On his last day as Prime Minister David Cameron came out to speak to reporters and when we was done, turned away and hummed a short tune followed by “right!” But his mic was still on, and after news outlets played it, musicians began turning it into full-blown pieces of music…
Report: America’s Poor Urban Kids Don’t Have Books To Read
“In high-poverty neighborhoods, books—the very things that could supply so many of those 30 million-plus words—are hard to come by. In many poor homes, they’re nonexistent.”
Dallas Museum Of Art Chooses New Director
“Before assuming the directorship of the Mexico City’s Museo Nacional de Arte, Agustín Arteaga served as director of Puerto Rico’s Museo de Arte de Ponce. He was founding director of the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) Fundación Costantini, which focuses on contemporary art, and director and chief curator of the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.”
Can We Rewire Our Brains Not To Be Racist?
“According to the Implicit Association Test, most white Americans are biased against black people, as measured by the amount of time it takes them to associate positive words with images of black, compared to white, people. So how do you undo biases that are so ubiquitous that even very young children buy into them, yet so dark that few people will acknowledge them?”
Star Of Play With ‘Worst Audience Behavior Ever’ Defends Audience, Says We Should Stop Being Prigs
“[Game of Thrones star Kit] Harington rejected claims made by the award-winning theatre producer Richard Jordan in The Stage newspaper that audiences had behaved inappropriately at the final night of Harington’s Doctor Faustus … ‘I have been a theatregoer since childhood and I didn’t feel that our audiences were disrespectful in the slightest.'”
Maralin Niska, 89, Beloved Star At New York City Opera
“[Her] mesmerizing stage presence and command of dozens of roles made her a mainstay of [the company] in the 1960s and ’70s … [She] had a dark, supple, powerful voice, … but it was her dramatic gifts and movie-star looks – The Daily News of New York once said she resembled ‘Ava Gardner of the love goddess years’ – that earned her a special place in the hearts of opera fans.”
Tony-Winning Director Pulls His ‘Hamlet’, And Its Star, From Company
“It seemed to be a coup for Theater for a New Audience: Its first summer Shakespeare production would be Hamlet, with the much-lauded Tony-winning director Sam Gold at the helm, and the rising Hollywood star Oscar Isaac in the title role. … [But] last month Mr. Gold, citing insurmountable artistic differences, backed out and took the play – and Mr. Isaac – to the Public Theater.”