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• The New Urban Crisis And How US Cities Rank

  30-08-2019 23:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  The original urban crisis of the 1960s and 1970s was a crisis ofeconomic failure, spurred on by the movement of people, jobs, andindustry to the suburbs; the hollowing out of city economics; and theconcentration of poverty and economic disadvantage in urban centers. TheNew Urban Crisis is a crisis of success, brought on by the movement ofaffluent and educated people, and of knowledge and tech jobs, back tothe urban center. – CityLab
  
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• Nostalgia For Blockbuster Video? Seriously, It Wasn’t That Great

  30-08-2019 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “I’ve heard Blockbuster called “the Walmart of video stores,” whichillustrates not only their sales strategy, but their history as anindustry Goliath. Like the chain of retail megastores, Blockbusterachieved domination by muscling into new markets and putting locallyowned mom-and-pop shops out of business with its deep pockets andseemingly limitless resources.” – New York Magazine
  
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• What Are The Limits Of Academic Freedom?

  30-08-2019 22:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Academic freedom is no simple matter. We have distinct ways ofunderstanding it, often according to class, discipline, race, gender,and ideology. At base, academic freedom entitles us, as both faculty andstudents, to say or investigate things that might upset others withoutfear of retaliation. As with any condition of speech, limits exist. Andas always, complexity begins at the imposition of limits.”  – Chronicle of Higher Education
  
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• Machines Are Increasingly Taking Over Creative Jobs. Should We Be Worried?

  30-08-2019 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Once we thought drivers, doctors, accountants, and lawyers wereirreplaceable. And yet we are beginning to see computers encroaching onthose fields. Now, even the most human of professions—those centered oncreativity, something we thought of as uniquely human—seem to beprogrammable. – JSTOR
  
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• Portland Opera Announces Plan To Get Itself Out Of “Dire” Situation

  30-08-2019 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Combined with rising production costs and, as Interim General DirectorSue Dixon puts it, “the shifting philanthropic landscape of Portland,”there was the very real possibility of the organization going brokebefore the end of the next decade.– Portland Mercury
  
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• For Labor Day, A Tribute To Arts Workers

  30-08-2019 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Before you start loading up your fall culture calendar, take a moment this Labor Day Weekend to reflect on those people who make sure that the city’s cultural events … go off without a hitch. In a culture center like New York, that means there are thousands of people to thank; here, we introduce you to several of them. These are edited excerpts from conversations.” – The New York Times
  
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• Book Publishing Revenue Up 6.9 Percent In First Half Of 2019

  30-08-2019 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  The top-line message from the organization is that the combined revenueof the participating publishers for the first six months of the year wasnearly US$6 billion. The previous caveat in place, that represents anincrease of 6.9 percent over the same first-half period of 2018. – Publishing Perspectives
  
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• Pornhub (Yes, Pornhub) Joins The Battle Against The Plastic Polluting The World’s Oceans

  30-08-2019 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new video titled Dirtiest Porn Ever shows us the basic sex on a beach — except that this beach is absolutely covered with plastic trash, which workers in Pornhub-branded protective suits pick up as the performers do their thing. Why Pornhub? Well, can you think of another site that has broader reach to raise awareness? (And with each view of the video, Pornhub will donate to a ship cleaning up an ocean garbage patch.) – Dezeen
  
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• Why London Really Needs More Theatres

  30-08-2019 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The authoritative Theatres Trust reckons there are currently 263theatres in London. It’s about the same number as Tokyo, whereas Parishas around 350. New York tops the list with well over 400.Producersbelieve more tickets could be sold in London. But first they need moreplaces to originate shows in and to transfer existing shows to.” – BBC
  
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• Four Years Ago, Italy Tried To Reform The Way Its Major Museums Are Run. Did It Work? Yes And No …

  30-08-2019 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In August 2015, the then Italian culture minister, Dario Franceschini, announced the first 20 ‘super directors’ of national museums, granting those institutions fiscal autonomy for the first time and, in theory at least, far greater managerial independence.” With many of those directors’ initial contracts running out, and with the government possibly undoing the reforms, did they make a difference? Politically, probably not; practically, yes, in some ways. –
  
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• Social Prescribing Project Coordinator / Arts 4 Dementia / London

  30-08-2019 18:42
  Social Prescribing Project Co-ordinator, Deadline 16 September 2019
  Social Prescribing is an exciting non-pharmaceutical NHS development whereby GPs and their primary care link workers invite...
  
