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• BroadwayCon: The State of Diversity In Theatre

  20-07-2023 23:31 via nytimes.com
  
  This year’s conference explores diversity in its various forms… – The New York Times
  
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• Study: Why People Gaslight Others

  20-07-2023 23:01 via huffpost.com
  
  Through a qualitative analysis of survey responses from 65 gaslighting victims (ages 18 to 69), Klein and his co-authors at the University of Toronto were able to identify a number of traits and behaviors gaslighters generally share. – HuffPost
  
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• The Tide Turns – Criticism Pivots Away From Moralizing…

  20-07-2023 22:32 via thepointmag.com
  
  The rise of “postcritique” signals a similar pivot in some English departments, while in the broader culture the aftermath of the Trump years has been marked by a steady retreat from feverish activist critique and a new hunger for style, humor and frivolity (TikTok, not Twitter; Red Scare, not Rachel Maddow). – The Point
  
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• Dancers’ Contracts Aren’t Year-Round. So How Do They Survive The Weeks They’re Not Paid?

  20-07-2023 22:01 via sandiegouniontribune.com
  
  Generally speaking, dancers are on break during the summer — but also at the end of December after “The Nutcracker” and during the first few weeks in January. Off-season jobs are competitive and usually involve travel. – San Diego Union-Tribune
  
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• Theatre’s Fundraising Problem

  20-07-2023 21:29 via insidephilanthropy.com
  
  The traditional fundraising-during-a-downturn playbook calls on organizations to lean on mega-donors when everyday givers step back and the broader pool shrinks. But this isn’t your parents’ downturn. – Inside Philanthropy
  
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• Philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt, The First Great Theorist Of Bullshit, Is Dead At 94

  20-07-2023 21:05 via nytimes.com
  
  “(His) fresh ideas about the human will were overshadowed in the broader culture by his analysis of a kind of dishonesty that he found worse than lying — an analysis presented in a bluntly titled surprise best seller, On Bullshit.” – The New York Times
  
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• Hollywood Writers’ Not-So-Secret Weapon: Teamsters Boss Lindsay Dougherty

  20-07-2023 20:23 via vanityfair.com
  
  “I’m angry, you know? Building this bond with the writers over the last six months has been great, realizing that writers fight every day for their livelihood, that we collectively have these issues.” – Vanity Fair
  
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• Quick Study: Community Arts Programming for Those with Dementia (and Their Caregivers)

  20-07-2023 20:22 via artsjournal.com
  
  
  In this episode of Quick Study, we examine a case study about a community performing arts program for people with dementia and their caregivers. A transcript is available on the NEA website.
  
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• Keeping Yiddish Alive — And Secular — In Melbourne

  20-07-2023 20:04 via nytimes.com
  
  “Today, Yiddish is most commonly used in ultra-Orthodox communities in places like Brooklyn or Jerusalem. But in Melbourne, snatches of it can be heard on certain streets, around multigenerational dinner tables, on stages and in classrooms.” – The New York Times
  
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• Another Theatre Closes After 31 Years

  20-07-2023 19:31 via americantheatre.org
  
  Altogether, the Metropolitan Theatre in New York brought to light and recognition over 100 largely forgotten American plays from 1787 through to the present, several of which have found new life around the country owing to the notice they received at Metropolitan. – American Theatre
  
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• Europe’s Most Famous Churches Are Finding It Hard To Have Worship Services Amidst All The Tourists

  20-07-2023 19:02 via apnews.com
  
  From Sagrada Familia in Barcelona to the Vatican to Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, the challenge is that “worshippers, who often come because celebrated churches tend to have more services than regular parishes, need free access even as tourists often pay fees that are crucial to maintaining the sites.” – AP
  
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• Why Mozart Still Resonates

  20-07-2023 18:31 via theatlantic.com
  
  “It is the embodiment of a set of feelings about the world that are so richly specified in each case as to amount to something like a set of proposals about what a body can be, about how it can move and how or why it might seek expression.” – The Atlantic
  
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• Ira Glass Talks About “This American Life” As A Business

  20-07-2023 18:03 via vulture.com
  
  “(In the beginning), there was no real reason for (public radio stations) to pick us up. So …we basically looked for what the stations wanted. And what they wanted and needed, but didn’t have, were pledge-drive materials that would bring in money and be entertaining to listen to.” – Vulture
  
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• A Different Kind of Mushroom Cloud

  20-07-2023 17:37 via artsjournal.com
  Recalling the first Trinity nuclear blast, which is being memorialized by the new Christopher Nolan film “Oppenheimer,” I couldn’t help thinking of the last collage that Norman O. Mustill made and his first using digital tools.
  
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• Hong Kong Tries To Ban A Song As “Dangerous”

  20-07-2023 17:31 via washingtonpost.com
  Hong Kong officials seem to fear it can, as they are seeking an injunction against a protest anthem called “Glory to Hong Kong.” Officials have asked a court to ban the song from being performed, broadcast, distributed, displayed, sold, printed or published by any means and on any platform. – Washington Post
  
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• Is This Wing-Shaped, Standing-On-Its-Side Baby Grand Piano Ingenious Or Ridiculous?

