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Monday, March 25, 2019

How Can We Put Theory And Context Behind Video Games And The Worlds Of Gaming? [AUDIO] by Artsjournal2

Yep, videogames, gamers, and their lives online need to be placed into context by … well … folklorists, of course. Says one, a gamer and a writer: "We all want to be part of a community,…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:30AM[SHARE]

A Scandal Engulfing The Shiny World Of Korean Pop Music May Transform The Country by Artsjournal2

Yes, it's about sex tapes. But in a music world of K-Pop dominance, it's time for a reckoning: "The Burning Sun scandal, as it's been called, comes in the midst of a national conversation ab…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:15AM[SHARE]

Austerity Almost Killed This Spanish Cultural Institution, But It Just Got Saved by Artsjournal2

The Spanish Royal Academy (RAE), the institution in charge of defending and defining the Spanish language, had been reeling under cuts for more than a decade. Then it got a new director " an…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:00AM[SHARE]

Dutch Researchers Confirm Disputed Painting As A Van Gogh by Artsjournal2

Add one back: A painting at the Wadsworth Atheneum, questioned by an art historian in 1990 and then shelved, has been re-confirmed as a Van Gogh. " The New York Times (AP)

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:45AM[SHARE]

A High School Theatre Club Puts On A Terrifyingly Great Adaptation Of 'Alien' by Artsjournal2

And the internet is extremely pleased " the photos. The video. The too-real tension. "Also, apparently the entire play was crafted on the cheap out of recycled materials, which is awesome in…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:30AM[SHARE]

Please Stop Harassing Writers While They're Working by Artsjournal2

And in specific, stop harassing Asian Americans authors. Listen to author R.O. Kwon (The Incendiaries) discuss her experiences at literary events: "Aside from the colorist comments about my …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:15AM[SHARE]

In Fiction, The Shadow Of Slavery Is Deep by Artsjournal2

Writers focusing on the time period itself, and its long aftermath, have a lot of conflicting desires for their books. "What comes across in all of the writing on the Atlantic slave trade is…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:00AM[SHARE]

Larry Cohen, Creator Of A String Of Low-Budget Horror And Blaxploitation Films, Has Died At 77 by Artsjournal2

Cohen, writer and director of It's Alive and Hell Up in Harlem, created cult classics. "By stocking his movies with sly social commentary and tongue-in-cheek humor, Cohen's work felt edgier …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:45AM[SHARE]

Jordan Peele's Second Horror Movie Does $30 Million More Than Predicted In Its First Weekend Alone by Artsjournal2

Though some on Twitter said this was actually no surprise, pundits were surprised " it was predicted to do about $40 million during its first weekend. Us broke several records in its first w…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AM[SHARE]

This Broadway Star Would Love To Make Theatre More Affordable by Artsjournal2

Playing Eliza Doolittle right now on Broadway, Laura Benanti (whom people might know as the actor who has played Melania Trump on The Late Show) says, "If I could wave a magic wand, ticket p…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AM[SHARE]

Trend: Symphonies Playing New, Non-Film Music By Film Composers by Artsjournal2

Sure, you've got your Harry Potter scores and your Star Wars celebrations (that's all John Williams, of course), but the real hot trend with film composers now is getting their non-film work…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM[SHARE]
Sunday, March 24, 2019

Ballet Musicals Are Rare, And Super Demanding by Artsjournal2

We don't mean Oklahoma! either, though, yes, there's a ballet in it. This is something different: "It's very difficult to cast a ballet musical; the Marie ensemble requires dancers with a st…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:30PM[SHARE]

In The WGA Versus The Talent Agencies, Showrunners And Screenwriters Back Their Union by Artsjournal2

The issues concern who gets fees for packaging TV shows and movies (the agents get those fees now), and whether agencies have conflicts of interest around certain shows. But the point is tha…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:00PM[SHARE]

Is All Hope Gone For Hastings Pier? by Artsjournal2

This story has a lot of questions attached, about money and selling to someone who has had other companies go bad, etc., but " "First, it's worth asking why piers in general are so troubleso…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:30PM[SHARE]

Winner-Take-All Urbanism (Hey, Amazon HQ) Leaves A Lot Of Cities Behind by Artsjournal2

