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• Has Loneliness Been Weaponized Against Us?

  07-08-2023 23:56 via theatlantic.com
  
  Hillary Clinton: An “epidemic of loneliness” may sound abstract at a time when our democracy faces concrete and imminent threats, but the surgeon general’s report helps explain how we became so vulnerable.  – The Atlantic
  
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• Amazing (And Rare) Turnaround: “Funny Girl” Revival Makes Back Its Investment

  07-08-2023 22:33 via nytimes.com
  
  Michele, whose reputation had been tarnished by allegations that she had behaved poorly to co-workers on “Glee,” worked tirelessly to transform the way people saw both her and “Funny Girl,” and became the toast of the town. – The New York Times
  
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• Maybe We Ought To Expect More Complexity In Our Theatre?

  07-08-2023 22:12 via theaterideas.substack.com
  
  The problem arises when melodramatic simplicity makes its way into a play without elaborate spectacle, and instead claims to present a realistic view of society. That’s when people start complaining about being “lectured at” or “hit over the head.” – Theatre Ideas
  
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• The Many Ways AI Will Upend Publishing

  07-08-2023 21:47 via nytimes.com
  
  In publishing, too, the technology has the potential to reshape nearly every aspect of the work that goes into producing a book — even the act of writing itself. – The New York Times
  
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• The New Intensity Of Concert Experiences This Summer

  07-08-2023 20:44 via nytimes.com
  
  Concerts have always been spaces where like-minded fans can gather to discover connection, but now this brand of togetherness has transformed concertgoing into an urgent pilgrimage, drawing the faithful in record numbers and providing near-ecstatic experiences. – The New York Times
  
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• Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Museum Reopens After a Refresh. Here’s A Look

  07-08-2023 19:18 via bloomberg.com
  The once-in-a-generation refresh, the work of architect Shohei Shigematsu at design firm OMA, reestablishes the modern art museum as a friendlier neighbor with easier access and more admission-free gathering spaces. – Bloomberg
  
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• The Republicans’ War On Libraries

  07-08-2023 18:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Attempted book bans in libraries and public schools have proliferated in Republican states, complaints made on grounds of history, race, gender, LGBTQ+ rights and more. Attempts to ban titles by high-profile authors (Maya Angelou, Amanda Gorman, Art Spiegelman) have attracted national headlines. – The Guardian
  
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• ‘The Undying Guest’ Roving Poet With a Painter’s Eye

  07-08-2023 17:44 via artsjournal.com
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• Some Real Talk About AI In Music

  07-08-2023 17:44 via shellypalmer.com
  
  Production music, aka commercial music, will likely be AI’s victim number one. Production music is rarely the music you’d choose to listen to all by itself (excluding great film scores). – Shelly Palmer
  
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• Getting Navajo Culture Right On TV

  07-08-2023 17:00 via latimes.com
  
  George Joe consulted family to help with accuracy, since they all lived through the time and place depicted on Dark Winds. Then, language: “On the northeast side of the reservation, the Navajo word for ‘snow’ or ‘coffee’ is different from the other side of the reservation.” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• What’s The Point Of The Met Museum’s New Collaboration With A Virtual Reality Company And The Game Roblox?

  07-08-2023 16:30 via hyperallergic.com
  
  Maybe this: “I realized I was paying more attention to historical objects and works that I otherwise might not have given a second glance to.” – Hyperallergic
  
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• Artificial Intelligence Programs Seem To Threaten The Profession Of Architecture

  07-08-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  “In terms of strategic thinking and real-time analysis, AI is already way beyond what human architects are capable of. This could be the final nail in the coffin of a struggling profession.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Global Investment Firm KKR May Buy Simon And Schuster From Paramount

  07-08-2023 15:45 via nytimes.com
  
  “The possibility that a private equity firm could buy Simon & Schuster has made some publishing executives nervous over the past three years, concerned it could lead to staff cuts and fewer book titles.” – The New York Times
  
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• How Global Investment Firm KKR Is Making Public Libraries Far Worse

  07-08-2023 15:30 via karawynn.substack.com
  
  In 2020, a global investment firm bought the company that provides ebooks to nearly all libraries in the US, and quite a few in other countries as well. That is not good news for libraries – or their patrons. – Nine Lives
  
