“‘Mi vestido soy yo,’ Frida Kahlo used to say – my clothing is me. … Kahlo’s look was inspired by the traditional clothes of the Tehuantepec region of southeast Mexico, where women often earn more money than their husbands and administer the family assets.” (photo journal)
By The Numbers: Here’s Why So Few Women Run American Theatres
“To conclude that the main problem is a pipeline issue and over time more women and people of color will become viable candidates is an incomplete diagnosis of the problem, and an excuse.”
Why Do We Need Libraries Anymore?
Today, when electronic technology announces (perhaps prematurely) the death of paper and promises us unfading memory of many millions of texts and images, as well as apparently limitless storage in cyberspace, the question “What is a library?” pops up with satisfying frequency on our bookshelves, both virtual and concrete.
Study: Watching Lots Of TV Is Harmful To Your Brain
“A new, large-scale study finds a link between heavy TV viewing as a young adult and below-average thinking skills in middle-age.”
Now *This* Is How To Do A Theatre Conference
“During the day, audience members could choose to attend one of three deeply audience-centric experiences, which took place variously in a pool, a bed and a cupboard. They came together for a group experience in the evening, set up to look like a panel discussion – and then a show that is usually staged by surprise in classrooms happened. By surprise.”
One Of Hollywood’s Very First Power Duos Was Female
“Mary Pickford was America’s original sweetheart, the ‘girl with the golden curls,’ who became an international superstar playing plucky children filled with innocent wonder. Frances Marion was a patrician sophisticate, ‘just as beautiful as the stars she wrote for,’ who was continually told that she was wasting her looks on writing. Together, they would become one of the powerhouse teams of silent Hollywood.”
Twyla On Twyla: The 50th Anniversary Tour Wrap-Up
“After the final show on Sunday night I slept 12 hours and took Monday off. But Tuesday was time to think again about being in the studio. There is absolutely nothing glamorous about starting over again. One foot down, next foot up. Find two ideas to rub together. No judgment, just get it down. But this small daily practice is, for me, sanity, and to begin constructing a new phrase of movement is my connection to the world.”
That’s Totally Not Gollum, It’s Smeagol, Peter Jackson Says About Turkish Court Case
Asked to weigh in on the current lèse-majesté trial – the defendant juxtaposed photos of the Tolkien character and President Erdoğan – the director and screenwriters of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings films said in a statement, “We can state categorically: None of [the images] feature the character known as Gollum.”
Where Book Titles Come From
“Writers are at least as picky about the titles of their novels as parents are about their children’s names; often more so. This is perhaps to be expected, as a book’s conception is considerably less pleasurable, and the gestation period generally lasts far longer than nine months.”
Could You Resist Making A Designer Baby?
“You would be literally designing and producing a new type of baby via the same sort of technology that is used to make a GM tomato, mouse, or monkey. The baby would be a genetically modified human or, to phrase it in an edgier manner, a GM human.”
A First: Institute For Women Conductors
“If you get on the podium in a master class with all males, before you even lay the baton down for the first beat, they’ve already pigeon- holed you as the female conductor. Whereas when we sit down here it becomes more about the music and about the score. At least that’s how I hope it’s seen.”
Minnesota Orchestra Musicians Donate Money Raised During Lockout Back To Orchestra
The $250,000 gift, “which establishes a separate fund and was not included in the 2015 results, came from self-produced concerts and donations that the musicians received during the lockout. Given to the association in memory of orchestra advocate Lee Henderson, the gift will support education and community programming.”
The 2015 Bad Sex In Fiction Award Goes To An Actual Rock Star
“At this, Eliza and Ezra rolled together into the one giggling snowball of full-figured copulation, screaming and shouting as they playfully bit and pulled at each other in a dangerous and clamorous rollercoaster coil of sexually violent rotation with Eliza’s breasts barrel-rolled across Ezra’s howling mouth and the pained frenzy …” (We’ll spare you the rest.)
The Awards Season Begins, And NY Film Critics Circle Loves “Carol’
“The lesbian drama starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara made a strong showing, taking Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography” – although, in an upset, not Blanchett for Best Actress.
Is Comparing The President To Gollum A Criminal Insult? Asks Turkish Court
The trial of a Turkish man accused of insulting the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, by comparing him to Gollum has been adjourned so that a group of experts can study JRR Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings character, Turkish media has reported.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 12.02.15
Nicole Johänntgen
The Rifftides staff does not plan to observe the season by loading the blog with jazz versions of Christmas songs. There may be exceptions. The first exception is a video brought to our attention … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-12-02
Say Hello to A Better Goodbye
An interviewer recently asked me about influences. I told her about a number of journalists in Chicago back in the day. Among them was John Schulian, a sportswriter whose 1,000-word columns four times a week … read more
AJBlog: Straight|Up Published 2015-12-02
Snapshot: a 1961 TV interview with Otto Klemperer
Otto Klemperer is interviewed by John Freeman on Face to Face, originally telecast on the BBC in 1961. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-12-02
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Canada’s Fashion Industry: We Should Get Arts Funding Too
“In 2014-2015, Ontario’s Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sports invested approximately $800 million into the province’s cultural industries. The fashion industry has lobbied for years to be eligible for access to that government funding and Froese believes the time is now right for the fashion industry to get a slice of the pie.”
Broadway Show “Waitress” Makes History Even Before It Opens
“Lorin Latarro has been hired to choreograph the show, joining a female book writer, composer and director. That’s the first time in Broadway history that the four top creative spots in a show have been filled by four women.”