  20-07-2023 17:05 via fastcompany.com
  “Dan Harden’s proposal, called the Ravenchord, is shaped like a bird’s wing, with strings fanning out from the center. In concert, a pianist would sit in front of the piano facing the audience; viewers would get to see the inner workings of the instrument as the pianist plays.” – Fast Company
  
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• Director of Florence’s Galleria dell’Accademia Fears Italy’s Rightist Government Will Revoke The Museum’s Independence (Again)

  20-07-2023 16:32 via apnews.com
  
  “Even as Cecilie Hollberg highlights her achievements at Italy’s second-most-visited museum” — it’s the home of Michelangelo’s David — “since arriving in 2015, rumors circulate that Italy’s far-right-led government intends to revoke the museum’s independence once more,” exactly as happened to Hollberg and the Galleria in 2019. – AP
  
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• Michael Rakowitz review – a new hanging garden of hope and yearning

  20-07-2023 16:28
  
  Baltic, Gateshead
  The Iraqi-American’s intricately-labelled planters and models form a repository for stories on everything from the destruction of Palestinian olives to homesick migrantsAmong the potted geraniums, a pop-eyed man is being devoured by a lion. This would give you pause down the garden centre but that’s not all: a bull’s head rests on flowers, a gigantic snail makes its way towards nasturtiums and a model aeroplane, fabricated from food packaging, has somehow cras
  
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• At Colorado’s Central City Opera, CEO Pamela Pantos Is Suddenly Out In The Middle Of The Season

  20-07-2023 16:04 via coloradosun.com
  
  Pantos joined the summer opera festival as president in February of 2022 — with longtime company chief Pelham Pearce remaining as artistic director. But Pearce resigned abruptly as last summer’s season began, and late last year a bitter dispute broke out between management and the musicians’ union AGMA. – The Colorado Sun
  
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• Since The Password-Sharing Crackdown, Netflix Has Gained Nearly 6 Million Subscribers

  20-07-2023 15:31 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  The streaming company added 5.9 million new paid subscribers during the second quarter of 2023, the first period after instituting what it calls its “paid sharing” strategy. – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Restoration of 16th-century Derbyshire tapestries ends after 24 years

  20-07-2023 15:31
  
  Set of 13 Gideon tapestries in Hardwick Hall unveiled after painstaking work cleaning and stitching huge piecesAfter a 24-year project, the National Trust has finally finished the restoration of a set of 16th-century tapestries at Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, the longest such endeavour in its history.On Thursday, the final tapestry in the set of 13 Gideon tapestries was unveiled on the wall of the long gallery, the culmination of a painstaking effort to clean and handstitch the huge pieces one a
  
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• Ancient Dance Floor Designed To Sound Like Thunder Is Discovered In Peru

  20-07-2023 15:06 via theartnewspaper.com
  
  “Found at the site of Viejo Sangayaico, 200km southeast of Lima, the floor was built into an open-air platform sometime between AD1000 and AD1400. It then continued in use under Inca rule, from 1400 to 1532, and perhaps during the early years of the Spanish conquest.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• For Its New Artistic Director, Chicago Shakespeare Turns To One Of England’s Great Theatre Families

  20-07-2023 14:33 via msn.com
  Edward Hall, who founded the all-male Shakespearean specialist Propeller Theatre Company, is the brother of actress/director Rebecca Hall and son of Royal Shakespeare Company founder Peter Hall. Edward succeeds the Chicago troupe’s founding director, Barbara Gaines, who departed last month after 37 years. – MSN (Chicago Tribune)
  
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• What’s Wrong with the Theatre is What’s Wrong With Society

  20-07-2023 14:06 via artsjournal.com
  In the New York Times, Isaac Butler sounds the alarm for the fate of live theatre in the US: The American theater is on the verge of collapse. … Regional and nonprofit theaters were in trouble well before 2020 and the force majeure of the pandemic. Most regional and nonprofit theaters were built on a […]
  
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• Another Jackass Carves Her Name Into The Colosseum In Rome

  20-07-2023 14:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  “A Swiss teenager is the latest offender to start carving her name into the ancient amphitheatre. The 17-year-old was caught in the act, with a local tour guide managing to video her scratching the letter N into the wall of the famous landmark.” – The Independent (UK)
  
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• Washington Performing Arts seeks Director of Finance and Administration

  20-07-2023 05:34 via artsjournal.com
  Washington Performing Arts welcomes applications and nominations for the position of Director of Finance and Administration, available in the summer of 2023. The Director will be a key part of a dynamic team and take a leadership role in achieving the vision, mission, and goals of Washington Performing Arts. About Washington Performing Arts https://www.washingtonperformingarts.org/aboutus/index/ One […]
  
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• American Theatre Is Collapsing – It Needs A Bailout

  20-07-2023 00:04 via nytimes.com
  
  So how do we avoid this catastrophe? Just as in other areas of recent American life where entire industries were imperiled — banks, the auto industry — this crisis requires federal intervention. – The New York Times
  
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