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• The Turkish Grandmother Who Inspired Theatre To Change The World

  30-08-2019 18:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Her village doesn’t have a stage, so she gathers her performers undera walnut tree in her garden for rehearsals while they do theirdomestic chores. Her love of theatre is apparently contagious.“When I see Ummiye calling me on my mobile, I come running,” one of heractresses says.And people in other parts of the country want a piece of the action, issuing invitations on social media for the group to perform locally. – BBC
  
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• Trustee / Lancaster Jazz Festival / North West

  30-08-2019 18:32
  OPPORTUNITY : Board of Trustees, Lancaster Jazz Festival 
  Lancaster Jazz Festival is a five-day, annual festival taking place in Lancaster City Centre, with artists at the heart of our...
  
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• Wardrobe Assistant / Lapland UK / London / Ascot, Berkshire

  30-08-2019 18:06
  Full time (seasonal) positions available for wardrobe staff, sharing dressing, maintenance and laundry duties. Would suit recent graduates looking to gain experience in the industry.
  You must be...
  
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• How Stage Actors Make Their (Now-Mandatory) Audition Videos

  30-08-2019 18:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  The days of the in-person first audition (and maybe even second) are over, writes Melissa Errico: even well-established performers like herself and Raúl Esparza have to send in videos of themselves reading any part they’re trying out for. “How does an actor knock on the door when there is no door anymore?” – The New York Times
  
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• Executive Director – Fox Theatre Tucson

  30-08-2019 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Fox Theatre Tucson (Tucson, Arizona) invites applications for the position of Executive Director.Reporting to the Chairman of the Board, the Executive Director overseesall aspects of the Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation and Fox Presents!, andhas overall accountability, responsibility and authority for theirleadership. This individual reports to the Foundation’s Board ofDirectors and oversees a full-time staff of 12, an overall staff of 40,and approximately 100 volunteers.
  We seek a forwa
  
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• Art obscured by a forest of phones | Letters

  30-08-2019 17:51
  Guardian readers contribute to an ongoing discussion about the role of the smartphone in cultural experiencesI returned from Paris on Saturday and was very pleased to find the correspondence in the Guardian (Letters, 24 August) about switching off the phone in art galleries. I visited the Louvre last Friday and foolishly joined the queue to see the Mona Lisa. The queue was well-managed and I reached the hallowed subject in about 30 minutes. There were signs everywhere that said “no camera&
  
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• Memory As A Product Of Theatre

  30-08-2019 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Theatre is ephemeral, we explain endlessly. Every time we raise fivethousand dollars to put up a show in some under-lit black box, we findourselves trying to justify the existence of a work of art that willvanish after one or sixteen performances. So we say that the product isthe memory, not the show.” Howlround
  
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• Cubitt Curatorial Fellowship 20-21 / Cubitt Artists / London

  30-08-2019 17:29
  The Cubitt Curatorial Fellowship –now in its 13th edition - is a unique opportunity for research and curatorial experimentation in the field of visual arts, based on an 18-month residency, the...
  
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• AV Infrastructure Manager (IWM London) / Imperial War Museums / London

  30-08-2019 17:28
  As part of the IT and AV Services department, the AV Infrastructure Managers support the design, development, production and maintenance of AV-based visitor experiences, as well as a wide range of...
  
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• Workshop Technician and Driver / Mission Digital / London

  30-08-2019 17:17
  Mission are looking for a new addition to our workshop team as a Workshop Technician and Driver!
  Mission, previously Mission Digital, are a Digital Services Company specialising in DIT and Digital...
  
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• The New U.S. Poet Laureate And Native American Memory

  30-08-2019 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “[Joy] Harjo interrogates both one’s responsibility toward one’s culture and the fear of being buried under its weight. … This ‘trade language,’ as she later calls English, is weak, insufficient. It’s the language of the American story, and it comes freighted with all of that story’s history, atrocity, and false hope. How, she asks, can we escape its past?” – The New Yorker
  
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• Workshop Leader - Debating & Drama / Total Insight Theatre / London

  30-08-2019 17:02
  Total Insight Theatre is an arts charity providing exciting and insightful arts opportunities for children and young people.
  We are currently looking for a workshop leader to deliver weekly debating...
  
