Adam Bellow (yes, Saul’s son), after 30 years handling such notorious titles as Charles Murray’s The Bell Curve, Dinesh D’Souza’s Illiberal Education and David Brock’s The Real Anita Hill, left the HarperCollins conservative imprint Broadside to launch All Points Books at St. Martin’s Press. However, as Alexandra Alter reports, “Mr. Bellow played a role in widening the ideological divisions he now maintains he wants to bridge … [and his] reputation might make it hard for him to recruit liberal writers to his list.”
Anatomy Of A Jazz Breakup – Ethan Iverson Is Leaving The Bad Plus
An audacious power trio that also functions as a postbop combo, The Bad Plus first made its mark by reforging songs from the pop-culture consciousness. (“Smells Like Teen Spirit,” by Nirvana, was an early calling card.) But the band has also been a tireless engine for original music. Each member contributes compositions, writing for the band while preserving a distinctive signature: vaulting and sonorous for Anderson, dissonant yet often delicate for Iverson, wily and kinetic for King.
State Of Maryland Might Replace Trump Cuts To Its PBS Funding
“What that means is that if President Donald Trump’s controversial call to zero out funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting were to take effect, Maryland would be giving MPT $3 million to replace it – the sum that MPT is scheduled to receive from the federal government through the CPB. The commitment appears to be open ended. It’s not just for one year.”
Could Dying Shopping Malls Be The Next Great Arts Spaces?
“To go shopping and see artists at work, perhaps talk to them, watch rehearsals, maybe see performances, interact with arts education programs, poetry slams, dance companies, film makers and on and on might be a very attractive lure to the public. And that might help retailers. And this might be a golden opportunity for us to target Millennials, even younger people, and to build public will in support of the arts.”
The Classical Musician Who Wants Her Dress To Be As Beautiful As The Music She Plays
Yuja Wang: “If the music is beautiful and sensual, why not dress to fit? It’s about power and persuasion. Perhaps it’s a little sadomasochistic of me. But if I’m going to get naked with my music, I may as well be comfortable while I’m at it.”
‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Sets A Record At The Oliviers
The show had tied the record for nominations at 11 – and it won nine, which burst above the previous records set by “Matilda the Musical” and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”
How Stephen Colbert Finally Learned To Win At ‘The Late Show’ (And It’s Not Just The Current Occupant Of The White House)
Basically, he got a production manager. “The deal was, he said, ‘Listen, let me make these decisions and don’t try to take them back from me,'” Mr. Colbert remembered. “And I said, ‘O.K., well, don’t debate with me what’s funny.'”
Comparing The Tonys And The Olivers Pretty Much Tells You How Well Transfers Across The Pond Work (Or Don’t)
Shows rarely impress on both sides of the Atlantic, though some transfer shows do even better in their second country than in their first.
Is It Possible To Separate A Brilliant British Artist From His Incestuous Abuse Of His Own Child?
The director of a museum mostly devoted to Eric Gill’s work held a series of workshops to discuss the various concerns. The director: “My view as a curator was: he’s an artist, and we show his work. I hadn’t felt it [his biography] would be an issue for us, until one day I found myself looking at work we would feel uncomfortable showing. There was one object in particular, and it really brought home the fact that Gill abused his daughters.”
Top Stories From AJBlogs For The Weekend 04.09.17
Lines For Mulligan, With Video
The press of Art Pepper business distracted Rifftides from noting that yesterday was the birthday of Gerry Mulligan. He would have been 90. On the occasion, Franca Mulligan sent news about an … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2017-04-08
I have a rare NYC performance next week, and, even rarer, a NYC world premiere. The ensemble Contemporaneous, led by Bard graduates David Bloom and Dylan Mattingly, is premiering my Cap Rock Wind for mezzo-soprano … read more
AJBlog: PostClassicPublished 2017-04-07
AJBlog: PostClassicPublished 2017-04-07
The Entrancing Sound of the Timple
The family of the lute has a multitude of relatives, the guitar being the most prevalent right now. But there are a number of more diminutive nieces and nephews who have shaped the music of … read more
AJBlog: OtherWorldlyPublished 2017-04-07
The family of the lute has a multitude of relatives, the guitar being the most prevalent right now. But there are a number of more diminutive nieces and nephews who have shaped the music of … read more
AJBlog: OtherWorldlyPublished 2017-04-07
Failing the who-cares test
In today’s Wall Street Journal I write about the Broadway transfer of here. Here’s an excerpt. * * * “War Paint” isn’t so much a musical as a pitch. It’s easy enough to imagine it: … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-04-07
In today’s Wall Street Journal I write about the Broadway transfer of here. Here’s an excerpt. * * * “War Paint” isn’t so much a musical as a pitch. It’s easy enough to imagine it: … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-04-07
Almanac: Eric Hoffer on hatred
“Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-04-07
“Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-04-07
Barratt’s Back: A Harbinger of the Met’s Administrative Readjustments?
Last July, it was reported that the Metropolitan Museum’s deputy director for collections and administration, Carrie Rebora Barratt, was one of those who had taken a voluntary buyout at the Met. Now, it appears, she’s … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2017-04-06
Last July, it was reported that the Metropolitan Museum’s deputy director for collections and administration, Carrie Rebora Barratt, was one of those who had taken a voluntary buyout at the Met. Now, it appears, she’s … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2017-04-06
Accessible or hospitable
We talk a lot in the arts about being “accessible” — which tends to mean open and available to many different people. The assumption (and often the experience) is that a lot of artistic work … read more
AJBlog: The Artful ManagerPublished 2017-04-06
We talk a lot in the arts about being “accessible” — which tends to mean open and available to many different people. The assumption (and often the experience) is that a lot of artistic work … read more
AJBlog: The Artful ManagerPublished 2017-04-06
Our Stories About The Founding Of The U.S. Are Split, And That’s One Reason For The Culture Wars
The U.S. should see itself as a land of “civil religion” rather than a land of “radical secularism” or “religious nationalism,” says one historian. Would this solve our wars over culture? (Would the N.E.A. be fully funded? Would ‘Sesame Street’ be on the chopping block?)
What Would Monsters Actually Sound Like?
Turns out that’s a pretty tough question when reptiles are involved. “We asked paleontologists, who’ve been trying to figure out what dinosaurs sounded like for decades. It’s hard to get an answer because the vocal organs used to make sounds, like the vocal cords in our throat, are mostly made of flesh. And flesh doesn’t fossilize.”