Tag: 05.31.19

Tote Bags Might Be A Fun ‘Weird Media Flex,’ But It’s Also Time To Admit They’re Terrible

This is a thorough takedown of tote bags, media people, tote-toting people, and New York, with a couple of arrows aimed directly at Brooklyn. “the tote is a stand-in for being in-the-know. ‘Yes, after Bon App called Portland the country’s best food city, I did make a trip up to Maine,’ suggests a tote from Rose Foods, while a bag from NPR indicates how arts-friendly you are by supporting public broadcasting. Last year,New York Magazine quite literally ran a round-up titled The Coveted Tote Bags That Scream ‘Status.”” – Vice

Mindy Kaling, Who Created Her Own TV Show And Now Has A Movie Out With Emma Thompson, On Being A ‘Diversity Hire’

Kaling was initially embarrassed about that when she was on The Office, but she’s over it. And now, as a 39-year-old movie writer, she says, “It does feel amazing to have done this, but I’ve worked so hard to get here, so it’s not a big surprise. A journalist asked me if I have impostor syndrome and I said: ‘I actually don’t, because I’ve really put in the time.’ And I could tell he thought I was kind of cocky.” – The Guardian (UK)

When Management Canceled Summer Concerts And Told Baltimore Musicians They Wouldn’t Be Paid, They Played On

The chair of the players’ committee strode to the front of the stage and said, “We are stunned and grieve for our beloved B.S.O. … We will be making music with even more passion and purpose tonight and for as long as our management keeps the lights on and the doors unlocked.” Then they played, unscheduled, Edward Elgar’s “Nimrod.” – The New York Times

In St. Louis, A Group Of Rising Theatre Leaders Of Color Find Mutual Support

As theatre makers confront a rapidly shifting landscape – one of them, a professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, saw her entire department eliminated, all student productions ended, and her position moved to communications – they find inspiration and ideas with each other. “Getting to be in a room and talking with other artists who know the same kind of stress and extra weight that you’re feeling as a person of color, that was probably the most special part of the experience,” one said of her time with the Rising Leaders of Color cohort. – American Theatre

The Museum Of Tibetan Art Is Every Small Museum In A Battle For Audience, Space – And Money

The museum, which opened on Staten Island in 1947 after the collector Jacques Marchais and a local Italian stone mason worked to find the right stone for a “traditional mountain feel,” is in need of all kinds of things – staff, time, and money, mostly, though the executive director is pleased that grants are coming in. She notes, “Every project takes time and money.” – The New York Times

The Two Writers Taking Over From Hilton Als At The New Yorker

Vinson Cunningham and Alexandra Schwartz have been staff writers at The New Yorker since 2016, and they “filled in on the stage beat while longtime chief critic Hilton Als was on leave. Cunningham and Schwartz officially begin as alternating co-theatre critics next week. (Als is reportedly not leaving theatre criticism entirely but stepping back from regular reviewing.)” – American Theatre