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• Architecture Critic And Historian Charles Jencks, 80

  18-10-2019 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mr. Jencks was an architectural historian who, with a landmark book, puthimself at the forefront of the debate over what architecture shoulddo. – The New York Times
  
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• Executive Director / Unicorn Theatre / London

  18-10-2019 23:26
  The Board of the Unicorn Theatre seeks to appoint a dedicated and meticulous Executive Director to work alongside the Artistic Director to lead the Theatre into its eighth decade. The Executive...
  
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• The “Slow Fire” That’s Destroying Our Books

  18-10-2019 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s called a “slow fire,” this continuousacidification and subsequent embrittlement of paper that was createdwith the seeds of its own ruin in its very fibers. In a 1987 documentaryon the subject, the deputy Librarian of Congress William Welsh takes anembrittled, acid-burned book and begins tearing pages out by thehandful, crumbling them into shards with an ease reminiscent of steppingon a dried-up insect carcass. – LitHub
  
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• The Radical Personal Life Of Johann Sebastian Bach

  18-10-2019 22:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “I’ve talked to people who feel they know Bach very well, but they aren’taware of the time he was imprisoned for a month. They never learnedabout Bach pulling a knife on a fellow musician during a street fight.They never heard about his drinking exploits—on one two-week trip hebilled the church eighteen gorchsen for beer, enough to purchase eight gallonsof it at retail prices—or that his contract with the Duke of Saxonyincluded a provision for tax-free beer from th
  
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• More Theatres Are Experimenting With Different Performance Times

  18-10-2019 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The conventional wisdom on curtain times has long been broken, and it’sproving beneficial to producers and audience. More show-by-showtinkering can only continue to evolve theatregoing practice, which isessential in an era when most entertainment can be scheduled on demand. – The Stage
  
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• Are We Seeing A New Theatre Construction Boom In America?

  18-10-2019 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Some see other current trends—the conversion of old structures, theblurring of boundaries between disciplines, the increasing move ofvisual artists into performance, the popular interest in all thingsdigital – will be reflected in future theatre design. “We are still inthe supposed old ways of thinking. But yeah—change is onits way.” – American Theatre
  
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• How Do You Reconstruct A 140-Year-Old Ballet? Carefully

  18-10-2019 21:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  “It’s controversial in Russia to reconstruct ballets — originalRussian ballets — but on the notation that was removed from Russia. In recent years, “La Bayadère” has raised questions over cultural stereotypes and insensitive depictions of India. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Goose Gone Wild: A New Video Game Lets You Be An Angry Waterfowl Running Amok

  18-10-2019 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Untitled Goose Game, “which is drawn in the style of a children’s book and scored by a whimsical piano, sees you play as a single-minded goose making her terrible way through a village. Your palette of interactions is limited yet sufficient: you can grasp at objects, flap your wings, or honk. Through this trinity, you terrorize the villagers, partly in pursuit of a goal that is revealed only in the game’s final moments, and partly just for the sheer hell of it.” Simon Pa
  
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• Polixeni Papapetrou: photographing Olympia, daughter and muse – in pictures

  18-10-2019 21:00
  Over her 20-year career, the Australian photographer Polixeni Papapetrou explored the representation of children and questions of identity. Her daughter Olympia Nelson, now 23, was the main subject of her work and Papapetrou photographed her in fantastical and theatrical settings. Now, a major new retrospective at the National Gallery of Victoria draws together Papapetrou’s depictions of her daughter over the years, until the artist’s death from cancer in 2018. Here, Nelson describes
  
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• Living colour: the intricacy and beauty of budgies – in pictures

  18-10-2019 21:00
  Leila Jeffreys started photographing birds in 2008. In this series she takes the birds out of their natural habitat, and by stripping the environment back to the bare minimum and using neutral backgrounds she shows the intricacy and beauty of the feathered creatures. Her latest exhibition, High Society, is on at the the Olsen Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney from 16 October until 9 November• You can vote for the budgie in the Guardian/Bird Life Australia 2019 bird of the year poll from 28 Novembe
  
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• Why That Picture Of Nancy Pelosi Standing Up To Trump Has Become Iconic Art

  18-10-2019 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Somethingabout the symmetry, the light, and the postures of the figures in theroom turned ordinary people into art historians who were captivated bythe strength of the composition. “The juxtaposition of the direction the participants are leaning on opposite sides of the table is a strong dynamic.” – Washington Post
  
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• Production Manager for My Night With Reg / Green Carnation Theatre / North West

  18-10-2019 20:32
  JOB OPPORTUNITY: PRODUCTION MANAGERFor My Night With Reg 2020 Tour with Green Carnation Theatre
  Deadline for applications is Midnight, 1st November 2019.Interviews will take place w/c 4th...
  
