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• Woody Allen Directs Opera At La Scala

  05-07-2019 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  He’s directing “Gianni Schicchi.” Along with the La Scala opera, a Milan museum is launching an Allen retrospective of his films. Placido Domingo encouraged him to direct the opera, he said. – New York Post
  
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• Clean room supervisor / Hawkins Framing / London

  05-07-2019 23:03
  We are currently looking for a dedicated clean room supervisor to join our growing team. 
  The role will be full time (35 hours/week) and based at our workshop in Lower Sydenham, SE26.The...
  
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• When Higher Education Becomes A Partisan Political Issue (Nothing Good)

  05-07-2019 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  What happens when the fate of local colleges is not up to thepublic decision but to a single politician? In Alaska at least, it hasmeant the decimation of the state’s higher-education budget.– The Atlantic
  
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• Until you became me - film screening exploring water, 11 July / House Mill / London

  05-07-2019 23:00
  Film screening at the House Mill exploring themes of the body, water, ecology and our relationship to the environment. The programme has been curated for the works’ diverse and original...
  
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• Theatre And Religion – It’s About What Resonates (And Why)07.05.19

  05-07-2019 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Whether the religious creeds of our childhoods helped or harmed us,whether we retain or reject them as adults, “something inside of us” iswhat those teachings remain: a language we’ll always speak, because itwas one of the first that we learned. Echoed in a playwright’s work,it’s instantly, almost instinctively, recognizable.” – The New York Times
  
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• Art Studio Technician / Science (UK) Ltd / London

  05-07-2019 22:05
  Art Studio Technician required to work in our busy Studio.
  Reporting into the Studio Manager, you will play a key part in the day-to-day smooth running of the studio. 
  The candidate will...
  
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• Life As A Dancer In Khamenei’s Iran

  05-07-2019 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Writing under a pseudonym, an Iranian woman who studies and practices traditional Persian dance, describes both the art form and attempts to preserve and perform in in today’s Islamic Republic. – Dance Magazine
  
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• And You Think You Have A Bad Job – The Life Of Moderating Online Content

  05-07-2019 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The policies that were in place almost parodied themselves. They were sospecific on the one hand and totally missing the forest for the trees onthe other that you really had to embed yourself into the logic of theparticular platform, and of course every platform has its own set ofpolicies that it makes up.” – The New Yorker
  
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• A New Play Brings The #MeToo Discussion Forward In Singapore

  05-07-2019 21:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In Singapore, … many still hold to another century’s view of the roles of men and women. Victims of sexual misconduct often face shame and blame, and the global reckoning seems far away. … In May, [Ken Kwek’s] play This Is What Happens to Pretty Girls was performed to sold-out audiences, sparking a new wave of conversation.” – The New York Times
  
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• Dance Manchester Closes After 27 Years

  05-07-2019 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  It was the region’s dance support organization. A spokesperson for Dance Manchester said that as an “old school”company, the organisation was too reliant on public funding to remain“fit for purpose. We know now in the sector that you need more than that.” – Arts Professional
  
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• Fundraising Officer / Port Sunlight Village Trust / North West

  05-07-2019 20:09
  Port Sunlight Village Trust (PSVT) is an independent charity founded in 1999. We are guardians of a unique and beautiful village, working with its community to ensure a great quality of life for...
  
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• Volunteer Manager / Port Sunlight Village Trust / North West

  05-07-2019 20:01
  Port Sunlight Village Trust (PSVT) is an independent charity founded in 1999. We are guardians of a unique and beautiful village, working with its community to ensure a great quality of life for...
  
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• In The World Of Video Games, Black Women Are Making Themselves Heard And Felt

  05-07-2019 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Black women are among the least represented demographic in the $135 billion global gaming industry. … But an emerging generation of millennial women of color is now beginning to carve out space for others like themselves. They’re building a network of support organizations that never existed before, aimed at facilitating, encouraging and training aspiring female gamers of color to reach new heights in the industry.” – OZY
  
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• Duty Manager / The Actors Professional Centre / London

  05-07-2019 20:00
  Established in 1978, The Actors Centre is the UK’s leading professional development organisation, supporting actors throughout their careers. Through an unrivalled programme of diverse...
  
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• Web Designer / The Garden Cinema / London

  05-07-2019 19:49
  We are a soon to open independent arts cinema in central London looking for a freelance web designer. 
  Experience with Wordpress, SASS, JS will be needed as well as fluency with Adobe design...
  
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• Open Call: Talos III, Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London / Cyborphic / London

  05-07-2019 19:46
  TALOS III: SCIENCE FICTION THEATRE FESTIVAL OF LONDON2-9 December 2019At Omnibus TheatreCall for Proposalshttps://www.cyborphic.com/talos-2019Talos - created in 2015 - is the first science fiction...
  
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• Why Are We Suddenly So Crazy For Cute?

  05-07-2019 19:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The craze for all things cute is motivated, most obviously, by the urgeto escape from precisely such a threatening world into a garden ofinnocence in which childlike qualities arouse deliciously protectivefeelings, and bestow contentment and solace.”– Aeon
  
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• Artist Coordinator / KD SCHMID / London

  05-07-2019 19:18
  KD SCHMID is one of the world’s leading music management companies, with offices in Hannover, London and Berlin. We specialise in bespoke strategic artist management and arranging international...
  
