The mother of a biracial high school student on the state’s Eastern Shore told a school board meeting, “I’m not disputing this is great literature. But there is so much racial slurs in there and offensive wording that you can’t get past that, and right now we are a nation divided as it is.”
In Last-Minute Turnaround, Toronto Symphony Sees $4 Million+ Deficit Become $831K Surplus
What’s more, $5 million in debt has been paid down. “It’s an impressive result, considering the financial wake that former President and CEO Jeff Melanson left when he abruptly resigned last March.”
An Ad-Free CBC Could Be A Major Cultural Opportunity For Canada
“Leaving aside, for the moment, the political realism of the request, the plan is a good one. In an increasingly scattered but ever more Internet-dependent and globalized media environment, the country needs a public producer, curator and distributor to craft a powerful Brand Canada across all platforms, offering not only news, public affairs and documentaries, but also fiction, variety and arts programming. It needs an iconic institution to nurture and lead the cultural industries, a rallying point for Canadian creativity.”
A Knock At The Door And There’s A “Very Lost” Garrison Keillor
“It turned out Keillor was scheduled to appear at the Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts in less than 30 minutes. “Hotel and venue staff were searching for him, frantically,” Hallett wrote.”
Public Museums Are Teaming Up With Private Philanthropists Creating New Challenges For Museums
Individuals owning parts of art work and museums owning the rest. “It is one of a growing number of creative partnerships — forms of philanthropy that go beyond straightforward gifts and bequests — that are blurring the line between public and private art, providing new opportunities and new challenges for public institutions.”
A Bricklayer’s Son Who Taught Himself To Dance By Imitating Michael Jackson Moves Just Won An Australian Ballet Prize
Callum Linnane didn’t have a contentious relationship with his dad, though: “It’s been a quick rise to public notice for the country boy, who began tap-dancing classes at the age of seven and started ballet classes when he was 11. His father reportedly learnt to love ballet and even made the sets for his performances as a child.”
The Artist Whose Life And Practice Got Blown Right Up By A Kardashian Relative
Jonathan Valenta is a Christian tattoo artist whose life changed one day when Kim Kardashian’s younger sister, Kendall Jenner, got a white dot tattooed on a finger – and Instagrammed it.
The New Coolest Thing Online
‘Mom’ is now the highest form of flattery. Witness one Twitter response to a photo of Beyoncé with her daughter: “Beyoncé just ENDED your moms, moms mom, moms mom’s cousin, your moms mom’s cousin’s friend, and your moms mom’s cousin’s friends dog.”
Why Isn’t Britain’s Turner Art Prize Engaging With Britain’s Political Scene?
There’s a lot going wrong in today’s Britain (let’s not even speak of Brexit): “Drastic cuts to public funding have led to the demolition of social housing, and to the closure of public libraries, galleries and museums. … The arts and humanities are disappearing as educational options: most recently the preparatory step of A‑level art history was placed under threat.”
The Pittsburgh Symphony May Be Playing Again, But Its Financial Problems Continue
The symphony hasn’t had a balanced budget since the 2007-2008 season (you may recognize that as right before the Great Recession, by the way).
Lost (And Found) Stravinsky Piece Performed In St. Petersburg
It’s only been 107 years since the “Funeral Song” for Rimsky-Korsakov was last performed. “Getting it played in the narrow, status-conscious musical world of tsarist Petersburg cost him almost as much emotional effort as it has cost to get it replayed now.”
The Heartbreak Of The Oakland Fire And Young Artists’ Need For Underground Spaces
With nine confirmed dead and dozens missing, the fire on Dec. 2 has devastated a whole community. Vital members of Oakland’s arts and music scene – and many queer and trans artists of color – are likely gone. Some who survived say “these non-permitted residences that host underground shows are often the only safe place for marginalized people, those who find above-the-board and sanctioned venues unsafe or inhospitable.”
Bertolucci And Brando Conspired To Make ‘Last Tango In Paris’ Rape Scene Actually Non-Consensual For Maria Schneider
So, this is abhorrent: “According to Bertolucci, he and Brando agreed not to tell Schneider what would happen to her because he wanted her reaction ‘as a girl, not as an actress.'”