“Creative Scotland has admitted a cover-up over how controversial funding cuts were made – as its chief executive admitted she was ‘profoundly sorry’ over how they were handled. The quango has also pledged a ‘root and branch’ review of the way funding decisions were made and a ‘reset’ of its future priorities in the wake of widespread criticism across the cultural sector.”
Tag: 02.22.18
Top Posts From AJBlogs 02.22.18
My Storify from the Obama Portraits Event: Eclectic Crowd, Controversial Art
In case you still have an appetite for more about the Obama portraits unveiling and installation, here’s my Storify of live tweets from the scene … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2018-02-22
Julian Lage at the Bootleg Theater
Last night’s show by the young Santa Rosa native was one of the greatest jazz gigs I’ve ever seen. Even knowing a few of his records and having seen him play … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2018-02-21
Can Chicago’s Lyric Opera Survive Doing Opera?
“I love West Side Story. I can’t wait to see this coproduction with Houston Grand Opera and the Glimmerglass Festival, though the cast is yet to be announced. But the schedule makes a point as unmistakable as the high-wire high F tenor Lawrence Brownlee’s been hitting in Lyric’s current, very traditional production of I Puritani: in spite of years of trying to build it, the audience for opera, in comparison to the fans who’ll turn out for Broadway musicals, is paltry.”
How Did English Choral Music Find Its Way Into ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’?
Yes to this: “The Anglican choral tradition is one of the great successes of English cultural diffusion, to rank with Association Football (soccer), cricket, and the works of William Shakespeare. It has a cultural heft way beyond its parochial and very specific origins, and it turns up in the oddest places.”