Deborah Borda Speaks Out: New Administration’s Policies Are A Disaster For Our Culture

“As the chief executive of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, it is the rare occasion that moves me to comment on the actions of our federal government. However, in less than two weeks, our new president has attempted to limit public discourse, diminish cultural exchange and bully our neighbors. The executive order that temporarily — for now at least — bars entry into the U.S. of individuals from seven Muslim-majority nations is a terrible thing for America’s creative community, in whose work we find our common humanity. I must step forward.”

Art Stealing ‘Spiderman’ Says The Paris Museum Of Modern Art Was Easy To Rob

Though he’s famous for scaling buildings to steal from wealthy owners’ apartments, this was easier: “During several scouting visits, he discreetly sprayed the window’s mounts with acid so they could be easily dismantled later. Then, around 3 a.m. on May 20, 2010, he disassembled the window, removed the glass, cut the padlock and the chain of the metal grid behind it and entered the museum. The alarm systems remained silent.”

Classical Music Station Added – Well, Restored – To The FM Dial In New Orleans

The classical station has been purely HD, and the FM station will share its programming, but it’s now back to standard receiver land. The station’s general manager: “We have been waiting several years for the opportunity to restore classical music to the FM band. … As resources grow, we aim to record and broadcast local performances by New Orleans-area classical music organizations.”

Local Music Somehow Survives, And Occasionally Thrives, In The Face Of Globalization

That’s partly because of “the wild dispersion of technology and musical ideas that creates surprising scenes all over the world. … Moroccan Berber folk-pop expresses traditional conservative values while being ‘saturated with full-on cyborg Auto-Tune’ – applied to singers’ vocals in the same ramshackle studios where they’re recorded.”

A Brief Discussion Of ‘Chick Lit,’ A Genre That Deserved More From The Industry

“Given that so many women writers and readers currently feel that, once again, we are fighting for our basic liberties, might a new category of women’s fiction, more overtly feminist than its predecessor, be on its way? Instead of women searching for sex and love with the opposite sex, perhaps the genre might revolve around women simply trying to survive the opposite sex. “

MoMA Joins The Resistance, Hangs Art From ‘Travel Ban’ Countries

Damn, MoMA: “Alongside each painting, sculpture, or photograph is a text that makes no bones about why it has suddenly surfaced: ‘This work is by an artist from a nation whose citizens are being denied entry into the United States, according to a presidential executive order issued on January 27, 2017. This is one of several such artworks from the Museum’s collection installed throughout the fifth-floor galleries to affirm the ideals of welcome and freedom as vital to this Museum, as they are to the United States.'”