"More than 100 (professors) wrote in, using words like 'defeated,' 'exhausted,' and 'overwhelmed.' ... Far fewer students show up to class. Those who do avoid speaking when possible. Many skip the readings or the homework. They have trouble remembering what they learned and struggle on tests." - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Doran, who has worked with the RSC for 35 years and was its leader for nearly a decade, has been on personal leave since his husband, actor Antony Sher, was diagnosed with terminal cancer last September and passed away in December. - The Guardian
The late Brazilian modernist designed this public pavilion/art gallery at the Château La Coste winery near Aix-en-Provence in 2010, when he was 102. (He died two years later.) While the building has the signature Niemeyer characteristics (it's white and curvy), it's somewhat subdued by his standards. - Dezeen
"Dave Malloy, who wrote the book, music and lyrics for the show, has filed a petition ... (saying) he is owed 'hundreds of thousands of dollars' for productions of the musical that took place in Japan in 2019 and in Korea in 2021." - The New York Times
His idea, spelled out in a new book, is that the natural heirs of Mahler and Richard Strauss were the "degenerate" composers (e.g., Korngold, Weill) chased out of Europe by the Nazis and ended up composing film and theater music that wasn't thought to count as "classical." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A nearly three-hour televised debate between French presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen on Wednesday night scored the lowest ever ratings for such a match-up. - Deadline
Following the lead of activist filmmakers and stars—who ran especially hot on social media during the long months of Covid lockdown—the industry has clearly aligned itself with progressive positions on inclusion, racial equity, gender and transgender rights, gun control, border enforcement, abortion... - Deadline
Implicit in the phrase “the artist’s life” is the idea that this is a life apart. We are not so quick to rhapsodize about the insurance agent’s life or the plumber’s. - The New York Times
The difficulty in understanding transformers lies in their abstraction. Whereas a conventional program follows an understandable process, like outputting the word “grass” whenever it sees the word “green,” a transformer converts the word “green” into numbers and then multiplies them by certain values. - Nautilus
Is there such a thing as too many streaming options? How many people are really willing to pay for them? And could this business be less profitable and far less reliable than what the industry has been doing for years? - The New York Times
Since NBC took back The Office and HBO Max did the same with Friends, well, it can’t exactly be said that the emperor has no content. It’s just that Netflix’s whole approach favors quantity over quality. - The Guardian
"The police said they were just following orders, and they obviously didn't know the music or why they had these orders. ... Anyway, they were late, because we'd already played Silvestrov's music. So Schubert ended up sacrificing himself for Silvestrov and Ukraine." - Van
My peers are burnt out, despondent and thinking of leaving the sector. Everybody has told me to leave the country, even if I am able to find a job here. Alongside precarious short-term contracts and chronic overwork, which are common everywhere, the government has cultivated a set of policies which demonstrate its neglect. - Sydney Morning Herald
Laurie Anderson, Steve Reich, Dave Brubeck, and Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh are alumni. John Cage, Terry Riley, Lou Harrison, Pauline Oliveros, the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Roscoe Mitchell, and Morton Subotnick taught there — not to mention former department head Robert Ashley, who would get stoned before lectures. - The Guardian
A study conducted by Bloomberg Philanthropies examined 17 sites over two years, before and after they were painted with “asphalt art” (art on surfaces such as roads, sidewalks, and underpasses). - Hyperallergic
