“In the 1980s, Peter Schjeldahl and his wife purchased many acres of mountainous land in the town of Bovina, a little more than three hours north of Midtown Manhattan. For more than a quarter-century, the property served as the site of a Fourth of July celebration that has maintained a singular place in New York’s social history, drawing friends, and friends of friends, from the city — artists, writers, musicians, academics, gallery owners, movie stars — and a considerable segment of the surrounding population of Delaware County.”
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What’s The Problem With J.K. Rowling’s New North American Wizarding School?
“All I could think is that it was written with a colonial lens. This was the story of an outsider in America ‘fixing’ what was already there. Rather than integrating Native Americans into her world, they are reduced to background set pieces.”
More Administration Shuffling And Reshuffling At New York Live Arts
“New York Live Arts, which has seen quite a bit of administrative turnover since it was born five and a half years ago with the merger of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and Dance Theater Workshop, has announced more changes to its programming staff.”
Why Is Spring Happening Earlier In Cities?
City lights. And that’s bad. “When plants bloom earlier than usual, it can spell disaster for ecological systems—in which timing is key.”
Michael Cimino Wrote And Directed ‘The Deer Hunter’ Before Coming Up Short Against The Old West
“Heaven’s Gate, a frontier epic about the settlement of the West that was shot mainly at a studio-constructed town in Glacier National Park in Montana, outraged executives at UA. Cimino’s insistence on authenticity, in the end, deflated the production and sank the troubled studio. In addition, its running time of 219 minutes exasperated theater owners.”
How Did The First Live Stream Of A Broadway Musical Go?
“You do lose some of the vibrancy, some of the majesty and all of the camaraderie of being there in the theater, which is true whether it’s a live or a taped broadcast.”
If Apple Buys Tidal, What Happens To The Streaming Industry?
“That is a short-term solution, a bit like hailing a taxi for half a mile at the start of a marathon.”
Did Gay Talese Get Completely Played By A Source?
“Morgan Entrekin, the chief executive and publisher of Grove Atlantic, said the company would move forward with the publication and the promotion of the book, and might add a new author’s note.”
The U.S. Painters With Secret (More Like Ignored) Lives
“When women did well in contests, they went to pick up their medals and were told they must be mistaken – the winner couldn’t possibly be female. On the rare occasion that women artists were exhibited alongside their male counterparts, critics tended to concede that they were shocked by the quality.”
Why Does The Movies’ Gender Pay Gap Exist?
Unclear. “Statistics for 2015 released by the Motion Picture Association of America show that movie-going, as a whole, breaks down pretty much exactly 50/50 across the genders. If anything, there’s a slight skew towards women.”