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• There’s A New Dark Horse Contender For Best Ballet Company In South America

  18-10-2019 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 2010, Argentine dancer and former ABT principal Julio Bocca was named artistic director of Uruguay’s flagship company, the Ballet Nacional del Sodre. Since then, under Bocca and successor Igor Yebra, what was once a small, poorly attended troupe has become a dynamo: it has increased the number of rehearsals and performances, tours within the country and abroad, and sells more than 100,000 tickets a year in a country of only 3.3 million people. – Yahoo! (AFP)
  
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• Front of House Assistant / Science Gallery London (King's College London) / London

  18-10-2019 19:36
  King's College London opened Science Gallery London opposite the Shard in London Bridge in September 2018. The Gallery features an exhibition gallery, a theatre, a cafe and a shop in a fantastic...
  
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• BASS 2019: TRPHSE / Punch Records / West Midlands

  18-10-2019 19:35
  About this Event
  BASS 2019 has joined forces with Birminghams very own TRPHSE for a special club invasion.
  Headlining this show is the London based rap duo 808INK who be pulling up with some...
  
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• BASS2019: The Bashy Weekender / Punch Records / West Midlands

  18-10-2019 19:34
  BASS2019 presents THE BASHY WEEKENDER - 2 days of live music!
  Featuring performances by Big Zeeks, Jevon, Randy Valentine, Aleighcia Scott, Cali P, Italo Skarcha and Jazwad plus DJ sets by Jamie...
  
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• BASS2019: HEAUX NOIRE / Punch Records / West Midlands

  18-10-2019 19:33
  BASS 2019 presents a very special platform for Black and Brown women to share their stories through poetry and music.
  About this Event
  Listen up as black and brown women share their stories through...
  
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• BASS2019: Beats and Bakes - Liam Charles x The Green Room / Punch Records / West Midlands

  18-10-2019 19:32
  A conceptual conversationalist music show plus no-holds-barred Q&A, hosted by Rapper/DJ Weyland McKenzie and Team GB athlete Reuben Arthur.
  About this Event
  A conceptual conversationalist music...
  
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• Watch: Elijah Cummings Speaking To The League Of American Orchestras In 2016

  18-10-2019 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  This Little Light of Mine: The inimitable Mr. Cummings speaks to the League’s annual meeting about how the arts has the power to change lives. “As I march toward the twilight of my life, there’s nothing more important to me than seeing children have opportunities. – YouTube
  
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• BASS2019: The 8 Club - Future Masculinities / Punch Records / West Midlands

  18-10-2019 19:31
  A bespoke screening of The 8 club - An online series in which men discuss masculinity and the issues they face in modern society.
  About this Event
  (https://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/the-8-club)...
  
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• BASS2019: Eventbrite Sessions / Punch Records / West Midlands

  18-10-2019 19:31
  Marketing tips and tricks to help run your own events, and sell more tickets.
  About this Event
  Have you thought about running events, but don’t know where to start? Or are you currently...
  
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• BASS2019: Mural unveiling / Punch Records / West Midlands

  18-10-2019 19:30
  BASS 2019 captures Birmingham's scene leaders and influencers of black music and culture, in a specially-commissioned mural.
  About this Event
  Join us and celebrate the future icons of the UK's most...
  
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• BASS2019: Where do we go from here? Workshop / Punch Records / West Midlands

  18-10-2019 19:29
  A workshop exclusively for black and brown women exploring memory through poetry writing and movement.
  About this Event
  Facilitated by Amyra Leon, Heaux Noire brings you a workshop exclusively for...
  
