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• Dramatic Stone Henge Discovery In Wales Suggests Irish History

  12-02-2021 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Its diameter of 110m is identical to the ditch that encloses Stonehenge, and it is aligned on the midsummer solstice sunrise, just like the Wiltshire monument. A series of buried stone holes that follow the circle’s outline has been unearthed, with shapes that can be linked to Stonehenge’s bluestone pillars. One of them bears an imprint in its base that matches the unusual cross section of a Stonehenge bluestone “like a key in a lock”, the archaeologists discovered.
  
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• Assistant Arts Administrator (Kickstart Scheme) / Mark Bruce Company / South West

  12-02-2021 23:30
  We are delighted to be recruiting for the position of Assistant Arts Administrator to help with the day to day running of the Mark Bruce Company office and studio. This is a part-time 6-month...
  
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• A Norwegian Book Festival Becomes 12 Global Festivals

  12-02-2021 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “One of the things I wasn’t thinking about, but which is very obvious to me now, is the great value of having each festival stage exactly what they would like to present. This has brought in a richness I couldn’t have dreamt of.” – LitHub
  
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• Getting Behind The Real Tom Stoppard

  12-02-2021 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sir Tom occasionally shades into Saint Tom, thanks to a notably ample collection of friends who remark on his generosity and kindness. He remembers birthdays, he lends money when others are in need, his wit always beguiles. He is an unstoppable correspondent, keeping in touch with everyone, including long-ago landladies, and for 50 years he wrote once or twice a week to his mother. But Hermione Lee astutely observes that his charm can be a form of concealment, a means of detachment. Overall, a
  
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• Pennsylvania Governor Proposes Zeroing Out Funds For Public TV

  12-02-2021 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The state has issued $750,000 to seven stations annually since 2019. The funding, which is divided evenly among the stations, supports technology needs and operating expenses. It also covers program-related fees, production and distribution costs, and acquiring equipment. – Current
  
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• Needed: A Philosophical Means Of Regarding Technology

  12-02-2021 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We live in a technopoly, a society in which powerful technologies come to dominate the people they are supposed to serve, and reshape us in their image. These technologies, therefore, might be called prescriptive or manipulatory. For example, social networks promise to forge connections — but they also encourage mob rule. The proper response to this situation is not to shun technology itself, for human beings are intrinsically and necessarily users of tools. Rather, it is to find and use
  
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• Empty Movie Theaters Are Being Rented Out To Video Gamers

  12-02-2021 21:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The cinema chain Malco has been doing this in six Southern states since November, and the South Korean chain CGV started it in January. With prices for a small group of players running around $100 for two hours, it’s not close to making up for the lack of moviegoers, but it’s at least a bit of income. And the gamers seem to love it; said one, “The sound quality is particularly amazing. The sound of the gunshots is just so vivid, and when something flew directly at me from the
  
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• Do We Have The Will To Stop Invention Of A Doomsday Device?

  12-02-2021 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  What we haven’t pulled out yet is a black ball: a technology that invariably destroys the civilisation that invents it. That’s not because we’ve been particularly careful or wise when it comes to innovation. We’ve just been lucky. But what if there’s a black ball somewhere in the urn? If scientific and technological research continues, we’ll eventually pull it out, and we won’t be able to put it back in. We can invent but we can’t un-invent.
  
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• Designated Safeguarding Lead - Creative School and Charity / The Complete Works School / London

  12-02-2021 20:22
  A dynamic and rewarding role for someone looking to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children.
  Who we are
  We are an alternative school and education charity with a 20-year track...
  
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• Choreographer Annie-B Parson Says The Pandemic Has Made Us All Dancers

  12-02-2021 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “I realized right away with COVID that people were becoming dancers, in that their spatial awareness was growing. We were literally afraid of each other’s presences. We were backing away from each other on the street, remember? … Our bodies were very, very alive, unfortunately with this negative sense of contagion, but nevertheless it was a choreography that was being learned.” – Slate
  
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• Chair of the Board of Trustees / Outside Edge Theatre Company / London

  12-02-2021 20:01
  Outside Edge Theatre Company is recruiting our next Chair of the Board of Trustees. 
  For the past 21 years we have created theatre productions about issues related to addiction and offered free...
  
