Tag: 06.17.21
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui To Direct Geneva’s Ballet Company
Since 2015, the Moroccan-Belgian choreographer, one of Europe's most prominent contemporary dancemakers, has been artistic director of Ballet Vlaanderen in his hometown, Antwerp. At...
Why The Pompidou Center Is Putting Its American Branch In Jersey City
"Free space and funding, mostly (and that 15-minute PATH ride to Manhattan). In fact, the museum agreed to the four-story warehouse space sight...
Is Culture Really Mappable?
Does culture really behave like space? If not, how are cultural relationships distorted when we convert them into spatial ones? - Cultural Analytics
Advice For Living With A Writer
“I am a writer, and I lived with a writer, Roger Zelazny, so I know perfectly well that living with a writer is sort...
When Graphs And Charts Were A Revolutionary Way To Think
A psychologist and a statistician argue that visual thinking, by revealing what would otherwise remain invisible, has had a profound effect on the way...
What Makes A Great Football Anthem?
According to folk singer Martin Carthy, the football chant can be considered one of the last embodiments of the oral folk tradition. - The...
Anthony Braxton: Still Pushing At The Edges Of Jazz
"A conversation with him can easily pinball from contemporary politics to ancient Egypt. But what he's most eager to talk about now is ZIM...
Five Pioneering Black Ballerinas Speak Up
Life as a pioneer, life in a pandemic: They have been friends for over half a century, and have held each other up through...
Is “Improving” Your Personality A Thing?
Maybe we should all try to become more compassionate or honest or forgiving, but there’s no comparable moral demand for shy people to become...
Mimicking Clubhouse, Spotify Adds Live Audio Chat Function
The Greenroom app lets any user host or participate in live rooms, as well as record live conversations. - Variety
Two Members Of Hollywood Foreign Press Association Quit, Slamming Inaction
"There has been no contrition, no humility, little recognition of our faults, no inspiring leadership. We do not wish to be associated with a...
Edinburgh Festivals Warn Of Bankruptcy If COVID Rules Aren’t Changed
"Our festivals, and creatives across the sector, are effectively prohibited from trading our way through to recovery, while hospitality and sports are being supported...
UK Libraries To Save Irreplaceable Collection Up For Auction
Almost entirely inaccessible since 1939, the library was put together by Victorian industrialists William and Alfred Law at the turn of the 20th century,...
What Is “Internet Literature”?
The way Internet Literature treats its relationship to the world—and the anxiety of that treatment—is what distinguishes it as a form, and that goes...
Art For The Nose: In Paris, An Exhibition Of ‘Olfactory Sculptures’
"We have art for the eyes and music for the ears, but what about about creative stimuli for our sense of smell? A new...
NPR Gets Fourth Regional News Hub, This One For Midwest
Thanks to a $4.7 milion grant from former Google chairman Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, the newsroom will be based at KCUR in...
Philadelphia Orchestra To Consolidate With Kimmel Center Under New Organization
"Philadelphia Orchestra president and CEO Matías Tarnopolsky will become leader of the new parent company upon finalization of the deal, and Kimmel president and...
Journalist Janet Malcolm, 86
"A longtime New Yorker staff writer and the author of several books, the Prague native practiced a kind of post-modern style in which she...