At the beginning, you say something about legato, and people look at you like, “I don’t know what he’s talking about.” After a year, they say, “Oh yes.” Just by constantly raising the issue when you’re bothered by it, people start to understand what it is, what it feels like or what it sounds like. - Van
Among its goals are "support for the Russian audience, those who help our army" and "assistance to evacuees from Donbas", referring to eastern Ukrainian regions controlled by pro-Moscow separatists. - France 24
The very concept of a historical canon has become toxic, and with classical music no longer the player it was 75 years ago, this antihistorical attitude threatens to drive appreciation of classical music even further from its one-time pride of place in general culture. - The American Scholar
While decrying the invasion, a statement from the Cliburn says the Russian-born pianists “are not officials of their government, nor is their participation in the Cliburn state-sponsored." - Dallas Morning News
Yes, but it won't be top-down. "Factchecking outfits may do good work, but they are missing a crucial component: the power of the crowd. Because, as well as counterfactual communities, we’ve also seen what you might call truth-seeking communities emerge around specific issues." - The Guardian (UK)
They're "movies you want to watch at home," according to Nicole Kidman - and they're hard to make without falling into sexist tropes, so studios just won't back them as theatrical releases. But streaming? Well. Even Fatal Attraction is up for a streaming series remake. - Vulture
Materre, who has died at 67, distributed Daughters of the Dust in the 1990s, as part of her work as "a distributor and educator who promoted Black women’s voices in film and released influential independent movies by Black creators." - The New York Times
The Chinese box office absolutely crumbled last week. "The current epicenter is Shanghai, where a megacity of 25 million people has been locked down in two phases for much of the past week." - Variety
They're Ukranian Dancers, not Russian Dancers - and it's not just a stunt during the war. The director of London's Ukranian Institute said last week, "Curators have no problem presenting Jewish, Belarusian or Ukrainian art and artists as Russian." - The Guardian (UK)
Just ask Meryl Streep. But it's probably even harder when you're British. "Before the release of the Meryl Streep–starring film Julie & Julia in 2009, Sarah Lancashire had never heard of Julia Child. 'She had no public persona in the U.K.,'" Lancashire said. Now she is Julia. - Vulture
That discovery came nearly 150 years after Marianne North drew the plant, in Borneo. She was a different kind of illustrator - she used oils, and painted the surroundings. "Not only did Marianne tie down exactly where grew, her paintings also indicated the environmental conditions they grew in." - Atlas Obscura
Or, more likely, has April Fool's Day ruined the internet? "People, us included, get so easily hoodwinked, and ... this has led us to a place where we start to suspect that nothing online is real." - Slate
She created tiny books, as did her sisters, when she was a young teen, to amuse her family and to help create her imaginary world. This one was last seen at auction in 1916. - The New York Times