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• The Baron Prize / Baron / London

  12-02-2021 19:52
  The BARON PRIZE is a biannual award, which recognises artists, photographers and filmmakers who have created projects investigating gender, sex, sexuality and identity politics. BARON Books was...
  
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• Participation Associate / Clean Break Theatre Company / London

  12-02-2021 19:34
  Clean Break is delighted to announce recruitment for a Participation Associate as part of the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries. This Fellowship is supported by the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries...
  
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• Zoom – It’s A Song Lyric, It’s A Facilitator Of Romance…

  12-02-2021 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As a nonsense word perfect for a doo-wop song. It’s a video app that connects people and (sometimes) facilitates romance. – WBUR
  
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• Campaign Manager / Sussex Modern / South East

  12-02-2021 19:21
  Sussex Modern is a growing business-led partnership between some of the UK's most vibrant and pioneering cultural organisations and vineyards, with the distinctive landscape of the South Downs...
  
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• Charity strives to make lockdown World Book Day best yet / Settle Stories ltd / Yorkshire / UK wide

  12-02-2021 19:19
  Settle Stories is determined the global pandemic won’t ruin World Book Day 2021. They are on a mission to reach 10,000 children with two free online live performances for primary school...
  
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• Actor Callout / Mandala Theatre Company / South East

  12-02-2021 19:17
  We are looking to meet professional young actors with a passion for new writing, whose playing age can be 17 – 28 years old, for our Arts Council funded production of Though This Be...
  
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• Technical Stage Manager / Mandala Theatre Company / South East

  12-02-2021 19:07
  Mandala Theatre Company is looking for a Technical Stage Manager to support their Arts Council funded production of ‘Though This Be Madness’ written by Avaes Mohammad and...
  
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• Filmmaker, Editor, Designer / Half Moon Young People`s Theatre / London

  12-02-2021 19:05
  We’re looking for artists with experience of working collaboratively in participatory settings to work with us on the filmmaking for Happened in 1990.
  Each of the five films will be...
  
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• Now That ‘The Great Gatsby’ Is In The Public Domain, Will It Be Understood Better?

  12-02-2021 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The novel has been misinterpreted for a long time: just after it was published, Fitzgerald complained to Edmund Wilson that “of all the reviews, even the most enthusiastic, not one had the slightest idea what the book was about.” And that’s continued in the popular mind for nearly a century. (The idea of a Gatsby-themed party, after all, seems pretty wrongheaded once you think about the actual character.) Will the new adaptations — a miniseries, graphic novels, stage wor
  
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• Project Coordinator / Mandala Theatre Company / South East

  12-02-2021 18:58
  Mandala Theatre Company is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly organised Project Coordinator to support the Artistic Director in coordinating, developing, and delivering the Mandala...
  
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• Bill Titcombe obituary

  12-02-2021 18:57
  
  My friend Bill Titcombe, who has died aged 82, was an artist, illustrator and cartoonist who worked on more than 65 franchised cartoon characters, many of them for TV-related magazines such as Look-In and TV Comic during the 1960s and 70s. Among the characters he drew were Tom and Jerry and Scooby Doo, and he also created comic-based representations of characters from Dad’s Army and Charlie’s Angels. Bill was born in Romford, Essex, to Stewart Titcombe, an artist, and his wife, Edith
  
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• Beautiful murals by a feminist collective | Letter

  12-02-2021 18:34
  
  Nigel Young draws readers’ attention to Few and Far Women in the USOn street art, Jonathan Jones (The more satirical street murals are, the less they resemble great art, 5 February) may be correct that urban murals, as an art form, have been a predominantly male phenomenon. He believes we need a female street art star.In a decade of transition from graffiti to a muralist art tradition, an alternative has emerged in the United States. Rather than there being a focus on an individual star, l
  
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• Lust, heartbreak and suggestive sculpture: was this art's greatest love triangle?