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• Outsider Art Exhibition / Candid Arts Trust / London

  30-08-2019 17:00
  An exhibition open to all artists of all abilities featuring those with an unusual take on art work often from outside the established art world. 
  Preview evening:  Thursday 12th...
  
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• Epic Woodcut Course with Rob White- New Dates / Slaughterhaus Print Studio / London

  30-08-2019 16:52
  9,16 & 23 September, 10.00-5.00pm
  Tutor: Rob White
  Cost: £324. Includes all materials.
  On this four day course you will make a very large Woodcut and learn how to print it by hand. This...
  
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• Catching The Light Exhibition / Rooftop Arts Centre / East Midlands

  30-08-2019 16:41
  Catching The Light by Amanda Drage
  Preview EveningFriday 6th of September from 6 pm - 8 pmAll welcome!
  Public Exhibition4th - 28th SeptemberOpen Wednesday to SaturdayFrom 11 am - 4 pm
  Amanda...
  
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• Metal Workshop & Foundry Technician (1 day per week) / City & Guilds of London Art School / London

  30-08-2019 16:40
  The City & Guilds of London Art School is a ‘not for profit’ charitable institution, providing a valuable alternative to other models of Art education in the UK at Postgraduate,...
  
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• Corporate Partnerships Officer / English National Ballet / London

  30-08-2019 16:39
  An integral position, proposing creative approaches to help achieve/exceed income targets, deliver objectives and meet agreed milestones for each corporate partner, whilst providing the highest level...
  
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• Administration Assistant / People United / South East

  30-08-2019 16:34
  People United is an innovative arts charity that explores how the arts and creativity can grow kindness, empathy and a common sense of humanity. We work with artists, academics and activists to...
  
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• Senior Audience Lead / Museum of London / London

  30-08-2019 16:32
  Fixed-term maternity cover contract for up to 1 year
  Role may be worked as full-time or part-time
  Would you like to use your exhibition development skills to provide inspirational experiences...
  
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• A Linguist Makes The Case For The Use(fulness) Of The Word ‘Like’

  30-08-2019 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Language acquisition professor Rebecca Woods assembled what linguists call a corpus (“a representative sample of language as used by certain speakers”) from a BBC show (the makeup competition Glow Up) that’s regularly complained about for its young participants’ constant use of like. Studying this corpus, she found that the word isn’t just filler: it’s actually governed by a sort of grammar and serves a real purpose. – The Conversation
  
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• Creative Learning Coordinator (maternity cover) / Stopgap Dance Company / South East

  30-08-2019 16:30
  Stopgap Dance Company is looking for a Creative Learning Coordinator (maternity cover) to support the planning and lead on the administration for all of Stopgap’s thriving creative...
  
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• A Young Breakdancer From Provincial Russia Dreams Of Olympic Gold

  30-08-2019 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sergey Chernyshev, 18, began learning breakdancing from his father, also named Sergey, who picked it up from VHS tapes that made it into newly de-Sovietized Russia in the 1990s. “In many ways, the story of the Chernyshevs … is the story of break dancing over the past three decades, with its unlikely journey from the streets of New York to every corner of the globe and to its surprising inclusion, pending a final vote in December, in the Olympics.” – The New York Times
  
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• Art Teacher Assistant (Children's) / Arty Amber / London / Watford

  30-08-2019 15:54
  Arty Amber is a multi-award winning art education initiative in the Watford, Rickmansworth and St. Albans area (North West Herts) for children and adults from 4 years+. We work with schools and...
  
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• Choreographer Stanley Love Dead At 49

  30-08-2019 15:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  With his Stanley Love Performance Group, “[he] helped shape New York’s downtown performance scene since the mid-1990s with large-scale, vibrant performances that he set to pop music.” – ARTnews
  
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• Gallery Assistant / Front of House / Parafin Gallery / London

  30-08-2019 15:28
  Gallery Assistant / Front of House
  Daily tasks:
  First point of contact for all visitors, greeting each person as they arrive and offering them works list / info sheet
  Answering phones in a...
  
