Françoise Gilot remembers that February day in 1946. (Pablo Picasso was there, too.)
The History of Gay Publishing in One Career
An interview with Michael Denneny, who co-founded the pathbreaking literary magazine Christopher Street and was the first man to make a career out of editing and publishing serious gay novels.
How Do We Revive A Language When There Are No Native Speakers Left?
“It’s hard to find information on Tongva. There are no audio recordings of people speaking the language, just a few scratchy wax cylinder recordings of Tongva songs. There are additional word lists from scholars, explorers, and others dating from 1838 to 1903.”
L.M. ‘Kit’ Carson, 73, Godfather of Texas Indie Filmmakers
He produced, directed, and acted; he co-authored, among other projects, Paris, Texas; and “played a key role in launching the careers of fellow Texans Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson.”
“Dance Is An Intellectual Art Form”: Wayne McGregor On Choreography, Creativity, And Cognition
“We have this idea, partly because of the past, of choreographers just coming and dancers just doing as if they’re not thinking. We know that dance is as much a cognitive act as it is a physical act. That’s why I’ve been very interested in physical thinking. If it’s a cognitive act, how is it that you can inspire people to be more creative cognitively?”
Opera Fans Won: Joyce DiDonato Will Sing The National Anthem Before World Series Game 7
And at Game 6, the Kansas City Symphony performed. “‘I think it’s a magnificent statement about what Kansas City is and the importance of both major league sports and major league performing arts,’ Frank Byrne, Symphony executive director, said on Monday.”
Australian Playwright Says It’s Time For The Return Of Radio Plays
“The internet means a lot of people can listen to the [BBC] World Service online. No writer is going to turn up their nose at a potential 40 million listeners.”
75 Years Of Live Literature At The 92nd Street Y
“Seventy-five years ago on Sunday, writer William Carlos Williams helped inaugurate what would become this country’s most famous literary reading series, at New York’s 92nd Street Y Poetry Center.” (includes audio clips)
Positive Thinking Isn’t Always So Powerful – It Might Even Hold You Back
“As a German citizen who came to the United States relatively late in life, I was initially struck by how much more positive thinking was valued in the United States than back in Europe.” Research psychologist Gabriele Oettingen had presumed this was a good thing – until she started doing some studies. It seems that some kinds of positive thinking are a lot less helpful than others.
Dancing About Peptides: Science PhD Students Choreograph Their Theses
“Why would you want to write a PhD abstract when you could make it truly abstract – through the medium of interpretive dance? For the seventh year running, Science magazine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science have challenged PhD students to do just that.” (includes video)
Paris Has Been A Capital Of The Arts For Centuries – And Now It Has To Change
“France’s leadership is struggling to pay for the government it provides. While the capital remains a global magnet of culture, it increasingly risks becoming a playground for the world’s elite, detached from its midsize cities, villages and countryside, where rising hardships stoke resentments and widen the opening for far-right parties.”
Chronicling New York As It Dies (And Is Reborn)
“‘We have learned that whatever was, isn’t,’ Mrs. Pagremanski said from behind her easel. ‘I once went to the Landmarks Commission and said, “What buildings are coming down?” And they said they never know until the wrecking ball hits. And that was about 20 years ago.'”
Marcia Strassman Of ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ And ‘Honey, I Shrunk The Kids’ Dies At 66
“I did not particularly enjoy ‘Kotter,'” she said in a 1991 interview with the Calgary Herald. “I spent much of the four years being frustrated. I didn’t have much to do on the show. I was just there when Kotter came home at the end of the day.”
You Had A Better Chance Of Seeing The UK’s National Theatre In Detroit Than In Non-London Great Britain
“It is crucial that the NT, with its £17.5m of annual public investment, is seen to be reaching all theatregoers in the UK, not merely those who live within easy reach of London’s South Bank. That means the NT needs to make available much larger parts of its repertoire to theatre lovers in all parts of the country.”
The Field Museum Preps Bones By Using – What Else? – Flesh-Eating Beetles
“It’s an interior room, behind two sets of thick doors, on the third floor of the Field Museum, inaccessible to the public. Because if there’s anything worse than flesh-eating beetles, it’s flesh-eating beetles circling a church group from Indiana.”
Film Critic Hulk (Yes, It’s A Thing) Takes On The Gaming Wars
Film Critic Hulk writes in all caps. Hang in there for serious content below the Hulkiness of the writing. “SINCE HULK’S ENTIRE PHILOSOPHY OF FINDING THE NUANCE CAN’T BE EQUATED TO FINDING MERIT IN THE MERITLESS, IT INSTEAD HAS TO BE FOUND RIGHT HERE IN THE HUMANIZATION OF OUR DISAGREEMENT. BECAUSE BEING NUANCED ISN’T SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE ‘ACKNOWLEDGING BOTH SIDES.'”
How Weird Is The Jian Ghomeshi Sex-And-Violence Affair? This Weird
“In the morning, CBC announced it had fired him under unexplained circumstances. Then Ghomeshi announced he was planning to sue. Then he unleashed a bizarre and rambling confession on Facebook, in which he laid bare what he characterized as ‘strange’ sexual habits that included ‘rough sex’ and ‘forms’ of bondage and role-playing. And then, late [that] night, the bomb dropped in a Toronto Star investigation that said three unnamed women had accused him of ‘attacking’ them without consent.” And that was just Sunday …
Atlanta Symphony Lockout: Musicians Partly Give In To Management Demands For Smaller Orchestra
The players’ union has made a counteroffer accepting a count of 77 salaried musicians – a number management wants to make permanent – for this season, with the orchestra’s ranks increasing by roughly four musicians each of the following three seasons.
The Mom Who Was-Or-Wasn’t Ejected From A Concert By MTT Speaks
“He actually said, ‘You’re disturbing me. Can you move to the side?’ But we weren’t doing anything. … My child was not fidgeting. No iPad. No phone out. … My child was about to burst into uncontrollable crying, [so] I had no choice but to leave.” (In the comments, someone claiming to be an eyewitness gives a different account of the event.)
It Worked! Joyce DiDonato Will Sing At World Series
Whether or not it was due to the social media campaign, the superstar mezzo and the Kansas City Symphony have been chosen to sing the National Anthem at the start of game six of baseball’s World Series on Tuesday. (If there’s a game seven, they’ll do it then, too.)
We Are All Confident Idiots
“In many cases, incompetence does not leave people disoriented, perplexed, or cautious. Instead, the incompetent are often blessed with an inappropriate confidence, buoyed by something that feels to them like knowledge.” (And every one of us is incompetent at something.)
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