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• Built of Past at Present Exhibition / Punch Records / West Midlands

  18-10-2019 19:28
  Be the first to see this new futuristic work, vibes & exhibition - mingle with the artists and enjoy live music in the bespoke gallery.About this Event
  The Future is often thought about in...
  
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• Bring Your Own event - 19th Dec deadline / JAM on the Marsh / South East

  18-10-2019 19:20
  JAM’s call for artists to bring events to JAM on the Marsh 2020 in now open.  Deadline 19th December 2019.
  JAM on the Marsh is an annual multi-arts festival including music, art,...
  
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• Designers/Design Companies Wanted / ArtReach / East Midlands

  18-10-2019 19:18
  Designers/Design Companies Wanted
  ArtReach is a dynamic cultural development agency and charity that helps support and drive high-quality arts and heritage initiatives. The ArtReach mission is to...
  
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• American Theatre’s New Hot Topic: Recovery And Sobriety

  18-10-2019 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “With overdoses at troubling heights and recovery no longer a sotto-voce secret, a new wave of plays dealing with the realities of rehab and the challenges of sobriety have started to emerge, often created by playwrights who have dealt with such problems themselves. And part of their mission, the writers say, is to destigmatize these struggles.” – The New York Times
  
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• Redbridge Day of the Dead Festival / Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure / London

  18-10-2019 18:43
  Join Redbridge Culture & Libraries for a vibrant celebration of life & death in this family friendly arts festival based on Mexican traditions.
  There will be loads to see and do including...
  
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• Sales & Marketing Executive / Schott Music Ltd / London

  18-10-2019 18:34
  Sales & Marketing Executive at Schott Music, London
  Schott Music are looking to appoint a Sales & Marketing Executive based in their Central London offices, as part of a small team selling,...
  
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• John Schaefer: Why We Still Need Music Curators

  18-10-2019 18:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  “When what we listen to is all based on algorithms, you’re fed thingsthat will already fit your taste. My intention with the showwas always to make it like a series of doors. You could peek in and youcould go into that door if you liked, or you could choose another.” – The New York Times
  
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• Day of the Dead Carnival Mask & Decorations Workshop / Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure / London / Essex

  18-10-2019 18:21
  As part of the Redbridge Libraries Dia De Los Muertos Festival (Day of the Dead) why not take part in this fantastic workshop led by Mandinga Arts? In this workshop, you will create...
  
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• Stage Door Keeper / Nederlander Theatres (Aldwych) Ltd / London

  18-10-2019 18:10
  The Aldwych Theatre is looking for a new Stage Door Keeper.
   
  The Stage Door Keeper will be the first point of call to all visiting contractors, resident productions and theatre staff. They...
  
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• The Real Problem With Cancel Culture

  18-10-2019 18:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The entire cancel culture conversation, including the debate over whether or not it exists at all, has largely missed a crucial point. While celebrities, successful artists, and other too-big-to-fail types can survive a cancellation (or even seek one out as a means of drumming up publicity), the rest of us are trapped in an increasingly deranged surveillance state fueled by the disappearance of our most essential resource: trust.” – Tablet
  
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• Copulation at its fruitiest – David Hockney, Alan Davie, Christina Quarles review

  18-10-2019 18:02
  Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield
  An obsession with writhing bodies is the theme in this lovely show full of signs of cross-fertilisationCocks, bums, breasts, bits of bodies and vagrant abstract symbols float about in two related painting exhibitions at the Hepworth. Pairing early works by the late Scottish painter Alan Davie (1920-2014) and David Hockney, the gallery sets out to acknowledge Davie’s influence on the younger Hockney, who took what he needed from the older artist and moved on, whi
  
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• Finance & Operations Manager / Classical Opera / London

  18-10-2019 17:49
  INTRODUCTIONClassical Opera, a registered charity within the classical music sector with a small, dynamic team is seeking a qualified accountant to oversee the financial management and operations of...
  
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• Stores Assistant / The Lowry / North West

  18-10-2019 17:37
  Stores Assistant – 20 hours per week, £17,516 pro rata per annum, plus staff benefits 
  The Lowry is an internationally acclaimed cultural landmark situated at the heart of...
  
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• Do We Need Critics For Cities?

