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Monday, September 23, 2019

The Science Of Attraction Actually Does Make Two Hearts Beat As One by Artsjournal2

How can that be real? Chemistry, biology, physics … "The real measure of whether two people hit it off is how much they synchronise internal bodily functions, like heart rate and sweating.…

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Dance Class Helps A Child-Turned-Adult Movie Star Feel Normal by Artsjournal2

Keke Palmer came to fame playing Queen Latifah's niece, and 17 years later, she's about to become the host for the third hour of Good Morning America (oh, and she plays a part in the new mov…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AM[SHARE]
Sunday, September 22, 2019

A Secret Shofar, Blown On High Holy Days In Auschwitz by Artsjournal2

Is the account of this shofar credible? Holocaust historians say it definitely could be. "The impossible was possible, both to the bad and the good." " The New York Times

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How's That Guardian List Of The Best Plays Of The 21st Century? by Artsjournal2

It's "a deranged hodge-podge," according to Andrzej Lukowski. The list of 50 shows "veers from resolutely mainstream to borderline obscure without a tremendous amount of sense or coherency. …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PM[SHARE]

Zadie Smith On The Most Important Book Of The 21st Century by Artsjournal2

The author of White Teeth and Swing Time says we should all read a 700-page nonfiction book about technology and capitalism. "If a book's importance is gauged by how effectively it describes…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PM[SHARE]

Annette Kolodny, Ecofeminist Literary Critic And Scholar, Has Died At 78 by Artsjournal2

Kolodny, who specialized in incisive and groundbreaking " or perhaps ground-mending, to be a bit more ecofeminist about it " essays, "was a prodigious author and scholar with many area…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PM[SHARE]

Why Did American Classical Music 'Stay White' " Take Two by Artsjournal2

And why it's a problem: "What we're looking at right now, this extreme marginalization of classical music, is really the chickens coming home to roost." " Joe Horowitz

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:33PM[SHARE]

Music Composed In Response To The Brett Kavanaugh Hearings by Artsjournal2

Composer Kenji Bunch had what he called a weird idea while watching the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings: Why not create music in response to "such a fraught moment, a watershed event"? He to…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:33PM[SHARE]

The Ghosts Of Black Los Angeles by Artsjournal2

The writer Ismail Muhammad says, "You can't disentangle blackness and California" " and nowhere, he explains through books, movies, and memories, is that clearer than in the history of Los A…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:33PM[SHARE]

Why Lizst Is Better In The Catacombs Than In Carnegie Hall by Artsjournal2

Well, at least his "Poetic and Religious Harmonies." Why? Pianist Jenny Lin: "This is definitely a very private Liszt, one who's retreated to his inner self. … I don't think you could do t…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:33PM[SHARE]

Climate Change As A Positive? Uh, Writers, What Are You Thinking? by Artsjournal2

They're thinking we don't have a choice; we must adapt. But "while everyone is experiencing the effects of climate change, it's easy to write 'Our undoing is also the making of our becoming'…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:33PM[SHARE]

German Jury Revokes Book Award Prize Over Author Kamila Shamsie's Boycott Of Israel by Artsjournal2

Shamsie says it's an outrage that her support of the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement would lead to this end. "The eight-member jury had decided on 6 September to make the British-Pakista…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:33PM[SHARE]

After Transforming Children's Lit, Jacqueline Woodson Pauses To Give Adults A Novel Too by Artsjournal2

Not that Woodson hasn't written for adults " she has. She's written memoir, poetry, prose, essays, and just about everything else for every age, including a recent picture book that grew out…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18PM[SHARE]

Composer And Pulitzer Winner Christopher Rouse Has Died At 70 by Artsjournal2

Rouse advised the Baltimore Symphony, served as composer in residence for the New York Phil, taught at Juilliard and Peabody, and won a Pulitzer in 1993 for a concerto dedicated to Leonard B…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18PM[SHARE]

When You Come In Late To A Power Comedy Act, You've Got A Delightful Amount To Catch Up On by Artsjournal2

Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara are charming millions on the show Schitt's Creek and are nominated for some major Emmys, but … what to say if this is the first time you've noticed them? W…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18PM[SHARE]

