“Berry was also concerned that girls whose families did not consider careers in the arts or the media as ‘proper jobs’ should not give up their dreams of working in the industry.”
Tag: 04.25.15
How Philip Glass Got His Education In World Music
“There were no books that would prepare me for those kinds of things. I was really on my own. Finding my way into other people’s music was a way of learning about music. And of course it had an impact on the way I compose music. It became the engine of change for me.”
Detroit Symphony Staffers Help Bring Sacramento Philharmonic Back From The Dead
“After a year in the dark, the Sacramento Philharmonic has announced an aggressive return to performing, with a seven-concert season for 2015-16. The return of the 18-year-old orchestra to the concert stage has been largely engineered by a consultancy team composed mostly of staffers from the Detroit Symphony.”
Off-Broadway’s Very-Long-Running ‘The Fantasticks’ Saved By Anonymous Donors
“The producers of the long-running Off-Broadway staple, who announced last month that they would close the show in early May, said on Saturday that two unnamed fans had contributed enough money to keep it open indefinitely.”
What’s So Great About Young Writers?
“Youthful achievement is often linked to privilege. Not everyone can afford to write when young. Some are already working more than one job. Others are raising children, as I was for many years. Still others may not feel safe expressing themselves, for any number of reasons.”
Why Museums Need To Partner With – Not Just Consult – Native Peoples For ‘Native American’ Exhibits
“Asserting Native voice in the exhibition is represented by gigantic blow-up photographs of Native people in the exhibition, quotes, videos, interviews, representation in the gift shop, participation in the catalog, is inaccurate and disingenuous.”
We’re Obsessed With The Apocalypse
“The postapocalyptic imagination depends on an attitude of disillusionment that presupposes that hope once sprang eternal in the human heart.”
Watch These Eerie Mini-Films Of London In The 1890s
“The most obvious change is at street level. In the old footage men wear bowler and top hats, while women wear voluminous dresses and horse drawn carriages are a common sight.”
Writers Romanticize Readers … And Then They Go On Tour
“Just as the author romanticizes the reader, so does the reader romanticize the author — there’s something inevitable and touchingly human about it all. Many years ago, at a book signing, a reader said she wanted to be me because she felt that her own life was so drab. My heart sank like wet sand. The writer’s life can seem glamorous, but mine certainly wasn’t.”
Competitive College A Cappella Is Super Intense [AUDIO]
“Kari Wei doesn’t carry her ‘pitch peanut’ everywhere because a cappella is popular; she carries it everywhere because a cappella is consuming.”