"The opera’s three-and-a-half-hour running time has been cut to ... ninety minutes, and the exquisite Italian libretto is being projected in internet-speak English subtitles accented with the occasional emoji. The show promises to be art in line with that great contemporary ideal: frictionlessness.” - Paris Review
The complainers, and the police, said the painting of a naked woman could be pornographic. The artist: "I don’t know what kind of pornography they’ve been looking at, but it’s definitely not my painting.” - The Guardian (UK)
The act of the only Black woman magician touring during Jim Crow “was fun, full of 'marvelous, mystifying magic, music and mirth,’ as her advertising posters said, … cautioning that she ‘will not pay for doctor bills if you faint from laughter.’” - The New York Times
The 1906 building is now earthquake-retrofitted. Renovating “represents seismic change, pun intended, in the organization’s capacity to serve the community. Not only do you have areas for people to come and hang out and read and write … you have more formal spaces for teaching and work.”- Oregon ArtsWatch
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, accused by many former dancers and staff members of body shaming and bullying, apologized and said, “I embrace the idea that the leadership style that people expect today involves more open dialogue, and more awareness of — and respect for — everyone’s limits.” - The New York Times
The chorus struck for three days last week, canceling the season opener. “An earlier proposal would cut choristers’ compensation by 65% and reduced their programs to five per year.” Now there’s a compromise proposal, but will that be enough? - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
Lauren Sánchez’s new picture book came out last week, but her former yoga teacher says it’s an idea that she came up with and shared with Sánchez years ago. - Los Angeles Times
True, "film festivals have become a crucial part of the industry’s infrastructure, which may work against what makes them valuable in the first place,” but still, there are perfect, brilliant surprises, even some of those movies never get a distributor. - Washington Post
DeMille’s thrillers featured fast-moving plots with everything from “terrorist hijackings, Russian spy schools, gruesome murders, Mafia kingpins, and wartime crimes military malfeasance” - all starting when he picked up writing “as a kitchen-table hobby.” - The New York Times
"The Chicago Manual of Style isn’t merely a guide; it’s a testament to the art of textual precision. … CMOS doesn’t skim the surface of grammatical and syntactical conventions but delves deeply into the labyrinthine complexities. The Manual functions as both a meticulous blueprint and a flexible instrument." - Literary Hub
“Film and television not only entertain, but they also provide a way to highlight issues, start conversations about difficult topics, and give voice to those whose stories we may not have heard.” - Los Angeles Times
Four years ago, Michaels, the series's founding producer, said that by the end of the 50th season, "I think I really deserve to wander off." Now that that landmark has arrived, he says that "as long as (the show is) important and I can be useful, I’ll stay." - The Hollywood Reporter
These corporations have erected a private state over us. They who have disrupted almost every economic and political balance in the Republic. They who have amassed the power to shape and determine how we speak to one another and share news and information. Even how we think, dream, and perceive our place in the world. - Harper's
