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• Christopher Newton, 85, Former Shaw Festival Director

  21-12-2021 23:31 via thestar.com
  
  Among Newton’s contributions were the development of distinctive festival seasons, the establishment of a permanent acting ensemble and the creation of an artistic training program now known as the Slaight Family Academy. – Toronto Star
  
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• Confessions Of A Crossword Puzzle Constructor

  21-12-2021 23:01 via newyorker.com
  
  What makes for a good word, in the eyes of a crossword-puzzle constructor? The language of aesthetic judgment is gustatory—one has good taste or feels something in one’s gut—but crosswords are meant to transcend physical sensations. – The New Yorker
  
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• How Do You Reconcile Being A Writer With Having A Career?

  21-12-2021 22:28 via thepointmag.com
  
  There is a contradiction here of both scorning a system that’s shallow and rigged, and also feeling bitter about not being able to succeed within such a system in order to get our remuneration. – The Point
  
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• How Can You Recontextualize Confederate Statues? (There Are Challenges)

  21-12-2021 22:01 via news.artnet.com
  
  Hamza Walker conceived a fiendish idea: Why not stage an exhibition in which, removed from their places of pride, these statues could be evaluated not only as propaganda for genocide but also as art objects? And why not invite contemporary artists to create works in response to them? – Artnet
  
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• A Case For The Universality Of Western Music

  21-12-2021 21:31 via nationalreview.com
  
  Jay Nordlinger: “What is the glory of Western civilization? Our political freedom, probably — the rights of individual man. But I would not put music far behind, with Bach leading the way.” – National Review
  
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• Just As With People, Orchestras With Co-Morbidities Get Hit Hardest By COVID

  21-12-2021 21:02 via nytimes.com
  
  In particular, symphony orchestras, such as those in San Antonio and in Springfield, Mass., which have the twin problems of long-term financial distress and intractable disputes with musicians’ unions demanding livable wages are facing serious danger. – The New York Times
  
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• Biden Nominates Net Neutrality Champions To FCC

  21-12-2021 20:30 via cnbc.com
  
  Biden is blazing a path that will make it harder for large internet service providers to exert their market control. The point of net neutrality is to force ISPs like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast to treat internet traffic equally. – CNBC
  
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• The Most Adapted Of All Modern Ghost Stories (Excepting “A Christmas Carol”)

  21-12-2021 20:04 via lithub.com
  
  Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw (1898) has inspired many a movie and television adaptation as well as a major opera. Adam Scovell looks at the novella’s enduring appeal for adapters. – Literary Hub
  
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• New AI Software That Could Make Editing Podcasts As Easy As Editing Text

  21-12-2021 19:29 via engadget.com
  
  Shasta can record a conversation, automatically transcribe its contents in the cloud, and then make that audio every bit as easy to edit as a document. That means Shasta is a quietly revolutionary piece of software in the world of editing. – Engadget
  
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• The Real-Life Inspiration For “The Exorcist” Identified Publicly

  21-12-2021 19:01 via nypost.com
  
  He was known to a small group of Jesuits and reporters, but he spent his life afraid that more people would learn about his ordeal. Ronald Hunkeler, who grew up to have a 40-year career as a NASA engineer, died last year at 85. – New York Post
  
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• A Very Very Weird Year For The Art Market

  21-12-2021 18:32 via theartnewspaper.com
  
  The story of the Banksy neatly encompasses all three elements of the year: the impact of Asian buying power; the increasing influence of cryptos and those who have made fortunes in the alternative currencies; and a realignment of art scholarship. – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Dance Magazine’s 25 To Watch In 2022

  21-12-2021 18:03 via artsjournal.com
  Choreographers and performers from Africa and its diaspora have a notable presence on the coming year’s list, as do dancers blurring gender boundaries and a sibling choreographer team from the Netherlands. – Dance Magazine
  
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• The Guggenheim Preached Austerity During COVID, Then Gave Its Director A Forty Percent Raise

  21-12-2021 17:31 via theartnewspaper.com
  
  The Guggenheim’s 990 IRS Filings, a form the US Federal government uses to gather information about tax-exempt organisations, shows Armstrong’s total compensation increased from $1,073,991 in 2019 to $1,504,081 in 2020. – The Art Newspaper
  
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• A New Sequel To “West Side Story” Will Take Maria Back To Puerto Rico

