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• A Viral Video Puts Spotlight On Tiny Community Dance Company In Lagos, Nigeria

  19-08-2020 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “In the beginning, people kept saying, ‘What are they doing?!’” Mr. Ajala said. “I had to convince them that ballet wasn’t a bad or indecent dance, but actually something that requires a lot of discipline that would have positive effects on the lives of their children outside the classroom. I always say, it’s not only about the dance itself — it’s about the value of dance education.” – The New York Times
  
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• Newspaper Newsrooms Are Shutting Down Across America. What That Means For News

  19-08-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Like office workers across the United States, journalists have been pushed by the coronavirus to retreat from communal spaces and into remote work. Now some are confronting the very real possibility that they may never again work in a physical newsroom — a touchstone of journalism — and what that could mean for the future of their profession. – Washington Post
  
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• What We Learn From Book Manuscripts

  19-08-2020 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The manuscripts of literary works-in-progress fascinate on many levels, from the flush-faced thrill of spying on something intensely private and the visceral delight of knowing that a legendary author’s hand rested on the paper before you, to the light that such early drafts shed on authorial methodology and intent. Sometimes, the very essence of what a writer is trying to express seems to hover tantalisingly in the gap between a word deleted and another added in its place. – BBC
  
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• Creative practitioners to deliver activities in Wellingborough / Made With Many / East Midlands

  19-08-2020 22:27
  Made With Many is a programme of new arts activities focussing on working with local communities, artists, arts and voluntary organisations, businesses and the public in Corby and Wellingborough to...
  
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• Call out for East Midlands Director / Nottingham Playhouse / East Midlands

  19-08-2020 22:09
  Nottingham Playhouse
  Call Out for Director
  Jack and the Beanstalk
  Every Christmas, Nottingham Playhouse produces a family show aimed at younger children (3 – 8 year olds). We are very proud...
  
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• Cameron Mackintosh Companies Eliminate 850 Theatre Jobs

  19-08-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Theatre union: “The entire industry has been shocked by Cameron Mackintosh’s unwillingness to use the coronavirus job retention scheme in full or deploy resources beyond the furlough months to support his backstage and front of house staff. Other West End employers have done their utmost to find creative ways to safeguard the livelihoods of their staff and pursue the bigger mission of saving the world class skills and talents critical to the success of theatres up and down the count
  
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• Why Efficiency Can Be Too Much Of A Good Thing

  19-08-2020 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Some motivation produces excellent performance; too much motivation produces choking. Some group collaboration produces cohesion and enhances productivity; too much of it leads to staleness. Some empathy enables you to understand what another person is going through; too much could prevent you from saying and doing hard things. – Psyche
  
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• The Evolution Of The Quizbowl, From Radio To Screen To Zoom

  19-08-2020 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Technology and trivia may not be obvious bedfellows. But trivia enthusiasts in the postwar-trivia boom of the 1950s would surely look in envy at technologies we take for granted today: word processors, search engines, wikis, videoconferencing services. In today’s Tedium, I take you through the technological evolution of a trivia format called quizbowl.” – Tedium
  
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• Clapham Comedy Outdoor Comedy at Bread and Roses Beer Garden / Sion James / London

  19-08-2020 20:56
  Sunday 23rd August 2020 Clapham Comedy Outdoor Comedy @ Bread and Roses Beer Garden : Lloyd Griffith , Tom Deacon, Ali Cook, Charlie George MC Sion James
  Rear Secret Beer Garden of The Bread and...
  
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• Boogie-man Helfer bounces back from covid-depression

  19-08-2020 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “People have been saying to me, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry you had to go through that!’ Well I’m not sorry — I think it’s the best thing that could have happened to me, considering where I am now. I feel reborn. Everything seems fresh to me. Now, how are things with you?” – Howard Mandel
  
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• Last Of The Grand Unifying Theorizers

  19-08-2020 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rene Girard was almost the Platonic ideal of a hedgehog: he belongs to that lineage of 19th- and 20th-century thinkers whose vast synthetic ambition is now seen by many in the academy as not simply wrongheaded but almost impolite. Sweeping intellectual projects such as his come across today as naïve and even oppressive, animated by the most obnoxious nostalgias for the Enlightenment. – Los Angeles Review of Books
  
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• Lorenzo Wilson Milam, The Johnny Appleseed Of Independent Community Radio, Dead At 86

  19-08-2020 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  He didn’t start the community radio movement (that was Lew Hill of Pacifica), but, as one radio historian wrote, “if Lew Hill fathered the movement, Lorenzo Milam reared it.” He founded independent, community-supported stations in Seattle (KRAB-FM), St. Louis, San Francisco, Portland, Dallas, and other cities, and he even wrote a guide to starting up a station, titling it Sex and Broadcasting. A polio survivor, he spent later life as a writer (The Cripple Liberation Front Marc
  
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• Visual Artist, The Nature of Dance / Ludus Dance / North West

  19-08-2020 20:01
  Ludus Dance is looking for a visual artist to deliver two workshops at a primary school in Lancaster and Carnforth as part of their 'The Nature of Dance' project. Participants will be encouraged to...
  