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• Fighting for life and feuding with Anish Kapoor: the art of Stuart Semple

  30-08-2019 15:14
  The one-time artworld darling who sells blacker than black paint as a protest at Kapoor’s trademarking of a colour is back with a 20-year retrospective. Has his work stood the test of time? In the mid-00s, Stuart Semple sold work for hundreds of thousands of pounds. His fans included Sienna Miller and Debbie Harry, and in some circles he was dubbed the Jean-Michel Basquiat of his generation. The praise was based on an irreverent style that explored anti-consumerist themes, but, with its ne
  
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• Operations Manager / Creative Futures / London

  30-08-2019 15:10
  Creative Futures is recruiting an Operations Manager to oversee all its programmes. Creative Futures is a multi-arts charity specialising in Early Years, SEND, and programmes with Looked After...
  
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• White Filmmakers Addressing (Or Avoiding) Whiteness Onscreen

  30-08-2019 15:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jenna Wortham writes about a set of recent films that “points a finger directly at the greed of empire, and at the deliberate and elaborate social construction of whiteness to oppress, to ravage, to raze, to devastate, to occupy and to conquer.” – The New York Times
  
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• Audience Researcher / National Science and Media Museum - Bradford / Yorkshire

  30-08-2019 15:03
  Do you have excellent people skills, with an interest in how people learn?
  At the Science Museum Group, we make it our mission to inspire futures. We use our passion, expertise and creativity to...
  
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• Marketing Manager / National Theatre / London / London

  30-08-2019 14:56
  We are looking for a creative and self-motivated Marketing Manager to connect the National Theatre's offering with an increasingly diverse range of audiences, placing digital at the core of targeted,...
  
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• Soprano Slams Critic Who Body-Shamed Her. Critic Makes Snotty Reply. Bad Idea.

  30-08-2019 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Kathryn Lewek just finished a run as Eurydice in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld at the Salzburg Festival, one of her first performances since giving birth earlier this year. After a few German and Austrian critics, as she puts it, “[wrote about] postpartum mom-bod instead of reviewing the show,” Lewek took to Twitter to call them out (not by name). Manuel Brug of Die Welt (who had described Lewek and her colleagues as “fat women in tight corsets spreading their le
  
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• Onmyodo / / South West

  30-08-2019 14:30
  Onmyodo at SPACE 6 West St. September 10 – 14 11-6 PM
  This is a photography exhibition of photos developed in hotel bathroom’s across the country whilst working as an ornamental...
  
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• Anahera / Finborough Theatre / London

  30-08-2019 14:23
  ANAHERA by Emma Kinane.
  “Our children do as they’re told. That’s our family dynamic.”
  11-year-old Harry Hunter is missing.
  While they wait for news, Anahera – a newly...
  
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• Art & Music event on 5th September at Trinity Art Gallery / Trinity Art Gallery / London / London City Island

  30-08-2019 14:22
  On the ocassion of Discovery Sessions, join us in the spirit of sharing, collaborating and discovery on the 5th September for an evening with visual arts and music at TRINITY ART GALLERY.VENUE:...
  
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• Why Are There So Few Women Running Classical Music Organizations, And What’s Happening To Change That

  30-08-2019 14:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In general, [new Seattle Opera general director Christina Schippelmann] and others say, the absence of women in top positions results more from systemic factors than intentional discrimination. Rising to the highest levels in the arts means pushing through a series of lower-status, lower-paid jobs, often bouncing all over the planet. Arts managers work long hours but may not earn enough to afford a nanny or to have the other parent stay at home.” – The Seattle Times
  
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• Casual Ushers / Shaw Theatre / London

  30-08-2019 14:04
  We are now seeking to recruit Front of House Assistants to join our current theatre team.
   
  We offer you:A great opportunity to work within a vibrant and modern venue
  Amazing...
  
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• International Training Programme Assistant / The British Museum / London

  30-08-2019 13:56
  The British Museum is seeking to recruit an International Training Programme Assistant to assist with the delivery of the British Museum’s International Training Programme, providing support to...
  
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• Male performers needed for new crime drama, Out Late / Wayne Parsons Dance / London

  30-08-2019 13:52
  Out Late, a new indoor touring show, follows fiercely closeted Sebastian as he falls in love with ex-army chef Vinnie, a charming but violent ‘out-and-proud’ gay man. Sebastian...
  
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