“The appeal of online forums on Yelp, Amazon, TripAdvisor, and countless other sites, is to offer a wide range of opinions that, taken together, give consumers the scoop about the real quality and worth of a product or service. But recent social research into how these sites work reveals that they may fall short of providing a representative sample of broad opinion.”
Tag: 04.24.14
The Strange Tale Of ‘Hawaii’s Van Gogh’
That was a nickname he was given, but Arman Manookian’s painting owes more to Paul Gauguin and Diego Rivera than to van Gogh, and his life was more like Arshile Gorky’s.
Richard H. Hoggart, 95. Who Helped Save ‘Lady Chatterley’ From The Censor’s Pen
“[The] pioneering British cultural historian … was most widely known outside academia as the star witness for Lady Chatterley’s Lover in a 1960 trial that ended British censorship of that novel.”
Here’s What Happens When A Millennial Decides To Write Snail Mail Letters
“I completely forgot to check my mailbox for a good two weeks. But I had a lovely, unexpected surprise when I checked it twenty minutes ago – a perfect addition to Valentine’s Day; there’s nothing more poetic than sharing your handwriting the good, old fashioned way with a good, old friend.”
Essays Have A Newfound Popularity – Maybe Because Of Reality TV
Roxane Gay: “I think it’s very similar to why we watch reality television. We want to see people open themselves up and we want to see where they’ll take that openness.”
Business Leader: What Makes Me Human Is Dance
“What makes me human is a love of dance. On the dance floor, age, colour, nationality, status and education are of no consequence, only a shared ability to respond to the rhythms of music.”
How To Start Your Own Opera Company
“You and your librettist (and co-collaborator for most artistic things in your life) decide that the way around the non-performances and non-workshops of your work is to create a small opera company. This totally can be done, you think. You got this.”
How Stories Work On Our Brains (And Why They Can Be So Powerful)
“Your brain on story is different than your brain when it is receiving any other form of information, including straight facts and data. There are proven intersections between neuroscience, biology, and story we cannot ignore. The threads of stories that we read, hear, watch, and click on affect us intrinsically. And tempt us as well.”
Abramovic, McQueen, Paulus Among ‘Time 100’ For 2014
“Artist Marina Abramovic and theater director Diane Paulus are among Time magazine’s 100 most influential people for 2014. The annual list, which covers fields as diverse as arts, politics, science and sports, was released on Thursday and also included artist-filmmaker Steve McQueen and songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez.”
Sascha Radetsky To Retire From ABT
The 37-year-old American Ballet Theater soloist does plan to continue dancing as a guest with other companies and is in training as a repetiteur with the Anthony Tudor Ballet Trust.