“As there are no movie theatres in Gaza, the screenings are held at a rented hall at the Red Crescent Society building.”
Tag: 04.07.16
A Successful BroadwayCon Gets A Bigger Sequel
“The gathering drew 5,000 people this year; organizers hope it will draw up to 15,000 next year. The convention, inspired by ComicCon and a multitude of other pop culture fan gatherings, consisted of panels, workshops, performances and presentations by theater artists and theater industry officials.”
Festivals Are Getting More And More Popular. Here’s Why
“The AIF’s research in 2014 found that 58% of people cite overall experience and atmosphere as the main reasons for their purchase of a festival ticket, and that just 7% said it was the headlining acts. This adds credence to the theory that participation is going to be the prevalent theme in modern festival-going.”
An Arts Foundation Closes Abruptly In Seattle, Leaving Questions
Funding artists is great but when the support happens only through the whim of a single funder, the ground might not be stable…
Is It Really Intelligent To Pooh-Pooh IQ Tests?
“‘IQ tests just measure how good you are at doing IQ tests.’ This is the argument that is almost always made when intelligence-testing is mentioned. It’s often promoted by people who are, otherwise, highly scientifically literate. … In fact, decades of well-replicated research point to IQ tests as some of the most reliable and valid instruments in all of psychological science.”
Podcasts Have Been Around For 15 Years, And They’re Finally Coming Of Age
Yes, it’s been that long: the iPod was launched back in 2001. But – except for a few popular radio shows like This American Life – the first generation of podcasts weren’t always professional quality, and most faded away. But over the past couple of years, the form – led by Serial – had leapt upward in quality, variety, and popularity.
Are Library Cards Going The Way Of The VCR Tape?
“Library cards have always had the same purpose—to keep track of borrowers’ loans—but originally they were invented for a different type of library.”
Where They Keep The Ghosts: Behind The Scenes At The Met Museum
Christine Coulson, chief adviser to the director: “It is a Met that exists just beyond the walls of the galleries, where the staff move through tunnels and hallways like the below-stairs cast of Downton Abbey. It is also where we keep the ghosts.”
A Stone Angel Plunges To The Ground And The Met Museum Has To Pick Up The Pieces
The “painstaking job began the morning just after the della Robbia’s fall, when conservators gathered in its closed-off gallery to begin making sense of the pieces, some of them as tiny as fingernails. “It was a lot like an archaeological dig — all the pieces were collected and bagged and numbered.”
The Loneliest Cities In The World
“One thing is certain: the percentage of those who live alone has increased dramatically. In the US, 27% of people live alone, up from 5% in 1920, and in New York City it’s roughly one third. The same trend is evident in Canada, and even more pronounced in Europe – 58% of people in Stockholm live alone, a figure that is considered the highest in Europe.”