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• Fans Of ‘Fifty Shades’ Take Control Of The Story With Fan Fiction

  21-06-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “That fans would run amok with the story was probably inevitable. Readers today often behave more like corporate shareholders than consumers, demanding a say in the direction a story takes and adding their own flourishes and twists. With thriving online fan communities, devotees of a franchise can easily find their niche.”
  
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• Time For A Disloyalty Card For Theatres?

  21-06-2015 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “It could be a way to grow audiences, possibly across the commercial and subsidised sector, the big subsidised houses and smaller venues, for the benefit of all.”
  
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• The UK Is About To Commit To Protecting Cultural Artefacts During Wars

  21-06-2015 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The 1954 Hague Convention was set up after World War Two but has never been adopted into law by the government. Culture Secretary John Whittingdale says destruction and looting in Syria and Iraq by Islamic State militants shows it is now essential. The UK is the only major nation not to have endorsed the convention.”
  
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• The Effort To Win New Audiences With Radiohead/Brahms Mashups, And An Attractive Conductor

  21-06-2015 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “His goal is to bridge the gap between pop and classical music, recontextualize the classical repertoire, and provide an entree to classical music for pop fans — and to pop music for classical music lovers.”
  
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• The New Orleans Jazz Musician Who Founded First African-American Owned Music Label

  21-06-2015 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Harold Battiste “was instrumental in developing New Orleans music icon Mac Rebennack’s famous Dr. John persona, producing his celebrated first album, 1968’s ‘Gris Gris,’ a spooky, psychedelic-tinged stew of voodoo New Orleans R&B recorded in L.A. Battiste and Dr. John reportedly cut the album quickly using leftover studio time from a Sonny and Cher session.”
  
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• Life Advice From A Prima Ballerina

  21-06-2015 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Adoration and adulation are a side effect of tirelessly working toward a passion. And if it doesn’t lead to that? You will still be content because you are doing what you love.”
  
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• Amazon Decides To Pay Some Authors When Readers Turn Pages

  21-06-2015 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “For the many authors who publish directly through Amazon, the new model could warp the priorities of writing: A system with per-page payouts is a system that rewards cliffhangers and mysteries across all genres. It rewards anything that keeps people hooked, even if that means putting less of an emphasis on nuance and complexity.”
  
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• TV Credits Re-enter A Golden Age (Just Try To Get That ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Song Out Of Your Head)

  21-06-2015 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “As credits sequences shrank, many of the beloved elements—like catchy tunes and meta-references—were lost. But in the last year, a few shows have started to buck that trend.”
  
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• ‘America’s Most Underrated Underrated Writer’ Dies At 90

  21-06-2015 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “‘You can’t be admitted to the ranks of writers of importance unless you have sales,’ he said. Mr. Salter had to settle for an admiring readership on college campuses and critical acclaim, even if the praise came with a touch of sympathy.”
  
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• Twitter-Inspired Summer Reading For Everyone Who Wonders About The True History Of Charleston

  21-06-2015 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “#Charlestonsyllabus was conceived by Chad Williams (@Dr_ChadWilliams), Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies at Brandeis University. With the help of Kidada Williams (@KidadaEWilliams), the hashtag started trending on the evening of June 19, 2015. … These readings provide valuable information about the history of racial violence in this country and contextualize the history of […]
  
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• Editing The Pittsburgh Symphony’s Live Shows For Archived Broadcasts

  21-06-2015 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “‘It all starts with the microphones,’ Chambers says. ‘I don’t care what you’re doing downstream (for mixing and the actual recording), if the mics aren’t right, the recording won’t be. The rule is “take good mics, put them in the right spots and get out of the way.”‘”
  
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• Why The Richmond Ballet Went To China

  21-06-2015 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Not only have we formed an important relationship with the governor’s office, but we have fostered new relationships with businesses that have invested heavily in Virginia’s future, ensuring that the ballet’s place in the commonwealth’s cultural landscape will always be looked after.”
  
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• The Next Hot Musical Will Probably Be ‘Downton Abbey’ (Yep, For Real)

  21-06-2015 17:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “There might be some Elgar, there might be some jazz of the periods. Some of the actors will likely recite. We’ll have a screen. We may have the music live to several scenes. Julian may be the host. I’d say it’s a 75 per cent chance it will happen.”
  