  12-02-2021 18:33
  
  For Valentine’s Day, we look at how the interweaving passions of three American greats – Cy Twombly, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg – were as mesmerising as their artThe sensual American graffitist Cy Twombly, who lived in Italy from the late 1950s until his death in 2011, lushly inscribed his epic canvases with love poetry – Shelley and Keats, Cavafy and Catullus. The work was like an abstract expressionist Valentine’s card. He even used hearts and roses in h
  
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• Historic Weyerhaeuser Corporate Campus, Under Threat Of Development

  12-02-2021 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The site, which the City of Federal Way annexed in 1994, has been lauded over the years for the pioneering way it intertwines building and landscape. Today, it is caught up in controversy over plans to build massive warehouses that opponents say would disrupt the balance with nature but that the property’s new owner says are necessary to pay for restoration of the headquarters building and maintenance of the grounds. – The New York Times
  
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• Administrative Assistant / Half Moon Young People's Theatre / London

  12-02-2021 18:14
  As part of the Government’s Kickstart Scheme, we are excited to be working with Creative Access to create a new Administrative Assistant role. This is a 6-month...
  
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• Did The BBC Censor This Play About Buckingham Palace?

  12-02-2021 18:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Peter Barnes had 14 soliloquies on BBC Radio 3 [in the late ’80s] under the umbrella titles Barnes’ People and More Barnes’ People. They attracted remarkable actors, including Laurence Olivier (in his final role), Judi Dench, Alec Guinness, Alan Rickman, Janet Suzman and Jeremy Irons. Barnes wrote, though, a 15th monologue, which the BBC, in mysterious circumstances, withdrew from production in 1990. A True Born Englishman, in which a Buckingham Palace lackey recalls hi
  
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• Stop-Motion Animation Workshop: with Lulu Senft / Modern Painters, New Decorators / East Midlands

  12-02-2021 17:32
  Lulu Senft is an animation director, modelmaker and illustrator from London. She describes her work as being “mostly character-led”, and loves to tell stories. Recently completing a...
  
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• At Last Minute, Trump Made The Arts Commission Overseeing Capitol All-Male, All-White

  12-02-2021 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “After Donald Trump made a flurry of hasty, last-minute appointments to the board that oversees the design of much of what is built in the capital, the CFA is once again all White and all male after decades of more diverse membership.” – Washington Post
  
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• Programme Coordinator / The Tetley / Yorkshire

  12-02-2021 17:29
  The Tetley is a pioneering centre for contemporary art located in the stunning art deco headquarters of the former Tetley Brewery at the heart of the Leeds South Bank development. The building was...
  
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• Digital Coordinator / The Tetley / Yorkshire

  12-02-2021 17:27
  The Tetley is a pioneering centre for contemporary art located in the stunning art deco headquarters of the former Tetley Brewery at the heart of the Leeds South Bank development. The building was...
  
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• Orchestras Must Overthrow The Tyranny Of Subscription Programming, Says NY Times

  12-02-2021 17:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Anthony Tommasini: “[The format] locks them into standard-issue, week-after-week programs loaded with the classics and sprinkled, at best, with unusual or new choices. … Why can’t orchestras be nimble and respond to sudden inspiration, or current events? If the Pittsburgh Symphony has a hit with a premiere, why must audiences in other cities wait years to hear it?” – The New York Times
  
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• REVISED ITT Gosport Museum & Art Gallery Exhibition Development / Hampshire Cultural Trust / South East

  12-02-2021 16:44
  Hampshire Cultural Trust (HCT) was established as an independent charity in 2014 to promote Hampshire as a county that offers outstanding cultural experiences to both its residents and...
  
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• Freelance Programme Managers / Storyhouse / North West

  12-02-2021 16:43
  Help us make a change – we are going to diversify the way we programme so will be bringing a team of talented individuals together to work with us to create a diverse and surprising programme...
  
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• Head of Musical Theatre / Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts / South East

  12-02-2021 16:39
  The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts (PQA) is a UK wide network of Academies, offering performing arts training in Musical Theatre, Comedy & Drama and Film & Television to students...
  
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• They’ve Found The Emperor Hadrian’s Breakfast Room, And It Was Quite Something

  12-02-2021 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Researchers discovered the breakfast area within the ruins [of Hadrian’s Villa east of Rome], and it reveals how the emperor and his wife began each day with an impressive display of power. They believe the emperor would have sat on a raised marble platform, flanked by fountains. … Both Hadrian and his wife were positioned as if on thrones, with retractable bridges further setting them apart from their many servants.” – Artnet
  
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• Freelance Positions on Working Agreement Committee / March for The Arts / North West

  12-02-2021 16:17
  Committee Members will be responsible for the writing of the FreelancerWorking Agreement following a consultation process with members of thecreative community in the Liverpool City Region that will...
  