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• Engraved stones found on Jersey 'an art form of 15,000 years ago'

  19-08-2020 20:00
  
  Discovery of marked plaquettes at Les Varines points to earliest evidence of human art in British IslesThey are small, flat and covered in what appear to be chaotic scratches, but 10 engraved stone fragments unearthed on Jersey, researchers say, could be the earliest evidence of human art in the British Isles.The stones were found at Les Varines, on the island, between 2014 and 2018, and are believed to have been made by a group of hunters about 15,000 years ago. Continue reading...
  
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• Engraved stones found in Jersey ‘an art form of 15,000 years ago’

  19-08-2020 20:00
  
  Discovery of marked plaquettes at Les Varines points to earliest evidence of human art in British IslesThey are small, flat and covered in what appear to be chaotic scratches, but 10 engraved stone fragments unearthed in Jersey, researchers say, could be the earliest evidence of human art in the British Isles.The stones were found at Les Varines, on the island, between 2014 and 2018, and are believed to have been made by a group of hunters about 15,000 years ago. Continue reading...
  
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• Piano Teacher / London Music Box / London / London

  19-08-2020 19:44
  PIANO teacher wanted!
  We are an award-winning music school looking for a creative and reliable piano teacher for a maternity cover.
  We are ideally looking for someone with a wealth of experience,...
  
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• Eastern Europe: Tension Between Trying To Forget Communist Past And Profiting From It

  19-08-2020 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In many eastern European countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Czechia and Poland the locals’ desire to forget their collective traumatic past is paradoxically interwoven with the need for economic profit derived from commercialising remnants of the communist heritage. – The Conversation
  
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• Nunnery Cafe Supervisor and Barista / Bow Arts / London

  19-08-2020 19:30
  This is an exciting opportunity for a cafe supervisor or enthusiastic barista with senior experience to join the Bow Arts team at its flagship Bow Road site, overseeing the daily operations of the...
  
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• Judit Reigl obituary

  19-08-2020 19:06
  
  Hungarian artist who subverted ideas around gender in her large, gestural paintingsIn her interview for Art Press International’s special Women’s Day issue, March 1977, the artist Judit Reigl, who has died aged 97, recalled her dangerous escape from Hungary to Paris in 1950: her ninth attempt. She walked over a minefield at night, with the aid of a ladder placed on the ground, hoping to reach the express train from Budapest; the small yellow-orange squares of light, flashing in the b
  
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• Short Film/Video maker / The Anne Frank Trust UK / UK

  19-08-2020 19:03
  The Anne Frank Trust UK is an education charity that uses Anne Frank’s life and inspirational diary to empower young people with the knowledge, skills and confidence to recognise, challenge and...
  
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• Why Rebuilding Beirut’s Arts Ecosystem Will Be So Much Harder Than It Would Be Elsewhere

  19-08-2020 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Artists and institutions in Beirut, large and small, have rebuilt several times since the outbreak of Lebanon’s 15-year civil war in 1975 and through subsequent conflict. But even before the explosion that has wrecked the city, the country’s long-dysfunctional political system was spiraling, taking the currency, the economy and even the electricity grid along with it. Now, say many key figures in Beirut’s cultural life, Lebanon could really become a failed state. – Artne
  
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• Executive Director & Joint CEO / Icon Theatre / South East / London

  19-08-2020 18:53
  Icon Theatre is searching for an Executive Director to lead the company into its next phase as Joint Chief Executive alongside our Artistic Director Nancy Hirst.
  Icon Theatre transforms lives and...
  
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• Critics tell Ronnie Wood to stick to music ahead of exhibition

  19-08-2020 18:47
  
  Pastiche of Guernica featuring Rolling Stones dancing among ruins is target for scorn, but his technique wins praiseThey include an audacious riff on Picasso’s The Three Dancers with a naked Mick Jagger in full look-at-me strut as well as more gentle and calming pastoral scenes of the English countryside.The question is – can Ronnie Wood finally give up the day job? He is a great guitarist, but how good a visual artist is he? Ronnie Wood x Ashridge House runs 21-27 August Continue re
  
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• Head of Communications and Development / Kneehigh Theatre / South West

  19-08-2020 18:44
  Wanted: Full-time Head of Communications and Development ORPart-time Head of Communications AND Part-time Head of Development
  This is a maternity cover post from October 2020 and anticipated to last...
  
