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• Musical portraits that rewind to the cassette era – in pictures

  05-08-2023 18:00
  
  New Jersey-based artist Amy Corson was cleaning out cupboards when she found some old music cassettes, which sparked a decade-long project creating portraits of her favourite musicians using the magnetic tape. “I picked up a cassette of Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks and pulled out some of the tape. It reminded me of his curly hair, and the rest is history,” she says. Tape can be challenging to work with, but it is also rewarding. “I love the idea of creating something b
  
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• On my radar: Alabaster DePlume’s cultural highlights

  05-08-2023 16:00
  
  The musician on a dark version of Oklahoma!, amazing art from Palestine, and why jiujitsu works wonders for his state of mindBorn Angus Fairbairn, Alabaster DePlume is a spoken word poet and saxophonist based in London and Manchester. In 2015 he began doing an improv jazz series called Peach at London’s Total Refreshment Centre, putting out an album of the same name. In 2020 he released To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1, named after two men he assisted as a mental health support worker
  
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• Marc Scorca talks about building sustainable social impact in the arts

  05-08-2023 14:04 via artsjournal.com
  Marc A. Scorca, President and CEO of Opera America, shares his strategy on building sustainable social impact in the arts.
  
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• ‘It’s a special stretch of coast because Mount Etna hovers over it like a spirit’: Antonio Denti’s best phone picture

  05-08-2023 11:00
  
  The Reuters cameraman embraced the opportunity to capture life with his family in Sicily, where he grew upWith two decades’ experience as a Reuters cameraman and visual journalist, Antonio Denti says he found the transition to using his phone as a camera jarring. “I was brought up in the analogue days and was quite hostile to the idea. I’ve been in St Peter’s Square twice when the white smoke announced the election of a new pope. I covered the 2004 tsunami, conflict in Ko
  
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• From Joy Ride to Carly Rae Jepsen: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

  05-08-2023 07:00
  
  A business deal goes wildly awry in a road trip comedy from a Crazy Rich Asians writer, while the Canadian pop star shows off a more playful side on her new albumJoy Ride
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  Directed by one of the writers of Crazy Rich Asians, this sorta-kinda road trip stars a quartet of sorta-kinda friends, played by Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu and Sabrina Wu (above). An American attempt to close a business deal in China goes awry, leading to various hijinks involving K-pop stans, biological p
  
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• Director of Advancement – Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

  05-08-2023 02:44 via artsjournal.com
  The Director of Advancement reports directly to the Producing Artistic Director and is a member of the senior staff team. In concert with the Producing Artistic Director, and in alignment with Playhouse initiatives, the Director of Advancement creates, develops, and implements a comprehensive annual institutional advancement plan that successfully achieves the organization’s contributed income goals. […]
  
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• Can You Make A Successful Film Festival Without The Big Stars?

  05-08-2023 00:01 via washingtonpost.com
  It’s an existential crisis: How, exactly, does a splashy, global celebration of movies survive without movie stars? – Washington Post
  
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