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Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Marcus Overton, Who Managed Classical Music Institutions From Coast To Coast, Dead At 75 by Artsjournal1

"His many management credits included production stage manager at Chicago Lyric Opera, where his colleagues included William Mason, later the company's general director; general manager of t…

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Berlin's Heyday As An Inexpensive Haven For Artists Is Being Gentrified Away by Artsjournal1

"Its reputation as a hub where artists and creative types can rent inexpensively and still afford to do as they please is eroding. Certain neighborhoods, such as Kreuzberg, … [which] was p…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AM[SHARE]

Audit Finds 'Substantial Uncertainty' About Baltimore Symphony's Viability, Says Management by Artsjournal1

"The organization's independent auditor for the fiscal year that ended on Aug. 31, 2018, concluded that 'there is substantial uncertainty about the BSO's ability to continue [for one more ye…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AM[SHARE]

Egypt Reopens 4,600-Year-Old 'Bent' Pyramid To Public After 54 Years by Artsjournal1

"The 101m-high structure, in the Dahshur royal necropolis, just south of Cairo, is one of two built for Sneferu, the pharaoh who founded the Fourth Dynasty. Tourists will be allowed inside t…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AM[SHARE]
Sunday, July 14, 2019

Chineke!: Changing the record by Artsjournal1

"In its four years of existence, Chineke!, Europe's first majority black and minority ethnic (BME) orchestra has transformed the attitude of the classical music business towards race, divers…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PM[SHARE]

Looking back on the lesser-known histories of 'Chicano Public Radio' by Artsjournal1

"Too often, popular accounts of Spanish-language media focus on radio ratings within profit-driven radio markets and cities with large Latina/o populations, such as New York, Los Angeles, Ch…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PM[SHARE]

Toolkit tackles 'class crisis' in arts sector by Artsjournal1

"Arts organisations should treat social class in the same way as identity markers protected by equality legislation in order to combat a 'class crisis' in the sector, a new guide argues. ……

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PM[SHARE]

How to Solve Theatre Design's Diversity Problem by Artsjournal1

"Backstage jobs are still predominantly filled by white men, but the picture is slowly changing thanks to artists' activism." " American Theatre

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PM[SHARE]

Change Agents: Kaywin Feldman and Bryan Stevenson on Embracing Empathy and Confronting American Racism in Museums by Artsjournal1

Kaywin Feldman is the first woman to serve as director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Public interest attorney Bryan Stevenson and his Equal Justice Initiative founded th…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PM[SHARE]

Back to Where They Once Belonged: Proponents of Repatriation of African Artworks Take Issue with the Past " and Present and Future by Artsjournal1

"Over the past few years, questions surrounding repatriation have evolved beyond whether it will happen to how " and by whom and in what way the fate of objects will be decided. … " ARTnews

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:32PM[SHARE]
Friday, July 12, 2019

Why Do We See So Many Gay Male Characters On Broadway But So Few Lesbians? by Artsjournal1

Sure, there's The Prom, and before that Fun Home, Indecent, and, going back, Rent and perhaps The Color Purple, but that's been about it, writes Elisabeth Vincentelli. "Obviously, Broadway i…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PM[SHARE]

Museums In Britain Are Taking Out And Showing The LGBTQ-Themed Artworks And Objects They Used To Keep Hidden Away by Artsjournal1

"The [Victoria and Albert Museum LGBTQ] tour's burgeoning popularity is part of a more general 'queering' of British museums that is gathering pace. Institutions across the UK are teasing ou…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PM[SHARE]

Same-Gender Couples Come To The Once-Rigidly Male-Female World Of Competitive Ballroom Dance by Artsjournal1

"Traditional ballroom dancing enacts a caricature of socially prescribed gender roles. The male partner is the leader; the female partner, the follower. The male partner's movements are mean…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42PM[SHARE]

How Could New York City Opera's 'Stonewall' Have Screwed Up So Badly On Trans Issues? by Artsjournal1

Brin Solomon: "In casting a trans man to play a trans woman, the Stonewall creative team have botched things so spectacularly … It's difficult to convey how bizarre this casting choice is.…

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The Stampede To Chase Streaming Video Subscribers Is Creating An Avalanche Of Content by Artsjournal1

As AT&T/Time Warner/HBO, NBC Universal, Disney, and Apple rush to compete with Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime (who, of course, all compete with each other), streaming television has bec…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AM[SHARE]

Festival Tells Theatre Company To Recast Role With Disabled Actor, And Company Writes Out Character's Disability Instead by Artsjournal1

