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• The Problem With Non-Profit Journalism

  01-09-2023 23:54 via thepointmag.com
  
  Regular journalism plumped up with NGO filler and paid for with foundation dough too easily becomes either risibly partisan or a kind of kitsch churned out without regard for anything someone might want to read. – The Point
  
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• The Metropolitan Opera’s Focus On New Opera Is Great. But It’s Going About It Wrong

  01-09-2023 23:23 via van-magazine.com
  
  “Peter Gelb is telegraphing to composers that stylistic conformity within the boundaries of a populist musical means is the only possible route to success in New York, offering rewards in exchange for lack of risk. This mindset would be unthinkable in any other discipline.” – Van
  
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• The Real Villain In The British Museum Scandal: Politicians

  01-09-2023 23:01 via theguardian.com
  
  At the British Museum, flat funding from the Conservatives has meant a real-terms cut in revenue grant-in-aid of 37% between 2009-10, under Labour, and now, under the Tories. – The Guardian
  
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• How JD Salinger Used Copyright To Shield His Privacy

  01-09-2023 22:31 via lithub.com
  
  Salinger’s public legacy, a gnarled mess of copyright enforcement designs, First Amendment controversies, and the persistent desire to be left alone by the press, is one of America’s most unique. – LitHub
  
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• How Authors Are Being Influenced By Their Fan Communities

  01-09-2023 22:04 via theguardian.com
  
  I reminded them that I was older than their dads, but they didn’t mind, and I became a fusion of agony uncle, village witch doctor and fly on the wall. I witnessed their dramas, and learned the minutiae of their lives. – The Guardian
  
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• Major Increase In Philanthropy For Journalism

  01-09-2023 21:29 via apnews.com
  
  “Partly because it’s a relatively new area of giving, it’s hard to get a reliable count of how much philanthropy funds journalism. A report by Boston Consulting Group estimated $150 million per year is given to nonprofit news outlets. The same report said that industry needs up to $1.75 billion.” – AP
  
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• Religion At Burning Man (There’s Actually A Lot Of It)

  01-09-2023 20:57 via religionnews.com
  
  “The event has always had its spiritual side: 10 guiding principles, a nondenominational temple and recurring burning rituals. And in recent years, religious groups have been carving out their own space on ‘the playa’ offering judgement-free, radically inclusive rituals that seem to grow more popular each year.” – Religion News Service
  
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• Major New Arts Center Opens In Lower Manhattan

  01-09-2023 20:32 via curbed.com
  
  Getting here required not just artistic pluck but political backing, a half-billion-dollar construction budget, and the creation of a new institution with the interdisciplinary ambitions, if not the scale, of a Lincoln Center.  – New York Magazine
  
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• This Conductor Got His Orchestra To Play The Fiendishly Complicated “Rite Of Spring” From Memory

  01-09-2023 20:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Performing without sheet music is the hallmark of the Aurora Orchestra, a British ensemble directed by Nicholas Collon. “People used to say to me, jokingly: ‘What next from memory? The Rite of Spring?’ And here I am writing this at the end of our final day of rehearsals.” – The Guardian
  
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• British Museum In Crisis After A Rough Summer

  01-09-2023 19:29 via artsjournal.com
  The museum is now deluged with renewed calls for the restitution of contested objects, and raising a huge sum for an impending refurbishment looks even more difficult. At a time when it needs leadership most, the museum is rudderless, after its director, Hartwig Fischer, resigned on Aug. 25. – The New York Times
  
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• Using AI Animation To Depict Real-Life Crimes

  01-09-2023 19:03 via inma.org
  A host and producer of a Norwegian true-crime documentary series write about how and why, instead of the customary practice of using actors to recreate events, they used generative AI software to create animated video. – International News Media Association
  
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• Scalpers Make Out Like Bandits At Toronto International Film Festival

  01-09-2023 18:31 via thewrap.com
  
  By Tuesday, tickets for Hayao Miyazaki’s film “The Boy and the Heron” had topped $527 — more than a $200 increase. Meanwhile, tickets for “Dumb Money” were going for nearly $900. – The Wrap
  
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• The Transition From A Dance Career To Coaching Figure Skating

  01-09-2023 18:04 via dancemagazine.com
  
  “There’s a common misconception that experience on the ice is a prerequisite for working with skaters. But for many dancers who have transitioned into coaching and choreographing for skaters, the skills they bring to the rink are exactly those they’ve honed in the studio and on the stage.” – Dance Magazine
  
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• Could The AI Boom Quickly Bust?

