CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster says it never meant to offend “anyone or any group” and did not intend to “diminish the importance” of stories that were left out of Canada: The Story of Us, which was meant as a marquee program to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the country.
Tag: 04.11.17
How John Coltrane’s Music Is An Expression Of Mathematical Principles
“Thelonious Monk once said ‘All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.’ Musicians like John Coltrane though have been very much aware of the mathematics of music and consciously applied it to his works.”
Artificial Intelligence Will Likely Change How We Think The World Should Work
In a world of digital assistants and computer-generated imagery, the expectation is that computers do all kinds of work for humans. The result of which, some have argued, is a dulling of the senses. “The miraculous has become the norm. Such a surfeit of wonders may be de-sensitizing, but it’s also eroding our ability to dream at the movies.”
Jeffrey Deitch Returns To LA With A Gallery
Two years ago he reopened his gallery in SoHo. And now, he’s taken his first step toward a Los Angeles comeback: He has just signed a lease for a 15,000-square-foot warehouse in Hollywood with plans to open a gallery there in the fall. The art dealer’s new space, at 925 North Orange Drive, is a few blocks from the strip of galleries lining Highland Avenue, anchored by Regen Projects and Kohn Gallery.
The First Time I Ever Acted On Broadway (Was In The Show I Wrote, Which Has Been Running For A Year Already)
“I felt sick to my stomach from the second I opened my eyes that morning, but it wasn’t the familiar queasiness of too little sleep, or too much bourbon the night before.” Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, who wrote the music and lyrics for Waitress, writes about taking over the show’s title role – the first time she’s performed in musical theater since she got eaten by a plant in Little Shop of Horrors in high school.
When Life Imitates Art, And Then Outruns It: ‘Veep’ In 2017
When season six of the satirical HBO series about a self-defeating female politician was written and shot, pretty much everyone involved assumed that Hillary Clinton would be president when the show aired this spring. This means that everyone involved figured that the new storyline – about the aftermath of former President Selina Meyer’s defeat in a very close election – would be a counterfactual. No such luck: as Willa Paskin observes here, “when Veep actively tries to avoid imitating life, life goes and imitates it.”
A Star-Is-Born Moment? Young Conductor Jumps In For Yannick In Philly On Three Hours’ Notice
Kensho Watanabe, the 29-year-old assistant conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, stepped in at the last minute on Saturday evening for suddenly-ill music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin – and reportedly brought the house down. With a Q&A, David Patrick Stearns introduces readers to Watanabe and gets the story of the fateful night.
Linda Hopkins, 92, Gospel Star And Tony-Winning Singer-Actress
After a four-decade gospel career (she was discovered by Mahalia Jackson), she began performing on Broadway in such shows as Purlie, Inner City, Me and Bessie (as in Smith), and Black and Blue.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.11.17
Doin’ It: Museums
In my last couple of posts, I introduced the idea of participatory experiences as being a potentially critical element in the work of arts organizations … In my next two posts I want to focus on examples of both the practice and practitioners of this type of work. … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2017-04-11
Can You Spot the Fake?
The exhibition that Winterthur recently unveiled, Treasures on Trial: The Art and Science of Detecting Fakes, comes at an opportune time. … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2017-04-11
What I learned in El Paso
In the musical part of my visit … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2017-04-11
Correspondence: About A New Jazz Club
Rifftides reader Arthur Hill writes from somewhere in Oregon:
Yes, Virginia – there is a jazz club in Salem, Oregon, called Christo’s, … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2017-04-11
Why America’s Retail Stores Are Closing Down
“There’s little doubt that e-commerce companies have dramatically changed the retail industry, and delivered enormous gains in efficiency and productivity. Yes, there would be more traditional retail jobs in this country if Amazon didn’t exist. Companies like Amazon are able to produce the same amount of economic activity as traditional retailers, with many fewer man hours of work. But, in general, those kinds of productivity increases are considered a good thing; it’s virtually impossible for the economy to grow in a meaningful way without such leaps in productivity.”