  21-12-2021 17:05 via forbes.com
  
  Long Wharf Theater in New Haven has commissioned Mildred Ruiz-Sapp and Steven Sapp of the company Universes to create a musical, titled Maria, that will see the heroine return to the island after her boyfriend Tony’s murder. – Forbes
  
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• Maybe The Problem With Spielberg’s “West Side Story” Is That Movie Audiences Are Tired Of Remakes

  21-12-2021 16:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Not sequels: people obviously love new installments in a franchise. The difference seems to be that fans want the characters they already know in new situations, not new actors as the characters they know. (Exception: when the previous version didn’t work, as with Dune.) – The Guardian
  
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• Broadway Will Not Be Shutting Down Completely, Declares President Of Broadway League

  21-12-2021 16:04 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  “Yes, some shows are closing. [But] we have absolutely no plans to shut down. We are paying serious attention to the protocols. The other 20 to 30 shows continue to perform because we’re following the protocols that we set up, and it shows they’re working.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Arts Groups Really, Really Hope Children Will Turn Out For Holiday Shows This Year

  21-12-2021 15:31 via nytimes.com
  
  Ballet companies count on the income from parents bringing the kids to Nutcracker; same with the Met Opera’s English-language children’s versions of classics; many museums have shows timed for school vacation. And, at last, the younger set can get vaccinated. Fingers are crossed. – The New York Times
  
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• Lorne Michaels Sets A Timetable For Retiring From “Saturday Night Live”

  21-12-2021 15:03 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  “You know, I think I’m committed to doing this show until its 50th anniversary, which is in three years,” said Michaels, who’ll be 80 that fall. “I’d like to see that through, and I have a feeling that’d be a really good time to leave.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• The Parthenon Marbles Stolen by Elgin? Not Our Problem, Says Boris’s Government

  21-12-2021 14:35 via nytimes.com
  
  Yes, Prime Minister Johnson argued back in 1986 that they should return to Greece, but as recently as last month, he reiterated to Greece’s leader that the marbles are strictly a matter for the British Museum’s trustees (who are appointed by the prime minister). – The New York Times
  
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• Netherlands Shuts Down The Arts (And Most Other Things) Due To Omicron

  21-12-2021 14:18 via variety.com
  
  Performance spaces and cinemas, bars and restaurants, and other non-essential businesses are closed until mid-January. This and a similar lockdown in Denmark are, so far, the strictest measures in Europe since the Omicron variant of the coronavirus arrived. – Variety
  
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• Lemi Ghariokwu, Fela Kuti’s artist: ‘He always had someone for rolling joints. It was a rockstar lifestyle’

  21-12-2021 11:00
  
  The painter impressed Nigeria’s Afrobeat pioneer, and soon he was creating intricate record covers at Kuti’s right hand. But amid violence and disorder, their friendship souredTeeming with stimuli in highly-populated scenes reminiscent of a Where’s Wally? spread, a Lemi Ghariokwu painting is instantly recognisable. Raised in Lagos, the 66-year-old has painted over 2,000 album covers for artists both major and independent in Nigeria and beyond, but his most famous were for Afrob
  
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• The shock of the chic: 100 years of Vogue Paris – in pictures

  21-12-2021 08:00
  
  Surreal photography, glamorous models and the highest of French fashion – for 100 years, Vogue Paris has set the agenda in style. Here are some legendary spreads and coversVogue Paris: 100 Years, is published by Thames & Hudson Continue reading...
  
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• Texas Christian University – Teresa Ann Carter King Dean of the College of Fine Arts

  21-12-2021 04:45 via artsjournal.com
  TERESA ANN CARTER KING DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF FINE ARTSTexas Christian UniversityTexas Christian University (TCU) invites nominations and applications for the position of Teresa Ann Carter King Dean of the College of Fine Arts.TCU is a private university located in Fort Worth, Texas. It is classified as a top 100 National University by US News and World Report and has a Carnegie Classification of R2: Doctoral Universities – High Research Activity. The University has a $2.3 billion endowmen
  
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• How Looney Tunes Got A Foothold In American Culture

  21-12-2021 00:01 via thewalrus.ca
  
  Why did several generations watch old Looney Tunes alongside new work and actually prefer the stuff made before they were born? It was partly a historical accident caused by television’s demand for endless material at a relatively high cost. – The Walrus
  
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