  01-09-2023 17:32 via dezeen.com
  
  Reality check, we have no concrete reason, other than sheer technoptimism, for thinking that solutions to any of these problems is imminent.” – Dezeen
  
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• Naomi Klein’s New Book, “Doppelganger,” Isn’t Really About Being Mistaken For Naomi Wolf

  01-09-2023 17:01 via nytimes.com
  
  “Wolf serves as Klein’s entry into what she calls the ‘mirror world’ — where the anti-establishment critiques of the far left become co-opted by the far right, and where what once seemed like a yawning gulf between ostensible opposites has narrowed into a tenuous line.” – The New York Times Magazine
  
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• The Legal Battle Over A Highway Tunnel Near Stonehenge Is On Again

  01-09-2023 16:33 via smithsonianmag.com
  
  Six weeks after the UK government gave final approval for the $2.3 billion project, a group arguing that the tunnel could irreparably harm the ancient monument has filed a new lawsuit to block it. – Smithsonian Magazine
  
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• At Film Festivals During The Hollywood Strikes, Stars Must Walk A Tricky Tightrope

  01-09-2023 16:05 via yahoo.com
  
  “Although the festivals won’t be as deprived of stars as feared, the agreements mean there will be a patchwork of talent: Who is and isn’t attending depends on the project, the person’s role in it and even their own calculation about the optics of appearing (or not).” – Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
  
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• Federal Judge Puts Hold On Texas Book Rating/Ban Law

  01-09-2023 15:30 via publishersweekly.com
  
  “During a brief online status conference on August 31, federal judge Alan D. Albright said he will issue a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of HB 900, Texas’s controversial new book rating law. The highly anticipated decision comes … just a day before the law was set to take effect.” – Publishers Weekly
  
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• Authorities Seize Ancient Roman Statue From Cleveland Museum of Art

  01-09-2023 15:02 via apnews.com
  
  “A headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius was ordered seized from the Cleveland Museum of Art by New York authorities investigating antiquities looted from Turkey.” – AP
  
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• Major Layoffs At Steppenwolf Theatre

  01-09-2023 14:34 via msn.com
  “Steppenwolf Theatre Company, one of Chicago’s most storied arts institutions and long a crucial part of the city’s identity, said Thursday that it was laying off 12% of its staff, effective immediately.” – MSN (Chicago Tribune)
  
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• Tiananmen Musical Announces Casting While Its Star Is Touring China. He Drops Out The Next Day.

  01-09-2023 14:06 via cnn.com
  
  Zachary Noah Piser, a Chinese-American actor, was to play the lead in Tiananmen: A New Musical when it debuts in Phoenix in October. The cast announcement was made last Thursday, when Piser happened to be performing in Shanghai; on Friday he made a brief statement announcing his withdrawal. – CNN
  
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• A sculptural whirlwind lands in Yorkshire and butterfly wings hit the canvas – the week in art

  01-09-2023 12:51
  
  Portraits by Freud, Rego and Himid come together and we go deep on a portrait of a Napoleonic battle – all in your weekly dispatchPeople
  People who need people … a survey of the art of the human starring Rebecca Warren, Lucian Freud, Michael Andrews, Paula Rego and more.
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• Vegetable grenades with entrail roots: Ukrainian art cuts through at Irish biennale

  01-09-2023 11:24
  
  Limerick’s EVA International has staged exhibitions in bars, bacon shops and even a handball alley. Will this year’s militant spirit help it get the attention it deserves?There is a comforting bucolic vibe to the term “gleaning”, which refers to gathering leftover crops after harvesting. The central theme of Ireland’s contemporary art biennale, EVA International, suggests thrifty farming and caring for the land. But the assumption shatters when you see paintings by
  
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