Tag: 02.20.21
Using Social Media To Preserve The Uyghur Language — And Keep It Up To...
Uyghur, a Turkic language that uses the Arabic alphabet, has about 10 million native speakers, most of them in the Xinjiang province of northwestern...
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Someone’s calling, maybe me. C. C sharp? D? My scalp tightens, which makes me wonder where I am, and who, too. But this voice...
Jeff Alexander Shares the Importance of Live Orchestral Music
The President of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra speaks about the importance of live, in-person concerts and the day-to-day leadership of a major symphony orchestra....
How Boredom Is Changing Us
Another way the pandemic has had an impact on the economy is by making people bored. By limiting social engagements, leisure activities and travel,...
In Canada, The Supreme Court Is Facing A Major Case About Comedy And Freedom...
At issue: Whether the comedian Mike Ward harmed a disabled teenager by mocking his disability, calling him "ugly," saying that the youth would die...
Los Angeles Group Plays Its Way To Diversifying The Orchestra
The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles is the largest Black-majority orchestra in the country. But it doesn't want to be alone. The...
If You’re A Special Effects Artist, You Might As Well Make Pandemic Isolation More...
Peter Quinn, VFX artist, has been making homemade special effects movies, and posting them online. "The whole quarantine and lockdown aspect, I find that...
Bust Of Black Member Of Lewis And Clark Expedition Appears In A Park In...
York was enslaved by William Clark and remained enslaved after the expedition returned. The memorial bust, which is on a pedestal where a statue...
Director Lee Daniels Says His Movies Are Independent Because Hollywood Studios Don’t Fund Black...
You'd think the director of Precious, The Butler, and more could get funding. But ... "'Studios will give you about $10 to make a...
The Latest Front In A Music Copyright Battle: Superhero Cartoons
Members of De La Soul were, suddenly, characters on Teen Titans Go!, where in one episode, "the plot revolves around a fraught real-life issue:...
Where Did All Of Hollywood’s Women Go?
In 1917, Warner Bros. had eight films directed by women. In 2017, it had ... one. What the heck? Well, for one thing: "Female-focused...
The Music And Life Lessons Of Piano Teacher Cornelia Vertenstein
Vertenstein, a Holocaust survivor, was 93 when she died earlier this month. She "began giving lessons at age 14 in war-torn Romania. She did...
Scorsese Says Streaming Algorithms Are Ruining Film
True? Film has always had marketing, PR, and of course ratings: "It would be a mistake to present the old gatekeepers in romantic colours...
As The Tonys Remain Undetermined, Where Are Previous Nominees Now?
A Broadway stage manager who's now in graduate school for (logically) organizational leadership project management: "I initially thought, well, I'll get a class or...