"We (Black people) have to wake up to the ways we are policing each other to our detriment. 'No more trauma-based writing!' These are rules. And Suzan-Lori Parks does not like to be policed. Any policing cuts me off from hearing the spirit." - The New York Times
LaFontaine Oliver, who is CEO of Baltimore public radio station WYPR and is serving his second term heading NPR's board, takes over the US's largest public radio outlet, including flagship WNYC, classical radio station WQXR, producer WNYC Studios, news site Gothamist, and New Jersey Public Radio. - The New York Times
On the same day that he won a Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement, the conductor and pianist announced, "My health has deteriorated over the last months, and I have been diagnosed with a serious neurological condition. I must now focus on my physical well-being as much as possible." - BBC
The Bavarian State Opera also took honors for Hans Abrahamsen's The Snow Queen and, under Petrenko's baton, Mahler's 7th Symphony. Among other winners were Mitsuko Uchida's Beethoven Diabelli Variations; Quatuor Ebène's "Round Midnight"; singers Michael Spyres, Asmik Grigorian, and Emily D'Angelo; and the Raphaël Pichon/Pygmalion Bach St. Matthew Passion. - Gramophone
Among the shortlisted authors are Gayl Jones, Alejandro Varela, Imani Perry, Meghan O'Rourke, John Keene, Sharon Olds, Jenny Xie, Scholastique Mukasonga, Yoko Tawada, and Tommie Smith, one of the Black athletes who raised a fist on the medal stand at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. - NPR
With little authority policing them, you’re basically on your own when determining if a work of art is fake or not. This is a problem across platforms like eBay, Etsy, and Amazon — all of which mostly rely on complaints to identify problem sellers. - Hyperallergic
While COVID-19 was a box office disaster for every opera company, large or small, it did have an upside, said Mould. ‘COVID exposed and amplified what the hidden issues are in the system. - ArtsHub
What we should want is to make outcomes more equal – not opportunity. Antiegalitarians resist calls for equality via the ideology that if people have equal opportunity, then the outcome, whatever it is, is justified. - 3 Quarks Daily
Two years later, it is clear that rumors of the cop show’s demise were greatly exaggerated. “Cops” is back, now on the Fox Nation streaming service. Eighteen crime-related programs are slated for prime-time slots on the major broadcast networks. - The New York Times
Clapping, stomping and striking body parts from head to feet in rhythmic or repetitive ways is a timeless means of human interchange, whether for pleasure, protest, entertainment, ritual, healing or survival. -Dance Magazine
Blindsight is now a well-established clinical phenomenon. When first discovered, it seemed theoretically shocking. No one had expected there could possibly be any such dissociation between perception and sensation. - Aeon
"The other defining aspect of the collected works on Trump is that virtually nothing in any of them – none of the 'bombshells' or details about his character – seems to have substantially changed people's minds about him." - CNN
How did a simple offer, over a single painting, lead to such a spectacular destruction of someone’s life and career? The answer involves the shifting sands of American corporate life, as newly activist staff demand that institutions take political positions. But there is also a much older ritual at work. - The Atlantic
"I always used to say that I observed this formalism to protect the music against the bad taste of the composer. And I still stand by that, but maybe the composer's taste isn't quite as bad as it used to be, because he's lived in this musical world for so long." - Van
We are strongly influenced by context. From the effect of shadows on how we perceive the brightness of a surface, to our tendency to interpret facial expressions depending on what we think is happening, context permeates all our conscious experiences. - The Guardian