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• Freelance Drama Teacher / Northern Academy of Performing Arts / Yorkshire / Hull

  19-08-2020 18:41
  We are looking for a self-employed drama teacher to join our exciting and vibrant academy. 
  We have been providing high-quality performing arts tuition at our city centre site for over almost...
  
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• At US Colleges: An Identity For Everyone

  19-08-2020 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  American academia is a hotbed of proliferating identities supported and largely shaped by the higher ranks of administrators, faculty, student groups, alumni, and trustees. Not all identities are equal in dignity, history, or weight. Race, gender, and sexual orientation were the three main dimensions of what in the 1970s began to be called identity politics. These traits continue to be key today. But affirmed identities are mushrooming. The slightest shared characteristic, once anchored in a na
  
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• Mariinsky Ballet Restarted Performances, And COVID Struck. Now It’s Been Shut Down Again

  19-08-2020 18:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “[The company] hosted galas at its St. Petersburg theaters, featuring solos and duets performed by dancers who had undergone weekly tests for coronavirus. More ambitiously, it had begun staging full-length ballets, with a run of … La Sylphide.” Audience members were kept masked and distanced, and the theatre was keeping the dancers on a fairly thorough testing and safety regime. That wasn’t enough: 30 company members have gotten sick, and ballet troupes elsewhere in Eur
  
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• Yorkshire church to be adorned with Chronicles of Narnia statues

  19-08-2020 17:53
  
  St Mary’s church in Beverley commissions sculptures of CS Lewis characters to replace ancient carvingsNarnia’s mythical creatures and talking beasts, which have enchanted children for 70 years, have found a new home at a 12th-century parish church in east Yorkshire.Aslan the lion, the White Witch and Mr Tumnus the faun are among 14 handmade stone carvings being installed on the outer walls of St Mary’s church in Beverley to replace ancient carvings that have crumbled away. Rela
  
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• Nightsweats: Open Call for Queer Poetry + Illustrations / SET / London

  19-08-2020 17:53
  Open Call for Queer Poetry + IllustrationsAttention queer poets and writers! London based artist and writer, Guillaume Vandame, is organising an open call to make his first zine,nightsweats, inspired...
  
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• Creative Engagement and Participation Manager / Coventry City of Culture / West Midlands / Coventry

  19-08-2020 17:52
  In July 2020, we announced that Coventry’s City of Culture programme will start in May 2021 and run for 12 months, allowing us to keep our promise to the city and region - to deliver an...
  
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• New Online Courses available / Guildhall School of Music & Drama / London

  19-08-2020 17:50
  Our Autumn programme of online evening courses is now open for booking! Our suite of courses for next term include:A Brief History of Brutalism at the Barbican
  Arranging and Reharmonisation for...
  
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• Production Coordinator for Signature Event / Coventry City of Culture / West Midlands / Coventry

  19-08-2020 17:47
  In July 2020, we announced that Coventry’s City of Culture programme will start in May 2021 and run for 12 months, allowing us to keep our promise to the city and region -...
  
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• Open Call: Red Online Exhibition / Rooftop Arts Centre / East / ONLINE

  19-08-2020 17:44
  This September the Rooftop Arts Centre will be following up the success of its first online exhibition with a brand new colour themed show called ‘Red’ which will run for six weeks from...
  
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• Green Futures Programme Coordinator / Coventry City of Culture / West Midlands / Coventry

  19-08-2020 17:43
  The Trust is looking to appoint a Green Futures Programme Coordinator managed by the Programme Manager – Environment & Green Futures to support the administration, coordination,...
  
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• Workspace Lettings and Marketing Assistant / Artist's Studio Company (ASC) / London

  19-08-2020 17:34
  Application deadline: midnight, Sunday 30 August 2020
  Location: Walworth, South London, SE17
  Type: Part-time, 4 days per week
  Salary: £20,000 - £22,000 pro rataArtist's Studio...
  
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• Studio Spaces Available / Blackhorse Workshop / London

  19-08-2020 17:29
  We have 3 studio desks available with different start dates in September and October here at Blackhorse Workshop.
  -Are you looking for a studio space to grow your creative business?-Would you like...
  
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• Radio Listenership Has Plunged. But NPR’s Listenership Is Up Ten Percent. Why?