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• Producer / Nottingham Playhouse / East Midlands

  05-07-2019 19:15
  Nottingham Playhouse is looking for an dynamic, experienced individual to play a key role as Producer. 
  This is a new post within the senior management team and is part of the amended...
  
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• Tender for evaluation of 2019-22 programme / Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy / London

  05-07-2019 19:13
  We're seeking an evaluation partner(s) or agency to support us in assessing the longer-term impacts of the Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy programme 2019-2022. 
  The evaluation partner...
  
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• What Theatre Critics Deal With, In The U.S. And Elsewhere

  05-07-2019 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Wendy Rosenfield travels to the International Association of Theatre Critics gathering in Montpellier, shares stories with colleagues, and realizes how much she didn’t know. – Broad Street Review (Philadelphia)
  
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• Planning Assistant / Opera North / Yorkshire

  05-07-2019 18:53
  Committed to producing high quality work that informs, excites and entertains, we are looking for a flexible and pro-active assistant to play an important role within the Company’s Planning...
  
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• Familiar Argument: Why We Shouldn’t Feel Sorry For Paying Arts Graduates Less

  05-07-2019 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Because the benefits of the jobs – it’s work that’s interesting, even fun… – are worth it? – The Telegraph (UK)
  
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• Front of House Assistant (Casual), Evenings, P/Time / Arts at The Old Fire Station, Oxford / South East

  05-07-2019 18:28
  We're seeking a Front of House Assistant to join our friendly, welcoming evening team, on a casual basis to help run our programme of evening events, depending on the shifts available. You must be...
  
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• Content Researcher (Project What If) / We The Curious / South West / Bristol

  05-07-2019 18:22
  Salary:           £21,000 per annum
  Contract:      Fixed term until March 2021 
  We The Curious is looking for a...
  
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• Ticketing Assistant / Watford Colosseum (HQ Theatres and Hospitality) / South East

  05-07-2019 18:19
  Watford Colosseum is one of 12 venues within HQ Theatres & Hospitality’s (HQT&H) current portfolio of regional theatres and concert halls. HQT&H currently manages 18 auditoria on...
  
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• Admissions Manager / Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts / London

  05-07-2019 18:19
  Admissions Manager
  Full-time£30,000 - £35,000 per annum
  The post
  RADA has around 3,800 applicants annually applying for around 84 places across our undergraduate and postgraduate...
  
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• Duty Stewarding Manager / Royal Albert Hall / London

  05-07-2019 18:15
  For nearly 150 years we have been inspiring artists and audiences worldwide with the magic of the iconic Royal Albert Hall; creating life-enriching, unforgettable experiences for...
  
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• How Aaron Copland Created An American Sound For Classical Music

  05-07-2019 18:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “He was a man of the left, though of no political party, gay, but neither closeted nor out, Jewish, but agnostic, unless you count music as a religion. On this July 4th weekend, WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells his story.” (audio and transcript) – WNYC (New York City)
  
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• Part-time (min 4 days) E-commerce administrator / L. Cornelissen & Son / London

  05-07-2019 17:57
  We are seeking 1 memeber of staff to work on a part time basis (min 4 days) in our mail order department primarily in e-commerce.  We aim to provide a very high level of service to our mail...
  
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• Various artists/performers needed from Sept 2019 / Forget Me Not Memory Cafe / London

  05-07-2019 17:50
  Forget Me not is looking for highly experienced, professional, reliable various dancers, musicians, singers (pls see below for specification) for their Memory group at Golden Lane Community Centre,...
  
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• Marketing and Communications Coordinator / UAL SU / London

  05-07-2019 17:45
  Are you passionate about using effective marketing techniques to generate income? Do you have the confidence to create lucrative new leads and drive new partnerships? Arts Students’ Union (SU)...
  
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• David Lynch's vision of hell sours the atmosphere in Manchester

  05-07-2019 17:43
  Various venues, Manchester
  The Manchester international festival’s art strand features cinematic misery and interactive tech – but it’s Ibrahim Mahama’s work that touches the heartI couldn’t keep up with the number of repurposed shipping containers, the thousands of audio speakers, the nano-printed books on specks of gold, the projected, explosive litter of letters that swam in the indoor firmament of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s work at Manchester’s Science a
  
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• Why What You See Is Enormously Dependent On What You Believe

  05-07-2019 17:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Psychologists and neuroscientists have long wondered what strategies our brains might use to overcome the problems of ambiguity and pace. There is a growing appreciation that both challenges could be overcome using prediction. The key idea here is that observers do not simply rely on the current input coming in to their sensory systems, but combine it with ‘top-down’ expectations about what the world contains.” – Aeon
  
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• Museum Learning Graduate Internship / Royal College of Music / London

  05-07-2019 17:29
  Museum Learning Graduate Internship
  Museum
  Job reference number: 113-19
  Closing date: 9am, 3 September 2019
  Interview date: Interviews are likely to be held in the weeks commencing 16 September...
  
