packing up crates of gloves typically used to protect artworks from oil and dust on the hands of those touchi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PM[SHARE]"The [American Library Association] urged the FCC to waive E-rate restrictions so libraries could not only offer [free] Wi-Fi access via local libraries, but could also provide broadband ser…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PM[SHARE]Brian Seibert: "She calls it Passing and Jostling While Being Confined to a Small Apartment. It's a dance history exercise [for Seibert's class at Yale], but it occurred to me that it might …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AM[SHARE]"Born colorblind and with six fingers on each hand, [he] became one of the world's most acclaimed cartoonists, known for drawing characters that ranged from the sword-wielding Astérix " wit…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AM[SHARE]Zach Finkelstein does not sugar-coat the situation: "The tragic irony of this crisis is that, in the post-COVID era, the person most likely to have a performance career will be the one that …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AM[SHARE]The nearly 150-year-old school, which counts Ansel Adams, Richard Diebenkorn, and Dorothea Lange as former faculty, says that it can't continue to operate in the near term unless it joins a …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]"After spending about $4.5 million that can't be recovered, [the] Festival now must cope with a projected $756,000 deficit for 2020. (It did manage to avoid spending another $4.5 million tha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]"The Ojai Music Festival has joined the list of coronavirus cancellations, … marking the first time since its founding in 1947 that the annual celebration of experimental classical music w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]"Their sentiments run the gamut from hope to doom ('I've been wondering when the next mass extinction event would come. This is it.') and collectively form an uncertain picture of the future…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]We are making the adjustment to teaching arts policy at a distance for the remainder of the semester, and so I'm about to get used to (and hopefully better at) short videos for students, pra…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 24, 2020
"Drive-in movie theaters may seem like a blast from the past, something out of the 1950s or '60s. Numerous baby boomers haven't gone for decades; Gen Xers and millennials, perhaps never. But…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24PM[SHARE]Helen Shaw: "To try to understand the complexity of a situation that was changing minute by minute " last Thursday, we still had a full theater calendar for April, for instance " I talked to…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:54PM[SHARE]"The justices unanimously upheld a lower court's 2018 ruling that the state was protected by a legal doctrine called sovereign immunity and could not be sued for copyright infringement for u…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:48PM[SHARE]"With its shows canceled until further notice and its revenue stream obliterated, Chicago's most illustrious comedy theater … is trying to improvise its way out of a major crisis. … [Job…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:48PM[SHARE]"Last week's layoffs were just the latest addition to a list of controversial upheavals for the company in recent years, including climbing ticket prices in early 2017, the move from Chelsea…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:48PM[SHARE]"After the city sought to reintroduce normal activity, a wave of new coronavirus cases hit, largely due to returning travelers. The reversal offers a cautionary tale to countries around the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:48PM[SHARE]"In the 30 years since founding the gallery in Soho in 1989, Kasmin developed a program that managed to toe the line between brainy and lighthearted by placing historic postwar artists like …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:48PM[SHARE]Yes, it's because of the coronavirus. "'Our artists, staff, directors and shareholders are devastated by this sad but inevitable turn of events,' says Hazard Chase managing director, James B…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:32AM[SHARE]"The Berlin Senate announced … that it would soon be offering €100 million ($107 million) in €5,000 ($5,366) grants to freelance workers and small businesses in the cultural se…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:32AM[SHARE]"The Montreal-based circus giant said temporarily cutting 4,679 jobs was necessary after 44 shows worldwide were shuttered amid the virus outbreak." " The Hollywood Reporter
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AM[SHARE]The move comes after an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by Scarlett, who had been artist-in-residence, with students at the Royal Ballet School. The company also said, in what s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AM[SHARE]"CEO Deborah Borda said that the orchestra has negotiated a new interim deal with its musicians: They will be paid in full until March 31, and then accept reduced pay for the next two months…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:18AM[SHARE]Thanks to a kind-hearted, quick-witted nurse in New York-Presbyterian's cardio-thoracic ICU, I was able to see and speak to Mrs. T via Skype on Sunday night. " Terry Teachout
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:03AM[SHARE]Since most jazz musicians (and jazz journalists) are self-employed freelancers, it's probably essential to rely on ourselves and do it ourselves.. Adapting or heightening one's media game ma…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:03AM[SHARE]Concerned about the advance of the coronavirus, pianist Fred Hersch has announced his approach to providing, if not relief from the threat, a way to get it off your mind for a while: a live-…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:03AM[SHARE]Friday, March 20, 2020
It seems all too obvious to compare flamenco virtuoso/a Manuel Liñán's all-bio-male show Viva! to Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. But, writes Marina Harss, the dancing here is q…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]"Even as they try to reclaim what was lost, they and others are also taking advantage of a rare scientific opportunity. The cathedral, laid bare to inspection by the fire, is yielding clues …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM[SHARE]Young Jean Lee, Lauren Gunderson, and Jaclyn Backhaus are among those who have begun leading playwriting lessons and seminars on the web since coronavirus sent almost everyone home. Gunderso…
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