Let’s move before they change the parking rate
No, I cannot quit writing about economic-impact-of-the-arts reports. Let’s try something a little more focused, and talk about … parking. Parking is part of the cost of attending a show, if it takes place in … read more
AJBlog: For What It’s Worth Published 2018-04-15
Fixing the Actual “Glass Ceiling” at the Metropolitan Museum: My Q&A with Keith Christiansen
With all the recent pushback against the supposed “glass ceiling” at the Metropolitan Museum (occasioned by the naming of an eminently qualified male, Max Hollein, to assume its directorship), let’s take a look at another glass-ceiling problem there, which is unambiguous and needs immediate remediation: … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2018-04-16
West Side Story and Leonard Bernstein at 100
CultureCrash’s guest columnist, Lawrence Christon, remembers the Broadway roots of the film West Side Story, and has this to say about the forces that made it all possible. … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2018-04-16
Music by the Second
Sometimes I’m amazed when I realize the number of clocks I encounter every day: on the wall, on the stove, on the phone, on the screen I’m typing on now. … Unlike the clocks I grew up with – clocks with faces and arms and reference points around a circle – the clocks that surround me now designate only the moment I am in, without context, without motion. … read more
AJBlog: Infinite Curves Published 2018-04-16
Monday Book Recommendation: Lilian Terry’s Jazz Friends
Lilian Terry, Dizzy Duke Brother Ray And Friends (Illinois)
Lilian Terry’s book is full of anecdotes about her friendships with the musicians mentioned in the title – and dozens of others. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2018-04-16