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• Open Call: Data / Set / Match / The Photographers` Gallery / London

  05-07-2019 17:24
  We’re looking to award three £1000 commissions for the Gallery Media Wall that interrogate and bring new meaning to image datasets.
  Data/Set/Match is a series of events, workshops and...
  
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• HR and Training Administrator / Royal Opera House / London

  05-07-2019 17:15
  £23,000 per annum, full-time (40 hours per week)
  Permanent contract, from 23rd September 2019
  As the home to The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, at the Royal Opera House we want many more...
  
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• 25% Discount on Adobe Courses / Platform 39 / London / South East

  05-07-2019 17:08
  Book any Platform 39 course before the end of July and save 25%.
  Summer is well and truly here. To celebrate we are offering a 25% dicount on all our Adobe, Web and Video Editing courses until the...
  
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• How ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ (And A Scheming New York Phil Board Member) Got The Boston Symphony’s Conductor Sent To An Internment Camp

  05-07-2019 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Alex Ross recounts the story of Karl Muck, the elegant former director of Kaiser Wilhelm’s Berlin Court Opera, who came to the BSO in 1906 and was there for an unfortunate decision, shortly after the U.S. entered World War I, not to play the American national anthem before a concert. – The New Yorker
  
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• Facilities Coordinator / Wiltshire Music Centre Trust Ltd / South West

  05-07-2019 16:43
  Full Time, permanent role – Starting asap – £21,000 p.a.Wiltshire Music Centre is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation and an award-winning 300-seat concert...
  
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• Artsmark Officer / Artswork / South East

  05-07-2019 16:40
  Salary: From £19,000
  Fixed term – one year, with potential to extend
  To work in Artswork’s Head Office in Southampton
  Closing date for applications: Midday, Thursday 1 August...
  
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• Hong Kong’s Artists And The Protests Against The Extradition Law

  05-07-2019 16:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  As one gallerist put it, “With this extradition law, however, the firewall protecting our freedom of expression is effectively removed and everybody falls into self-censorship. One would worry if their art will be deemed politically charged or in violation of mainland laws.” And an artist marching in the protests said simply, “If this law is approved, then Hong Kong and China will be just the same.” – Artsy
  
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• Discovery Sessions - Open Call 2019 / Trinity Art Gallery / South East / Unit 22, Hope Street, London City Island, London E14 0LG

  05-07-2019 16:32
  Applications are now open for Discovery Sessions 2019.
  We invite artists of all mediums e.g. sculpture, photography, painting etc. to submit their artwork to our Open Call - We will showcase the...
  
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• Wong Ping's Heart Digger review – finding politics in a dismembered giraffe

  05-07-2019 16:29
  Camden Arts Centre, London
  The Hong Kong sculptor and animator smuggles dissent and subversion into his lurid inflatables and sexually explicit cartoonsA handsome chicken with Tourette syndrome becomes a social media superstar but is led into rash behaviour by its overinflated self-belief. A cow, jailed for political protests, later makes a fortune selling distressed denim associated with its youthful rebel image. A turtle dating a blind, one-eyed elephant gets dumped after checking out the elep
  
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• Searc : Featuring Works Of Rowan Day / Artizan Gallery / South West

  05-07-2019 16:14
  Rowan Day exhibits works produced over a 12-month period in this recent series “Searc”, the Irish word for true love, in which she explores themes of love and loneliness through...
  
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• Audiovisual Media Technician / Architectural Association School of Architecture / London

  05-07-2019 16:06
  Full-time, 1 year fixed term, up to £31,000 p.a.
  The Architectural Association seeks a dedicated audio-visual technician with experience of working in a high-profile educational setting. A...
  
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• The Birthplace Of The United States Is Crumbling, And No One Seems Inclined To Fix It

  05-07-2019 16:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Independence National Historical Park [is] the fourth-most-visited national park in the country. It welcomed 4.6 million pilgrims last year alone — ahead of Yellowstone, Yosemite or Zion (and the Statue of Liberty, too). Independence Hall is one of only 11 UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites in the United States. It’s Philadelphia’s (democratic) Versailles. Yet the curation” — not to mention the physical upkeep — “is more on par with a half-aban
  
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• QTIPOC Writer Commission / West Yorkshire Queer Stories / Yorkshire / West Yorkshire

  05-07-2019 16:01
  West Yorkshire Queer Stories is a large scale Heritage Lottery-funded project collecting & preserving LGBTIQ+ experiences and objects across the region. For too long vibrant QTIPOC LGBTIQ+...
  
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• Junior Business Analyst / TVF Media / London

  05-07-2019 15:51
  This is an exciting and unusual opportunity to join our Central Operations team on a fast track to real responsibility.  We require an exceptional graduate who is looking for a role with early...
  
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• Freelance Theatre Producer / Weighed In Productions / London

  05-07-2019 15:51
  Four-week run of a play by Emlyn Williams ('The Corn Is Green', 'Accolade') in December 2019. This will mark the play's first production since 1947 and a prestigious multi-award winning off-West End...
  
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