“It seems like we’ve never been so overwhelmed with reboots, prequels, neverending series, and what Slate has called “famfic” — continuations of a series by the late author’s own family.”
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San Jose Ballet Chief Steps Down After Only A Year
“News of Alan Hineline’s departure came shortly after the company announced that it had weathered yet another of many financial crises, raising $680,000 in 10 days to avoid a shutdown last March. Today, the company is on the road to fulfilling its “Bridge to the Future” campaign, having raised $1.5 million of its $2.5 million goal, expecting to reach that in May 2016, after completion of Ballet Silicon Valley’s next season.”
How The Talmud Became A Bestseller In South Korea
“Each Korean family has at least one copy of the Talmud. Korean mothers want to know how so many Jewish people became geniuses. Twenty-three per cent of Nobel Prize winners are Jewish people. Korean women want to know the secret. They found the secret in this book.”
Uprooting The Confederate Flag From American Pop Culture Ain’t Gonna Be Easy
It’s not just all the bumper stickers and belt buckles and shower curtains and other merch: it’s motorcycle clubs and Lynyrd Skynyrd albums and Dukes of Hazzard reruns. “How do you deal with a symbol that means so many different things, to so many different people? How do you ‘take down’ a flag that has ceased to be a flag at all?”
Cause And Effect: The Way The Universe Works, Or Naïve Illusion? (Yes, It’s A Real Question)
“In short, a working knowledge of the way in which causes and effects relate to one another seems indispensible to our ability to make our way in the world. Yet there is a long and venerable tradition in philosophy, dating back at least to David Hume in the 18th century, that finds the notions of causality to be dubious. And that might be putting it kindly.”
What’s Happening In Your Brain When You Keep Nodding Off And Can’t Stay Awake
It’s all about the thalamus and the group of cerebral regions sometimes nicknamed “the oh shit circuit.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 06.23.15
“Fragmented Exhibition Spaces”: Guggenheim Picks Architects for Helsinki
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-06-23
Entry from an unkept diary
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-06-23
Lookback: on discovering the joys of shuffle play
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-06-23
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Film Composer James Horner Dies In Plane Crash
“One of Hollywood’s most highly regarded and prolific film composers, Horner wrote the music for well over 100 movies in the course of his career, touching on every conceivable genre. His credits include some of the most successful films of the last three decades, and he collaborated with many of the industry’s top directors, including Ron Howard, Terrence Malick and James Cameron.”
French-Japanese Architects Chosen For Helsinki Guggenheim
“The design was the popular choice in an exhibition of the six shortlisted scheme, which closed in May. Winning support from the citizens of Helsinki—and its politicians—is crucial, if the design is to be built. Backed by Helsinki’s mayor Jussi Pajunen, the project still needs to receive a green light from the city authorities.”
Oscar-Winning Composer Killed In Plane Crash
James Horner wrote the scores for a host of successful movies, among them Titanic, Braveheart, Field of Dreams, Aliens, Apollo 13, Avatar, and Star Trek II and III.