“It mattered – a lot – who the interviewers were and who was editing the text they produced.” The testimonies collected by the relatively small number of black interviewers read very differently from the tales told to visiting whites – some of whom came from slaveholding families.
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A Novel Fundraising Approach: “Our Downtown Has Become Hostile To The Arts”
“Our longtime home at 6th and Hennepin in downtown Minneapolis … has now become an environment that is hostile to the arts,” said the fundraising letter, signed by founding artistic director Linda Z. Andrews. “Many factors have contributed to this change, including the recent development of downtown sports centers with escalating parking fees; ongoing street construction right outside our door; and social unrest on Hennepin Avenue.”
Why Most Fiction Is Being Marketed To Women
“Most readers of fiction in North America are, by a wide margin, women. The books are being marketed to them. I am perfectly happy with this. I know where my bread is buttered.”
Oslo’s Opera House In Financial Crisis
“Playing out behind the sleek, elegant lines of Oslo’s Opera House is a financial crisis so dramatic that it prompted Opera management to close the publicly owned building to the public itself last weekend, in order to rent it out for a ‘considerable’ sum for a private wedding. Now that’s stirring additional drama as well.”
Toronto’s MoCA Hires City’s Ex-Culture Director As Temporary CEO
Announcing his retirement from the city in April this year, Terry Nicholson said he thought he’d probably do some consulting and keep his hand in what he called “his passion projects,” the Museum of Contemporary Art being one of them. “But [the vision] was nothing as extensive as this,” he said with a laugh during an interview Wednesday.
Too Darn Hot: Why White-Hero-In-The-Jungle Movies Just Won’t Go Away (It’s Not Only About Colonialist Myth)
“Jungle films have never really toed the ideological line of these colonial creation myths, however. They’ve always been more interested in getting bums on seats – and on screens, if possible. When pondering Tarzan’s enduring screen popularity, the potential for depicting male beefcake cannot be discounted. Acting skills are a bonus for the role; a great physique is non-negotiable.”
‘In The Zone’: When ADHD Becomes ‘Flow
“Writers, entrepreneurs, and creative leaders of all types know that intense focus that happens when you’re ‘in the zone’: You’re feeling empowered, productive, and engaged. Psychologists might call this flow, the experience of zeroing in so closely on some activity that you lose yourself in it. And this immersive state, as it turns out, also happens to be something that some adults with ADHD commonly experience.”
How Can The Arts Respond To Brexit? Five Artists Discuss The Issues
Novelists Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials), Zia Haider Rahman (In the Light of What We Know), and Elif Shahak (The Bastard of Istanbul); playwright/screenwriter Mike Bartlett (King Charles III); and stage director Marianne Elliott (War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) join in a virtual panel discussion on their reactions to the vote, how it’s changed the way they see Britain as a place to make their homes, and when is too early for artworks to address the historic moment.
Man Cuts Off His Ballet Teacher’s Thumb Because She Threw Him Out Of Class For Being Disruptive
No, this did not happen in Florida.
Why So Many Ph.D. Students Drop Out
It’s not (or not just) because it’ll be hard to find a job in your field.