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• The Most Multi-Lingual Place On Earth (With Culture To Match)

  24-06-2022 23:28 via aeon.co
  
  The many languages spoken here, though mostly belonging to the Indo-European family, still more narrowly to the Dardic sub-family within the Indo-Aryan group, are so different from each other that the people of one linguistic community have to rely on a third language. – Aeon
  
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• Peter Schjeldahl’s Daughter Wrote A Memoir About Him. It Doesn’t Go Well

  24-06-2022 23:01 via washingtonpost.com
  “Maybe writing this book would make my father’s … catastrophic personality, seem beautiful to me. … And … maybe … I would seem interesting and modern to him.” – Washington Post
  
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• We Don’t Boo At Theatre Anymore. Are We Missing Something?

  24-06-2022 22:32 via spectator.co.uk
  
  It’s curious that booing is absent from modern theatre, because it’s as old as European drama. The earliest reports of audience booing were recorded at the annual festival of Dionysus in Athens where playwrights competed to win prizes for their efforts. – The Spectator
  
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• British Columbia Premier Suspends $800 Million Plan To Rebuild Museum

  24-06-2022 22:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Horgan explained that British Columbians were unwilling to accept an $800-million price tag for the project while the province faces a doctor shortage, an increasing cost of living and other critical issues coming out of the pandemic. – CBC
  
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• ‘I was on a conveyor belt to death’: the astonishing worlds of Chiharu Shiota

  24-06-2022 22:00
  
  After a frightening diagnosis, the Japanese artist is taking on mortality in her new show in Brisbane, using thread to construct huge artworks that sweep entire roomsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcastIn 2016, the day after Chiharu Shiota was presented with plans for an ambitious solo exhibition spanning her 30-year artistic career, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of ovarian cancer.“I felt my soul was going to separate from my body … I was
  
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• Can We Cut Poor Old Polonius A Break?

  24-06-2022 20:58 via daily.jstor.org
  
  “Polonius isn’t a good father. Good fathers don’t make good drama. But he’s a good character, more complex than critics usually recognize. Polonius is a single father struggling with work-life balance who sadly chooses his career over his daughter’s well-being.” And his pompous speeches? Big ol’ dad jokes. – JSTOR Daily
  
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• How The Pandemic Has Warped UK Arts Prices

  24-06-2022 20:32 via thestage.co.uk
  Looking at the data revealed in The Stage’s West End ticketing survey this week, it appears producers are trying to straddle both horses, with top prices rising at rates above inflation but bottom prices rising at a rate lower than inflation.  – The Stage
  
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• How A Phantasmagorical Poem By Charles Darwin’s Grandfather First Set Down In Words The Idea Of Photosynthesis

  24-06-2022 20:03 via lithub.com
  
  In 1789, Erasmus Darwin — physician, pathologist, abolitionist, and botanist as well as poet — published a strange set of cantos under the title The Loves of the Plants, using mythical creatures and deities of antiquity to make then-new scientific concepts more accessible. And in one of his footnotes … – Literary Hub
  
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• Can Music Support Ukraine Without Being Propaganda?

  24-06-2022 19:32 via van-magazine.com
  
   Credible reports have been published about atrocities committed by Russian soldiers in Ukrainian cities. But is music the same as weapons? Can musicians stand for Ukraine without becoming propaganda tools? – Van
  
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• Celebrating William Wyler His French Hometown Puts on a Hollywood Tribute

  24-06-2022 19:29 via artsjournal.com
  The festival in Mulhouse begins June 29.William Wyler was Laurence Olivier's mentor, the love of Bette Davis's life, John Huston's best friend, Audrey Hepburn's inspiring taskmaster, and Barbra Streisand's father figure. His major motion pictures were touchstones for an entire generation. Wyler made thirty-two pictures — including "Jezebel," "Wuthering Heights," and "The Little Foxes"; "Mrs. Miniver," "The Best Years of Our Lives," and "Roman Holiday"; "The Heiress," "Ben-Hur," and "Funny
  
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• Australia’s Busy Alt-Circus Scene Tries To Bounce Back (Ahem) From The Pandemic

  24-06-2022 19:04 via artshub.com.au
  
  It’s an inventive — and animal-free — bunch of troupes with names like A Good Catch and Gravity and Other Myths.  But they’re not big or rich, and the combination of local lockdowns and the inability to tour overseas hit them hard. Now they’re hard at work on a revival. – ArtsHub (Australia)
  
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• Is Elvis Finally Irrelevant?

  24-06-2022 18:31 via yahoo.com
  
  “To be honest, no one I know under 30 cares or knows much about Elvis. The classic version of rock ’n’ roll just doesn’t exist the way it once did, and that’s in large part because younger audiences are less interested in it.” – Yahoo
  
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• Want To See How Exactly Broadway Bares? Like This.