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• In Hungary, ‘Independent’ Theatre Isn’t Quite As Independent As It Sounds

  21-06-2015 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Life is rife with lack of understanding, lack of tolerance, and a persistent impatience that has become a part of our everyday lives. The campaign against independent theatre companies led by the right-wing government has lasted for half a decade now. Though this issue seems to be a local concern, it reflects the general situation […]
  
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• California Museums Have To Get Creative With Water As Drought Enters Its Fourth Year

  21-06-2015 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Turning off the fountains alone saves nearly 2,500 gallons a day. The Getty said it has reduced the amount of water it uses by 55% since the Getty Center opened in 1997.”
  
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• Alumni Of USC’s MFA Program Send Letter In Support Of Students Who Resigned

  21-06-2015 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “This was an extraordinary and painful action for these graduate students to have taken, and presents evidence of serious wrongdoing and extensive problems in the School. … We do not want to see this jewel of the University recklessly discarded.”
  
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• Adolf Hitler painting of Bavarian castle among works fetching €391,000 at auction

  21-06-2015 16:27
  
  This insipid watercolour, a view of Bavaria’s famous fairytale castle Neuschwanstein, fetched the highest price among a collection of  works by Adolf Hitler sold this weekend for €391,000 (£280,000).
  
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• Hitler's art of flowers and fairytale castles sells for £280,000 at auction

  21-06-2015 13:27
  
  Watercolours and drawings produced between 1904 and 1922 and mostly signed ‘A Hitler’ bought in controversial German saleFourteen watercolours and drawings by Adolf Hitler fetched a total of €391,000 (£280,000) at a controversial auction in Nuremberg.A view of Bavaria’s famous “fairytale” castle Neuschwanstein brought the highest price of €100,000 (£71,500) at the auction on Saturday, while a still life of a bunch of carnations fetched €73,000. The other works, all pa
  
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• Michaël Borremans: Black Mould review – figments of a highly original mind

  21-06-2015 11:00
  
  David Zwirner, London
  The only greater mystery than these fascinating paintings is why their maker is not better known in this countryThe gallery is dark as a church at dusk. The sepulchral gloom is lifted only by a series of small windows pierced into the walls, behind each of which hangs a spotlit painting. At a distance, these look like tiny icons, or medieval panels, and sure enough the figures depicted might be monks or penitents in their black robes and hoods. But come closer and you get a
  
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• Olafur Eliasson: ‘I am not special’

  21-06-2015 10:30
  
  As well as his fabled Tate Modern sun, the ever-modest Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson has made waterfalls in New York and rivers run green all over the world. But what’s he up to in Manchester with Wayne McGregor and Jamie xx?Olafur Eliasson, the Icelandic-Danish artist who will probably always be best known for the vast sun he induced to rise inside the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in 2003, works in Berlin in a building that once housed a brewery. Artists haven’t been associated wit
  
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• Richard Dadd: the art of Bedlam review – visions from a fevered mind

  21-06-2015 09:00
  
  Watts Gallery, Compton, Surrey
  An ambitious new retrospective of Richard Dadd’s work focuses on the relationship between the troubled painter and his doctorIn his 2011 book about Richard Dadd, the art historian Nicholas Tromans notes that the artist seems to belong to the early 1970s, when he was recruited as “a heroic Victorian countercultural ancestor... a perfect case study for the anti-psychiatry movement”. He’s right about this historical moment, though Dadd’s then popularity sure
  
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• Recipes from grandmas around the world: Photographer Gabriele Galimberti samples enjara, caterpillar and iguana...

  21-06-2015 04:15
  
  Gabriele Galimberti grew up outside the small Tuscan town of Arezzo, and has indelible memories of his grandmother's kitchen. "For me as a child, she was the centre of the family, and my relationship with her was built around her kitchen table," he explains.
  
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• V&A to display Captain Linnaeus Tripe's salute to Asia as part of its India Festival

  21-06-2015 01:00
  
  The name Linnaeus Tripe is not well known, even among photography aficionados. But as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum's India Festival that begins this week, visitors will be treated to more than 60 of his most striking images taken between 1852 and 1860.
  
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