Charles Chu offers excerpts from a letter the playwright/physician/author wrote to his older brother when they were in their mid-20s.
Tag: 03.12.17
Phoenix Theatre, Arizona State University Propose A “Teaching-Hospital-For-The-Arts” Model
“In our vision, there would be a version of a formal deep relationship with every significant nonprofit cultural institution in the Valley. If we really believed in this teaching-hospital model, every major institution would have appointments at the institute.”
American Cities Discovering The Many Benefits Of Investing In Parks
From Philadelphia to Seattle, American cities are banking on parks and public spaces to drive social and economic progress. “Parks may not seem particularly urgent compared with the latest gangland murder epidemic; but the effort in Chicago to improve and expand them has, neighborhood by neighborhood, delivered long-term rewards. A few downtown showpieces, like the urbane Riverwalk and glamorous Millennium Park, have reaped immense financial windfalls for the city. Barack Obama’s presidential library in Jackson Park promises to become a major new attraction and help rejuvenate that part of the South Side.”
BBC Interview Hijacked By Toddlers Becomes Battleground In Culture Wars
When the video clip went viral, an incorrect assumption made by a lot of viewers on social media – and several media outlets – raised quite a few hackles. As Roxane Gay tweeted, “Today one of the funniest, most charming videos showed me that we have way more work to do than I ever thought.” Caroline Davies explains. (includes video)
While ISIS Was Busily Wrecking Mosul, It May Have Uncovered The Lost Hanging Gardens Of Babylon
Of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, the Great Pyramid of Giza survives to this day and the fate of five others is documented. But what became of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon has remained a mystery; some scholars aren’t certain they even existed. But ISIS’s destruction of a shrine on the ancient site of Nineveh may have revealed the key to that mystery. Or perhaps not. The connection involves a chain of historical references that may not hold up – but Noah Charney explains that chain and how it might be plausible.
Joni Sledge, Of ‘We Are Family’ Fame, Dies At 60
Sledge and her sisters (yes, the group’s name was Sister Sledge) “hailed from Philadelphia and formed the group in the early 70s, inspired by their opera-singing grandmother.” They were thinking about quitting when “We Are Family” started to take over the airwaves (and roller rinks, dance floors, raves and so much more).
The .Art Extension Is Now Available, And Might Help Define Artists Online
Maybe: “Being an artist implies a normative departure from bourgeois society. It’s a different kind of extension because it refers to a different lifestyle, so, unlike other domains, .art has the capacity to draw artists and institutions to itself.”