  19-08-2020 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Even as its legacy platform’s audience has declined, though, NPR says it is reaching more people than ever. The dip in radio listenership — 22 percent — has coincided with a record number of people turning to NPR on virtually every other platform. More people than ever are reaching NPR through the website, apps, livestreams, and smart speakers (“Alexa, I want to listen to NPR”). – NiemanLab
  
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• At Least One London Theatre Has Kept Busy Throughout The Pandemic

  19-08-2020 17:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The Bush Theatre in London [has] produced a series of timely Monday Monologues online, curated The Protest series of digital pieces inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and posted a number of Master Classes. It even became one of the first theatres in London to reopen its building — not for regular theatre performances, but for socially distanced community programs. … At the helm of it all is Lynette Linton, the young writer-director who took reins at the Bush just la
  
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• Freelance Therapeutic Arts Practitioner / Warts and All Theatre / East Midlands

  19-08-2020 16:55
  Warts and All Theatre are looking for an experienced Freelance Therapeutic Arts Practitioner to join us to deliver the brand new wellbeing strand at Delapré Abbey.Are you passionate about...
  
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• Decorative Artist / Mathew Bray & Matthew Collins / London / London

  19-08-2020 16:43
  DECORATIVE ARTIST with SPECIALISM
  Decorative Artists must be able to demonstrate a sound understanding of Site and Studio practices and should be able to show a comprehensive understanding of...
  
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• The Inside Story Of An Inside Job: The Slow-Motion $8 Million Robbery Of The Carnegie Library

  19-08-2020 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Like nuclear power plants and sensitive computer networks, the safest rare book collections are protected by what is known as ‘defense in depth’ — a series of small, overlapping measures designed to thwart a thief who might be able to overcome a single deterrent. The Oliver Room, home to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s rare books and archives, was something close to the platonic ideal of this concept. Greg Priore, manager of the room starting in 1992, designe
  
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• Company Producer / Selina Thompson Ltd. / West Midlands / Birmingham

  19-08-2020 16:32
  Selina Thompson Ltd makes work that is urgent, playful and intimate. We work around the world. So far our performances and installations have been presented in Australia, Canada, Germany, the US,...
  
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• Putting An Orchestra Onstage While Maintaining Social Distancing Is A Puzzle (In More Than One Sense)

  19-08-2020 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  First, there are the obvious issues of placement: how far apart the string players must be, how much farther apart for the winds and brass, placing the conductor where everyone can see. In Los Angeles, there’s been a complicating issue: the union for the L.A. Phil and L.A. Chamber Orchestra worked out one set of rules while the union for studio musicians (which has jurisdiction over some of the Phil’s and LACO’s work) had already worked out another. Jim Farber reports on how i
  
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• Judge Raises Amount Tavis Smiley Must Pay PBS To $2.6 Million

  19-08-2020 15:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In late 2017, PBS suspended Smiley’s late-night talk show following sexual harassment allegations from staffers. Smiley sued the network, which countersued, and in March 2020, a jury awarded PBS $1.7 million. But PBS argued that Smiley should pay additional money pursuant to his contract’s morals clause. The judge has agreed, and has, in effect, ordered Smiley to pay back the network and the show’s underwriters for the last two seasons. – Variety
  
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• Year Long Paid Internship / Poetry Translation Centre / London

  19-08-2020 15:24
  The Poetry Translation Centre has sixteen years’ experience translating the work of extraordinary poets from Asia, Africa and Latin America and introducing their poems to new audiences in...
  
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• With NYC Museums Cutting Staff, Directors’ High Salaries Get More Scrutiny

  19-08-2020 15:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Many of New York’s museum leaders have taken pay cuts to offset some of the financial damage their institutions are suffering from their Covid-related closures. But at a time when museums are facing their most severe financial downturn in decades, one that has led some to make painful cuts in staff, critics are questioning whether such reductions go far enough.” – The New York Times
  
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• Cuckmere Festival: New chamber music festival in Sussex / Boco Arts / South East

  19-08-2020 14:51
  Boco Arts are proud to present Cuckmere Festival, a brand-new outdoor chamber musicfestival taking place in Litlington, Sussex on Sunday 6th September. The festival will be bringing together local...
  
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• Strike At Tate Galleries In UK To Protest Layoffs

  19-08-2020 14:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “More than 100 staff members at the Tate galleries in England began an indefinite strike on Tuesday morning to protest the institution’s announcement that it would cut more than 300 jobs from its commercial arm, Tate Enterprises.” – Artnet
  
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• Young Ambassadors - Ear Opener / Clod Ensemble / London

  19-08-2020 14:05
  We’re looking to recruit a small team of enthusiastic musicians aged 14-25 based anywhere in the UK to help spread the word about Ear Opener, a new videos series of masterclasses about writing...
  
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• ‘With Or Without An Audience,’ London’s Wigmore Hall Will Present 100 Concerts By Christmas

  19-08-2020 14:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The autumn series will not only include solo recitals and duos, but trios, quartets and larger ensembles will return to Wigmore Hall for the first time since lockdown. … All 100 concerts will be live-streamed in HD and free to watch on demand for 30 days after broadcast on Wigmore Hall’s website.” – Opera Today
  
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