When the Belgian company Studio Orka brought its devised-theatre piece Tuesday to the Manchester International Festival, MIF officials said that their policy is that disabled characters must…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AM[SHARE]

An Aging Jazz Legend's Wife Started A GoFundMe Campaign, Claiming Severe Health And Financial Problems. His Old Friends Are Very Suspicious by Artsjournal1

Kenny Burrell, the 87-year-old guitarist, is still drawing a six-figure salary and health insurance from UCLA, where he has been tenured faculty for decades. But his wife launched a crowdfun…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AM[SHARE]

Ecolinguistics: The Ways That Language And Climate Connect by Artsjournal1

"It turns out that language has a much more powerful role to play in ecological survival than just describing [today's] disturbing environmental outlook." For example, the languages of indig…

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Police Abruptly Evict Artists From Beijing Studio Districts by Artsjournal1

"Scores of Beijing police, clad in riot gear and rain slickers, were seen yesterday marching artists out of the Luomahu, or Roma Lake, Art District ahead of its sudden demolition, purportedl…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:36AM[SHARE]

Ballet BC's Emily Molnar Named Nederlands Dans Theater's Artistic Director by Artsjournal1

When Molnar took over the [Vancouver-based] company in 2009, it was on the verge of bankruptcy. Since then she's brought in big-name contemporary choreographers and built up" Ballet BC's qua…

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Conductor Who Transformed Sistine Chapel Choir Resigns As Financial Investigation Continues by Artsjournal1

"Msgr. Massimo Palombella" " who raised the (previously abysmal) standards of the papal ensemble, garnering it a major-label recording contract and international respect for the first time i…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:36AM[SHARE]
Thursday, July 11, 2019

More Stars Say Hosting An Awards Show Just Isn't Worth The Headaches by Artsjournal1

"According to insiders who spoke … on the condition of anonymity, there are plenty of reasons big-name celebrities are increasingly reluctant to join forces with awards shows. Some of thes…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM[SHARE]

The Christian Publishing Industry's Biggest Scandal: The Boy Who Now Says He Didn't Come Back From Heaven by Artsjournal1

In 2004, six-year-old Alex Malarkey's skull and spine were separated in an automobile accident and he spent months in a coma. Six years later, his father (who was driving at the time) publis…

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The U.S. Has A Vibrant, Innovative Flamenco Scene " Why Is It Continually Underrated? (Especially When A Dancer Has A Non-Spanish Name) by Artsjournal1

Alice Blumenfeld, alumna of Flamenco Vivo and now director of the company ABREPASO: "Only as I started to branch out did I realize there are many people breaking boundaries in flamenco in th…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM[SHARE]

Tania Bruguera, Cuban Artist-Activist, To Launch Investigative Journalism Project by Artsjournal1

"At the Manchester International Festival, … Bruguera revealed plans to establish an investigative journalism initiative that will award prizes and grants and offer workshops for Cuban wri…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM[SHARE]

'People Will Say We're In Love': How The Perky Operetta Duet Of The 1943 'Oklahoma!' Became The Twangy Country Song Of The 2019 'Oklahoma! by Artsjournal1

The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization was willing to let Daniel Fish, director of the revisionist revival now on Broadway, experiment with the way the story was told but forbid any change…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM[SHARE]

How 'Oklahoma!' Created The Original Cast Album Genre by Artsjournal1

"Typically, show music was cut down and rearranged for a popular dance band. But [Decca president Jack] Kapp had no time for such niceties" " he was rushing to get a recording of the hit sho…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:04PM[SHARE]

Ex-New York Dealer Charged With Smuggling $143M Worth Of Antiquities From South Asia by Artsjournal1

"A criminal complaint filed in Manhattan state court said the smuggling was orchestrated by Subhash Kapoor, a New York art gallery owner who was arrested in Germany in 2011 and later extradi…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AM[SHARE]

Jewish Museums " What Are They For? Whom Should They Serve? And Who Should Or Shouldn't Be Able To Run One? by Artsjournal1

"These questions are swirling around the future of the Jewish Museum Berlin, one of the city's most popular visitor attractions, after the abrupt departure last month of its director, Peter …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AM[SHARE]

Violinist Aaron Rosand Dead At 92 by Artsjournal1

"Acclaimed for his performances of romantic repertoire and his sweet tone, Rosand recorded prolifically and appeared with all the major orchestras around the world, making a particularly bus…

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What It Takes To Make And Show Queer-Themed Films In Homophobic Countries by Artsjournal1

From lying about your script to the people who live where you're shooting to having bodyguards on set to sending your stars abroad when the film debuts to fighting off right-wing religious g…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]

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