Tag: 02.01.21
Who Was Mike Nichols When He Wasn’t Playing Mike Nichols? It’s Not An Easy...
"Making stories was how Nichols coped with the world. The biographical question is: why was there a need to cope? The answer is not...
Dante’s Descendant Wants Poet’s Conviction On Corruption Charges Reversed
In 1302, caught on the wrong side in one of Florence's perpetual factional struggles, Dante Alighieri was fined and banished on a probably trumped-up...
Why Men Should Spend Less Time Watching Porn And More Time Reading Erotica
"Finding your thrills in erotic literature, rather than in video scenes, might take a little longer, but it means caring more about the characters...
AI Robot Recommends ‘The 67 Best Books To Give A Woman’
"On its face this list is a little concerning — in a few years, robots might render humans' book-recommending jobs obsolete. I, a human...
South Africa’s Most Versatile, Most Beloved Singer, Sibongile Khumalo, Dead At 63
" a virtuoso vocalist whose ease of motion between opera, jazz and South African popular music made her a symbol of the country’s new...
How Theatre Works As A Political Force
"In my research, it became clear how the techniques used in theatre are used in politics, which further cemented my opinion that theatre artists...
Twitter Doesn’t Work – As A Network Or A Business. But It Could Be...
Trafficking in misinformation is wrong. Trafficking in misinformation with a structurally unsound business model is wrong and futile. But there’s an upside here: Twitter’s...
Dynamic Groundbreaking TV Exec Jamie Tarses, 56
By age 32, Tarses was the first woman to head a network entertainment division — and one of the youngest execs ever to lead...
Why Telling The Truth Inside Organizations Is Difficult
"Think of something... mundane: ‘How are you?’ Virtually no one expects to hear anything but: ‘Good, thanks. And you?’ Withholding information has become the...
Man Banned From Library For Life Because He Left Anti-Trump Poem There
A 68-year-old retiree in Seymour, Indiana was a regular visitor to his local branch library and had become friendly with some employees there. In...
Permanently Lock Down The Capitol? What Good Is A Symbol If It’s Behind Razor...
"What happened on Jan. 6 had nothing to do with fences or barriers or bad security infrastructure at the Capitol. It was a human...
What Some 1930s Scientists Knew: Public Engagement Is Essential
In other words, modern science became possible only once scholars began to talk with craftspeople. Science began with public engagement. - Aeon
Meet The Choreographer Behind The Viral Stars Of The UCLA Gymnastics Team
Bijoya Das was a gymnast herself from age 6 until an injury in college led her to switch to dance; she's now a successful...
Portland’s Classical Radio Station Will Be Recording And Releasing Music By Nonwhite And Women...
When the staff at All Classical Portland was looking at how to add more diversity to its playlists, they found that the biggest limitation...
She Was Fired From ‘The Color Purple’ And Is Suing. But She Would Probably...
Actress Seyi Omooba had been engaged to play Celie in the musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel in Leicester, England in 2019 — but...
Spain Will Pay $7.8 Million A Year To Keep Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection In Madrid
The Spanish government has concluded what is, in effect, a 15-year rental agreement with Baroness Carmen Cervera, the widow of Baron Hans Heinrich von...
Figuring Out The Writers That Figure Out The Future
"The most important promise underlying much of the canon inaugurated by Future Shock is that with the right foresight, readers can not only prepare...
DC’s Duke Ellington High School For The Arts Is Unique. So Why Is It...
It has been educating future artists and entertainers for 47 years. It also ranks in the top 7 percent of U.S. schools in challenging its...
Why Big Superstar Cities May Be In Trouble
Derek Thompson: "Last year, I wrote about how even a modest remote-work revolution—no more than 10 percent of Americans working remotely full time after...
Swedish Film Festival Takes Social Distancing To Extreme — Plays To One Viewer
"Over the course of the coming week, it will hold screenings in two urban venues for just one festival attendee. And it has also...
How To Write About The Internet
A book critic considers. "Relative to the amount of space it takes up in the collective and capitalist imagination, the internet has had less...
Israeli TV Is Having A Global Moment
Hollywood, in search of the next Shtisel, a hit show for Netflix. Apple TV+ and HBO Max are also trying to cash in, both...
If One Could Only Read Samuel Beckett’s Thoughts On His Best-Known Phrases
"All in all, the oracular quality of these lines, their sheer wisdom, makes of Beckett, much against his will, no doubt, something of a...
Lessons For Us From China’s Cultural Revolution
Trump failed to purge all the old élites, largely because he was forced to depend on them, and the Proud Boys never came close...