What Have We Trained Artificial Intelligence To Think When It Sees Our Faces? by Artsjournal2

Hint: It's just as racist, sexist, fatphobic, and all of the other problems as any human " but more so, because it's been trained by a LOT of problematic human data. " The New York Times

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18PM[SHARE]

N.O. Mustill: Master Collagist by Artsjournal2

Comparing a 1967 collage to a Photoshopped image in the current New York Times: Are both art? " Jan Herman

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18PM[SHARE]

Suzanne Whang, Actress, Comedian, And Enormously Popular Host Of 'House Hunters,' Has Died At 56 by Artsjournal2

Whang dealt with breast cancer for more than a decade, and she incorporated the resultant health care experiences into her comedy " while also hosting House Hunters International and acting …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:12AM[SHARE]

You'll Need A Lot Of Coffee To Get Through All 50 Books On The National Book Award Longlists by Artsjournal2

All five longlists rolled out this week. Are you ready to read 10 books in each of the categories? Get your poetry, nonfiction, fiction, translated fiction, and young people's literature rea…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:12AM[SHARE]

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Reaches Tentative Agreement, Could Perform Next Week by Artsjournal2

The union ratification vote is Monday, and the public won't hear details of the proposed contract until then. But late Friday night, "a brief, joint statement by the BSO and the Musicians' A…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AM[SHARE]

Loving Los Angeles Enough To Tell Its Present, And History, In Books by Artsjournal2

Nina Revoyr's books "juxtapose the jambalaya of Los Angeles's people, neighborhoods, cultures, and social classes into complicated stories that surprise at every turn, entertain, and then il…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AM[SHARE]

Hollywood Is Glum, But The Emmys Show Must Go On by Artsjournal2

A lot of new shows are constantly churning through the pipeline, Netflix and Amazon are awash in television bucks, and old sitcoms are doing nine-figure streaming deals because for some reas…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AM[SHARE]

The Ten Best Emmys Acceptance Speeches by Artsjournal2

Will anyone join the list this year? (And can anyone ever top Merrit Wever's 2013 acceptance speech?) " Los Angeles Times

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AM[SHARE]

The Oldest Spinning Top Is About 5,500 Years Old [VIDEO] by Artsjournal2

Apparently, we can't stop being fascinated with the momentary feel that perpetual motion could happen, if only we spun perfectly. " Aeon

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AM[SHARE]
Monday, September 16, 2019

At The Creative Arts Emmys, 'Game of Thrones' Cleans Up by Artsjournal2

The show earned 10 awards in its last season, after demolishing the record for nominations with 32. And: "HBO and Netflix are, once again, locked in a tough battle. HBO notched 25 Creative A…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PM[SHARE]

Phyllis Newman, Tony Award-Winning Broadway Star, Has Died At 86 by Artsjournal2

Newman starting acting as a child and grew up to win a Tony in 1962, and to become the first woman to host The Tonight Show. After dealing with breast cancer, she also turned into a fierce f…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PM[SHARE]

Not Everything Glittered In The Netherlands' So-Called Golden Age, Says Museum by Artsjournal2

The Amsterdam Museum said on Thursday that staff were banned from using the term to describe the 17th century because "the term is strongly associated with national pride because of prosperi…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PM[SHARE]

High School Students Condense Marvel Movies Into One Seven-Minute Summary Dance by Artsjournal2

Yes, there are spoilers, but it's beautiful (and think how much time you'll save!). " The Verge

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PM[SHARE]

A Paris Theatre, Closed For Two And A Half Years For A $35 Million Renovation, Is About To Reopen by Artsjournal2

This isn't just any (massive) theatre renovation. "It was in the Châtelet where the artistic revolutions and innovations of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes were first seen; here where Mahler,…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:00AM[SHARE]

Hollywood Is Assisting In The Death Of Freedom Of Expression In Hong Kong by Artsjournal2

Soft diplomacy? Or government control and censorship? "Beijing has a very clear idea of how a film industry should operate"namely, as an essential part of the effort to bring public opinion …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AM[SHARE]

The Problem With (Book) Pirates by Artsjournal2

Instead of the royalties authors might expect from book sales, "what comes trickling back are mostly email alerts about websites in brazen violation of copyright law, offering free downloads…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AM[SHARE]

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