What can be done for the non-New Yorks, the non-San Franciscos, the non-Seattles? "Left to their own fate, state and local policymakers often end up shoveling money at companies in the hope …

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Many American Film Critics Missed This, But 'Suspiria' Is About The Guilt At The Heart Of German History by Artsjournal2

The more German history you know " no, not only about the Nazis, but yes also about the Nazis " the more you'll understand how very, very much cultural work this movie is doing. The movie "e…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:30PM[SHARE]

How Miami Became A Book Town by Artsjournal2

Mitchell Kaplan founded Books & Books in 1982, a time when Miami was seen as a place of drug running, diet culture, and political unrest " and certainly not literary culture. But, well, …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:00PM[SHARE]

The Office Of The Architect Chosen For Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Has Some Terrible Intern Practices by Artsjournal2

Junya Ishigami + Associates allegedly sent an email to a student interested in interning in their Tokyo office laying out the conditions for internship: "No pay, a six-day working week and o…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:30PM[SHARE]

The Most Expensive Thing To Buy Now Is Human Interaction by Artsjournal2

The poor and middle-class can't escape screens, and the data they hoover up both mindlessly and with (scary) intention. But the rich can, and do. " The New York Times

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00PM[SHARE]

Wait, Who Exactly Is The Real-World Analogue To The Baddies In The Most Recent Marvel Movie? by Artsjournal2

Spoiler alert, perhaps obviously. But really, whom are the Kree meant to represent? It's unclear, or variable, perhaps, but for sure: "The Kree become a scapegoat, an oppressive empire that …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:30PM[SHARE]

Dave Frishberg Is 86 by Artsjournal2

And there's not enough " hardly any " video of him performing, but here's one. " Doug Ramsey

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PM[SHARE]

The Art World Is Finally Responding To Older African American Artists by Artsjournal2

Well, indeed: "'There has been a whole parallel universe that existed that people had not tapped into,' said Valerie Cassel Oliver, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Virginia Mus…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00PM[SHARE]

City Lights: The Little Bookshop That Could by Artsjournal2

As Lawrence Ferlinghetti turns 100, a tribute to the first decade and a half of the beloved bookstore he founded. " Jan Herman

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:43AM[SHARE]

San Francisco Symphony Musicians Announce Their Support For Striking Colleagues In Chicago by Artsjournal2

They are supposed to perform in Chicago on Tuesday, but they say they "will join striking Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians on the picket line if the labor conflict hasn't been settled by…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:30AM[SHARE]

Gaillard With Parker, Gillespie, Marmarosa, et al by Artsjournal2

Here's a gathering of 1940s Los Angeles all-stars. " Doug Ramsey

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:20AM[SHARE]

Barbra Streisand Said Some Pretty Bad Stuff In An Interview by Artsjournal2

Today, she apologized for much of the interview wherein she blamed the parents of the men who say Michael Jackson abused them when they were kids, and saying such things as "You can say 'mol…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:00AM[SHARE]

Birmingham's Young, Popular, Fiery Conductor Says British Orchestras Don't Have An Easy Life by Artsjournal2

Mirga GražinytÄ—-Tyla became the music director for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 2016. She says, "British orchestras, the CBSO included, don't have an easy life. They w…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:30AM[SHARE]

We Need To Talk About The Author Of 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Artsjournal2

Charlotte Perkins Gilman has become a go-to feminist author with her clear, understandable, and terrifying short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," forgotten after her death but rediscovered in …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:00AM[SHARE]

The Elton John Biopic Will Be Rated R, Probably, For An 'Intimate' Scene (And For Drugs) by Artsjournal2

Of course it's not because that intimate scene has two men in it. No, no, of course not. It's … the swearing. And the drugs. "According to one source close to the production, filmmakers an…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:30AM[SHARE]

Here, Meet The Whiting Award Winners by Artsjournal2

What's the Whiting Award " and who are these people? (It's a $50,000 award for early-career writers, so no surprise you don't know most of them yet.) " NPR

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The Guggenheim Won't Accept New Sackler Family Gifts Either by Artsjournal2

The move comes after Britain's National Portrait Gallery and Tate (all of them) said the same thing. "The Guggenheim announced its decision on Friday in a brief statement that did not mentio…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:30AM[SHARE]

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