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• What Joyce Carol Oates Owes To Oprah

  07-08-2023 15:00 via lithub.com
  
  We can’t really say “feminism,” but if it’s feminist to start thinking of your mom as a person when she’s 84 years old, then that’s what Oprah did for JCO. – LitHub
  
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• Asian American Writers Have A Conference Despite The Smithsonian’s Weaseling Out At The Last Minute

  07-08-2023 15:00 via npr.org
  
  The Asian American Literary Collective got their “Ghosted World” conference together quickly after the Smithsonian canceled its huge and popular event. One organizer: “This is a healing. It is bittersweet. It is empowering.” – NPR
  
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• The Existential Crisis Of Being A Writer And Parent To Kids Who Don’t Love Reading

  07-08-2023 14:45 via lithub.com
  
  A writer parent, tasked with teaching her kids in the early days of the pandemic, realizes it’s not just that they don’t love it – they’re dyslexic. And so: “To try and salvage their enjoyment of literature, I divorced the notion of story from the printed word.” – LitHub
  
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• Leny Andrade, The First Lady Of Brazilian Jazz, Has Died At 80

  07-08-2023 14:30 via nytimes.com
  
  “Andrade rose from the clubs of Rio, where she performed as a teenager, to forge a six-decade career, recording more than 35 albums as a pioneer of what she came to call bossa-jazz.” – The New York Times
  
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• An Interview With The Guy Who Had The Music Handle On Twitter For 16 Years

  07-08-2023 14:15 via slate.com
  
  Musk yanked @music away without warning. Jeremy Vaught: “It’s been emotional. … The idea that they’ll just take your account because they want it—I’ve always known that it’s possible. I know that on Twitter there’s nothing I own, they own it, I get it. It still sucks.” – Slate
  
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• The Writers’ Strike Is Really About One Company That Has Changed Everything

  07-08-2023 14:00 via theatlantic.com
  
  “Writers’ rooms, in fact, were never written into any WGA contract, seemingly based on an assumption that business would continue as usual. But Netflix, perhaps because it was coming from outside the industry, had no interest in business as usual. So it discarded the old norms.” – The Atlantic
  
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• Back To The Stone Building Age

  07-08-2023 13:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Look, stone is energy efficient, and some architects are ready for a return. “Solid stone can once again form the walls and structure of building, with benefits for the environment and for the beauty of architecture.” – The Observer (UK)
  
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• New York’s Bessie Awards Honor Performances And Grieve For A Slain Friend

  07-08-2023 13:30 via nytimes.com
  
  “‘How is it possible that in 2023 someone was brutally murdered for dancing?’ Manchildblack said.”– The New York Times
  
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• In Vancouver, ‘Hollywood North’ Has Been Hit Hard By The Strikes

  07-08-2023 13:15 via cbc.ca
  
  “Foreign film and TV shoots in Canada have ground to a halt. While domestic production continues, union leaders say that eventually many of the concerns driving the U.S. strikes will need to be negotiated here as well, albeit in the context of the Canadian system.” – CBC
  
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• When An NHL Player And His Wife Asked Readers To Stop Sexually Harassing Him

  07-08-2023 13:00 via washingtonpost.com
  Hockey romance fans “gravitate to players who remind them of their favorite book boyfriends, and one popular choice is Seattle Kraken center Alex Wennberg. His team initially courted BookTok with posts and hashtags … and flew out a popular creator for a playoff game.” Then things went way wrong. – Washington Post
  
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• The pleasure principle: art, films and games that know how to indulge

  07-08-2023 11:00
  
  Whether it’s a grape-guzzler held up by satyrs or Britney Spears not knowing when to stop, our critics offer up art that likes to go largeAn old self-indulgent sot lets it all hang out in The Drunken Silenus Supported By Satyrs, painted in the Antwerp studio of Peter Paul Rubens in about 1620. An abundance of naked, fatty flesh proves his unabashed passion for food, drink and pleasure as he reaches for some grapes and lets his great mass fall back into the arms of his friends. He is Silenu
  
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