Top AJBlog Posts For The Weekend, 02.12.17

Meetings Across Space and Time
Douglas Dunn + Dancers’ Antipodes comes to roost in Danspace St. Mark’s. Paul Singh supports Christopher Williams in Douglas Dunn’s Antipodes. Laura Brenneman at the piano, Mimi Gross’s woodpecker on the pillar. Photo: Ian Douglas … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2017-02-12

Other Matters: Language, “Going Forward,” “Upcoming”
Diplomats, politicians and business people have taken to salting their language with “going forward,” as if it means something. That useless phrase has crept out of official gobbledygook into general use, so … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2017-02-11
Ideas, and free speech, on campus
I was once a censor. Years ago, I was Dean of the school of fine arts on a Canadian university campus. The school had a degree program in film production, a somewhat free-wheeling operation. One … read more
AJBlog: For What it’s WorthPublished 2017-02-11
Buck Stops with the CEO: Holding Tom Campbell Accountable for The Met Mess (with podcasts, video)
Robin Pogrebin‘s damning NY Timesreport about the “tensions” and “challenged morale” among staffers at the Metropolitan Museum has emboldened me to say what I’ve been thinking for a long time about Tom Campbell‘s stewardship: … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2017-02-10
Energizing visit
I’m pretty much wowed, after spending a long weekend — last Friday to Monday — at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Of course it’s a big place, so there’s a lot I … read more
AJBlog: SandowPublished 2017-02-10
Bring me the head of Norman St John Stevas
What’s the point of Parliament? If you watched the BBC thriller Apple Tree Yard, you’ll know it’s to accommodate Emily Watson’s illicit shag in the cellars, igniting a slow-burning fuse of suspicion and self-deceit. … read more
AJBlog: Performance MonkeyPublished 2017-02-10