  18-10-2019 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Given how long we’ve relied on the work of critics on film, music, food,and much else besides, as well as the ever-increasing relevance ofcities in our lives, it’s time we recognised city criticism as its owndistinct category of writing. But what is city criticism — or rather,what isn’t it? – The Guardian
  
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• Creative digital innovator (freelance) / People's History Museum / North West

  18-10-2019 17:29
  BUDGET: £7,500 (exc. VAT)
  The museum is seeking a creative partner to create a new, online digital resource that will sit within the wider Vital Voters programme.  The resource will...
  
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• Facilities and Project Support Manager / Trinity Theatre / South East

  18-10-2019 17:14
  0 hours per week
  £23,000 per annum
  Deadline for applications –  Friday 1st November 2019 at midday
  Interviews from Monday 4th November 2019
  Trinity is looking for an experienced...
  
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• Front of House and Retail Manager / Trinity Theatre / South East

  18-10-2019 17:12
  40 hours a week (weekend and evening work required)
  £21,500 per annum
  Deadline for applications –  Friday 1st November 2019 at midday
  Interviews from Monday 4th November 2019
  We...
  
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• Craft - Top Drawer - Call for Entries / Top Drawer / London / UK

  18-10-2019 17:08
  Limited availabilityCRAFT | Top Drawer S/S20 EditionCall for entries – Extended deadline 5 November 2019
   
  The 11th edition Craft at Top Drawer, the UK’s leading lifestyle...
  
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• Epistolary Memoir, An Old Genre Having A New Heyday

  18-10-2019 17:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  The recounting of a life in the form of a letter may go all the way back to Benjamin Franklin, but it’s currently seeing a revival, kicked off by Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me and carried by major works by Imani Perry, Terese Marie Mailhot, Ocean Vuong, and others. “The new epistolary memoirs, however,” writes Parul Sehgal, “are less interested in stitching a life into a tidy narrative shroud than in ripping it from its seams.” – The New Y
  
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• Life Models - installation by Bianca Hlywa / Barbican Arts Group Trust / London / South East

  18-10-2019 16:58
  ArtWorks Project Space 114a Blackhorse Lane E17 6AA
  Life Models is an installation activated by a one-night event. The installation is centered around a Symbiotic Culture Of Bacterial Yeast (SCOBY)...
  
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• WomenCinemakers - Biennale for women filmmakers and artists / WomenCinemakers / London

  18-10-2019 16:52
  WomenCinemakers is now accepting submissions from female filmmakers, directors and producers for its 2020 Biennial Edition.MISSION
  WomenCinemakers opens up a new space for women directors to...
  
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• Theatre Technician (Sound) / Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST) / South West / South East

  18-10-2019 16:47
  The Theatre Technician (Sound) is responsible for working across all aspects of the technical department, primarily Sound, for both Nuffield in-house productions, events and touring shows. This will...
  
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• Music Director - Aldeburgh Voices / Snape Maltings / East / Suffolk

  18-10-2019 16:47
  MUSIC DIRECTOR – Aldeburgh Voices
  Freelance position to commence in May 2020
  Aldeburgh Voices is Snape Maltings’ own resident unpaid chamber choir, and we are now seeking a new Music...
  
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• Dresser - Fairfield Halls - Croydon / BH Live / London

  18-10-2019 16:39
  Fairfield Halls is south London’s largest arts centre. Following a multi-million-pound redevelopment Fairfield Halls will be at the heart of Croydon’s new cultural and education...
  
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• Musical Theatre Teacher / PQA Liverpool / North West

  18-10-2019 16:38
  Looking for a Musical Theatre Teacher!
  PQA LIVERPOOL are currently in search of a hard working, passionate individual to teach students as our Musical Theatre Teacher.
  The ideal candidate will...
  
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• Project Assistant / Parker Harris / South East

  18-10-2019 16:34
  Parker Harris is one of the leading visual arts consultancies in the UK facilitating exhibitions, events and opportunities for artists. As our Project Assistant, you will be responsible for Assisting...
  
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• Creative Production Manager / Brainchild Festival / London

  18-10-2019 16:34
  Brainchild is a creative producing company that celebrates community, DIY spirit & bold ideas through a multi-art festival, events & special projects. We started Brainchild when we were 19,...
  
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