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• Artist Residency - Boston Way, Blackpool / LeftCoast / North West

  12-02-2021 16:10
  An opportunity for a 12 month live/work residency part of a programme of two long term live work residencies on the Fylde Coast.
  Back in 2019 we welcomed our first long term live/work resident...
  
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• Whatever Became Of Shelley Duvall? This.

  12-02-2021 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A sting of Robert Altman films in the 1970s made her into a major movie star with a Best Actress win at Cannes. Then came Kubrick’s The Shining, a physically and emotionally grueling film shoot leading to a performance that strikes viewers as either brilliant or grotesque. She spent the ’80s and early ’90s producing children’s television with marquee Hollywood actors. Then she up and disappeared — until 2016, when the Dr. Phil show found her in Texas and aired a di
  
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• Guest Programmes Film Curator / Aesthetica Short Film Festival / Yorkshire

  12-02-2021 15:52
  Freelance PositionFee: £3,000, approx 1 Month's work to be completed by 30 April 2021.Remote Working 
  We are inviting applications for a freelance Guest Programmes Film Curator to...
  
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• Looking for creatives for new performance based project / Tanzlar Theatre / London

  12-02-2021 15:44
  Tanzlar Theatre are curating a new performace season, opening in Spring, where artists/writers/creatives and performers are responding to the theme "after hours". 
  The project will be performed...
  
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• Participation and Engagement Manager / The Tetley / Yorkshire

  12-02-2021 15:32
  The Tetley is a pioneering centre for contemporary art located in the stunning art deco headquarters of the former Tetley Brewery at the heart of the Leeds South Bank development. The building was...
  
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• Finance and Administration Assistant / Northern Print / North East

  12-02-2021 15:32
  We are seeking to appoint a temporary Finance and Administration Assistant. This is a part time post and is to cover maternity leave up until the end of December 2021.
  Responsibilities...
  
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• Netflix And Dave Chappelle Make Peace, And His Show Is Back

  12-02-2021 15:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “I asked you to stop watching the show and thank God almighty for you, you did,” he told an audience in Austin. “You made that show worthless because without your eyes, it’s nothing. And you stopped watching it. They called me and I got my name back and I got my license back and I got my show back and they paid me millions of dollars.” – Variety
  
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• Marketing and Communications Manager / The Tetley / Yorkshire

  12-02-2021 15:30
  The Tetley is a pioneering centre for contemporary art located in the stunning art deco headquarters of the former Tetley Brewery at the heart of the Leeds South Bank development. The building was...
  
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• Programme Technician / Blackhorse Workshop / London

  12-02-2021 15:28
  Come Join the Team!
  Brand New Role:  Programme Technician3 days a week (Thursday, Friday, Saturday)Starting March 2021
  We’re looking to recruit for a new position...
  
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• Producer (UPDATED) / Zoo Co / London

  12-02-2021 15:23
  SALARY: £450 per week, freelance - 4 days p/w (£29,250p/a FTE)
  HOURS: 4 days/32 hours per week with a flexible hours policy to support parents/carers/access needs. We have...
  
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• L.A. MoCA Is Restructuring, Will Hire New Executive Director

  12-02-2021 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Museum of Contemporary Art Director Klaus Biesenbach will take on a new role as artistic director … [and] will focus on programming, collections and exhibitions, international and digital outreach as well as fundraising and development. … The executive director … will steer daily management and operations at the museum, including ‘establishing key strategic, institutional and capital priorities, long range planning,'” and diversity initiatives. – Lo
  
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• Magic in Manhattan and an evil soundscape – the week in art

  12-02-2021 15:00
  
  Photography behind bars, an apocalyptic masterwork and the prize at the forefront of modern art – all in your weekly dispatchJohn Moores Painting prize
  This prize has been keeping painting in the picture of modern art since the 1960s, with David Hockney and Peter Doig among previous winners. The shortlisted artists this year are Kathryn Maple, Michele Fletcher, Robbie Bushe, Steph Goodger and Stephen Lee.
  • Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, available online Continue reading...
  
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• New: Humans of Classical Music / Alternative Classical / South West

  12-02-2021 14:38
  Alternative Classical has launched Humans of Classical Music, a video series in which musicians, actors, comedians and podcasters from around the world recommend their favourite piece of classical...
  
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