  24-06-2022 18:01 via nytimes.com
  
  In 1992, in a Manhattan gay club, eight hunky dancers did stripteases on the bar to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Thus was born the annual benefit Broadway Bares.  Here’s how Broadway babes rip off their clothes for charity. The big question: Velcro or snaps? – The New York Times
  
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• The Netrebko Problem

  24-06-2022 17:31 via nytimes.com
  
  With a larger-than-life personality and a taste for extravagance, she built a loyal fan base and was sometimes called classical music’s answer to Beyoncé. Now she hopes to persuade the cultural world to look beyond her ties to Putin. – The New York Times
  
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• How James Turrell Was Inspired By Quaker Meetinghouses

  24-06-2022 17:05 via news.artnet.com
  
  “The artist recalls asking his grandmother what they were meant to do inside the meetinghouse, to which she replied: ‘We’re going inside to greet the light.'” – Artnet
  
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• City Of Philadelphia Increases Arts Funding To (Slightly) Above Pre-Pandemic Levels

  24-06-2022 16:32 via msn.com
  
  “The Philadelphia Cultural Fund, the main vehicle for supporting arts organizations in the city…, saw its budget increase to $3.5 million for fiscal 2023, a far cry from the first pandemic budget that initially sought to zero out the fund and eventually settled at $1 million.” – MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
  
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• Fantastic Black artists, climate crisis in sound, and a Windrush victory – the week in art

  24-06-2022 16:22
  
  Myths and Afrofuturism combine, installations go Back to Earth, Documenta embraces the collective, and a long-awaited public sculpture is unveiled – all in your weekly dispatchIn the Black Fantastic
  Visions of technology, history and mythology in this show inspired by Afrofuturism, with Chris Ofili, Kara Walker, Ellen Gallagher, Hew Locke and more.• Hayward Gallery, London, from 29 June to 18 September. Continue reading...
  
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• Maybe Alt-Weeklies Aren’t Dying Out After All

  24-06-2022 16:04 via poynter.org
  
  “(As) with the robust launch of online local newsrooms in the last two years, some alts are finding new ground in old traditions. Here are three doing similar things in very different ways.” – Poynter
  
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• In This Depressed Scottish Housing Project, El Sistema Is Working

  24-06-2022 15:33 via bbc.com
  
  “No-one is pretending there has been a miracle here, but 15 years ago, if the Raploch was known at all, it was known for its problems; these days it is better known for its music.”  The complex has its own orchestra, and 400 of its kids play an instrument. – BBC
  
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• “Metamorphosis”: How Musicians Are Trying To Build A Successor To The San Antonio Symphony

  24-06-2022 15:01 via sanantonioreport.org
  
  The group of musicians that organized public concerts this spring (before the board shut the orchestra down) is now working on the logistics of an ongoing concert series, while former music director Sebastian Lang-Lessing is meeting with officeholders, business leaders and foundations about establishing a new organization. – San Antonio Report
  
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• Netflix Lays Off Almost 3% Of Its Workforce

  24-06-2022 14:32 via variety.com
  
  The streaming giant has let go of 300 employees, just a month after a previous round of 150 layoffs (plus many part-timers and contractors). Since Netflix announced, earlier this year, that it was losing subscribers, its stock value has fallen by just under 70%. – Variety
  
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• Opera’s Diversity Problem Isn’t Only Onstage

  24-06-2022 14:05 via nytimes.com
  
  The new study by Opera America found that, in North America, only about 20% of employees are people of color, compared with 39% of the population. There’s some progress, though: women make up 61% of employees and 54% of leadership positions. – The New York Times
  
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• London West End Theatre Ticket Prices Rise 20 Percent Over Pre-Pandemic

  24-06-2022 09:32 via thestage.co.uk
  In 2022, the average cost of the most expensive tickets available for West End productions is £140.85, up 21.3% on 2019. The increase has been driven by new productions, with the average top price for long-runners falling over the same period. – The Stage
  
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• ‘He died in his 30s living the life he had dreamed of’: artist Eric Ravilious

  24-06-2022 09:00
  
  He was the first war artist to die on active service in the second world war – and one of the greatest. Now, a new film, featuring Alan Bennett and Ai Weiwei, uncovers his complicated lifeOn 2 September 1942, a plane on a search-and-rescue mission off the coast of Iceland crashed into the sea, killing its pilot and 39-year-old passenger. The passenger was Eric Ravilious, whose final letter to his wife, three days earlier, had extolled the deep shadows and leaflike cracks of the subarctic l
  
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• Wollongong gallery pledges to ‘honestly represent’ benefactor’s Nazi past

  24-06-2022 06:09
  
  Regional NSW council has ruled out selling or breaking up a collection of 100 Australian artworks donated by Bronius ‘Bob’ SredersasGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingWollongong Art Gallery has removed the name of one of its most generous benefactors from its rooms after discovering his history as a Nazi collaborator.But the regional New South Wales council has ruled out selling or breaking up a collection of 100 Australian artworks donated by Bronius “Bob&rdq
  
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• Executive Director- THE INNOVATE

  24-06-2022 05:42 via artsjournal.com
  Organization SummaryLocated in Palm Beach, Florida, THE INNOVATE is a new state-of-the-art waterfront cultural arts center and flagship community destination promoting the understanding and enjoyment of arts and ideas for all. Currently being planned with construction to begin in the fall of 2022, THE INNOVATE is set to debut in late 2023 as a year-round venue spanning a broad range of exceptional performing arts, educational, and community events, as well as business meetings, conferences, soci
  
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• Eight Men Convicted In Paris Of Stealing Banksy’s Bataclan ArtWork

  24-06-2022 00:01 via theguardian.com
  
  British street artist Banksy painted his “sad girl” work on the door of the Bataclan in memory of the 90 people killed in worst of the 13 November 2015 jihadist attacks that hit several sites around the city. – The Guardian
  
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