04.09.17 – ArtsJournal Wayback

Right-Wing Editor-Publisher Decides He Needs Balance, Seeks Out Liberal Authors (But Will They Respond?)

Adam Bellow (yes, Saul’s son), after 30 years handling such notorious titles as Charles Murray’s The Bell Curve, Dinesh D’Souza’s Illiberal Education and David Brock’s The Real Anita Hill, left the HarperCollins conservative imprint Broadside to launch All Points Books at St. Martin’s Press. However, as Alexandra Alter reports, “Mr. Bellow played a role in widening the ideological divisions he now maintains he wants to bridge … [and his] reputation might make it hard for him to recruit liberal writers to his list.”

Anatomy Of A Jazz Breakup – Ethan Iverson Is Leaving The Bad Plus

An audacious power trio that also functions as a postbop combo, The Bad Plus first made its mark by reforging songs from the pop-culture consciousness. (“Smells Like Teen Spirit,” by Nirvana, was an early calling card.) But the band has also been a tireless engine for original music. Each member contributes compositions, writing for the band while preserving a distinctive signature: vaulting and sonorous for Anderson, dissonant yet often delicate for Iverson, wily and kinetic for King.

State Of Maryland Might Replace Trump Cuts To Its PBS Funding

“What that means is that if President Donald Trump’s controversial call to zero out funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting were to take effect, Maryland would be giving MPT $3 million to replace it – the sum that MPT is scheduled to receive from the federal government through the CPB. The commitment appears to be open ended. It’s not just for one year.”

Could Dying Shopping Malls Be The Next Great Arts Spaces?

“To go shopping and see artists at work, perhaps talk to them, watch rehearsals, maybe see performances, interact with arts education programs, poetry slams, dance companies, film makers and on and on might be a very attractive lure to the public. And that might help retailers. And this might be a golden opportunity for us to target Millennials, even younger people, and to build public will in support of the arts.”

The Classical Musician Who Wants Her Dress To Be As Beautiful As The Music She Plays

Yuja Wang: “If the music is beautiful and sensual, why not dress to fit? It’s about power and persuasion. Perhaps it’s a little sadomasochistic of me. But if I’m going to get naked with my music, I may as well be comfortable while I’m at it.”

‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Sets A Record At The Oliviers

The show had tied the record for nominations at 11 – and it won nine, which burst above the previous records set by “Matilda the Musical” and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”

How Stephen Colbert Finally Learned To Win At ‘The Late Show’ (And It’s Not Just The Current Occupant Of The White House)

Basically, he got a production manager. “The deal was, he said, ‘Listen, let me make these decisions and don’t try to take them back from me,'” Mr. Colbert remembered. “And I said, ‘O.K., well, don’t debate with me what’s funny.'”

Comparing The Tonys And The Olivers Pretty Much Tells You How Well Transfers Across The Pond Work (Or Don’t)

Shows rarely impress on both sides of the Atlantic, though some transfer shows do even better in their second country than in their first.

Is It Possible To Separate A Brilliant British Artist From His Incestuous Abuse Of His Own Child?

The director of a museum mostly devoted to Eric Gill’s work held a series of workshops to discuss the various concerns. The director: “My view as a curator was: he’s an artist, and we show his work. I hadn’t felt it [his biography] would be an issue for us, until one day I found myself looking at work we would feel uncomfortable showing. There was one object in particular, and it really brought home the fact that Gill abused his daughters.”

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