Azar Nafisi: “More than almost any other fictional character, Alice is in constant conversation with herself and others: probing, asking, reminding me of my infant daughter who would call out for me and, when I entered the room in the dim light of early morning, point to the objects around her and ask, ‘wassdis? wassdis?'”
Tag: 07.12.15
Actor Roger Rees Dead At 71
He made his name in the RSC’s marathon production of Nicholas Nickleby in 1980, became known to millions through roles in the series Cheers and The West Wing, and (between the occasional major film) maintained a long and successful career as a stage actor and director on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Man Who Dared Create A Flamenco Dance About The Holocaust
Israel Galván’s Lo Real/Le Réel/The Real “is tipped to be a highlight of the Edinburgh international festival this summer. Yet back in Madrid, something about its subject matter or discordant style so outraged the audience that they began chanting insults and calling for the performers to leave the stage.”
Greek National Opera Robbed At Gunpoint
“Police are seeking an armed robber who burst into the Greek National Opera box office in central Athens on Wednesday morning and forced the cashier to hand over 11,000 euros, the GNO said over the weekend.”
Harper Lee’s Lawyer Explains How She Found ‘Go Set A Watchman’
Tonja B. Carter: “Accidents of history sometimes place otherwise unknown people in historic spotlights. Such was my fate when last August curiosity got the best of me and I found a long-lost manuscript written by one of America’s most beloved authors.”
Making The Contemporary Art World Less Hip, By Design
“‘The language I use, the way I try to talk about things, is always with that in mind,’ the Vancouverite says during a phone interview. ‘It’s something my mom can enjoy, or people I grew up playing hockey with can enjoy.'”
Google Started Mapping Networks, And Ended Up With Gorgeous, Bizarre Pop-Flavored Art
“‘Two weeks ago we blogged about a visualization tool designed to help us understand how neural networks work and what each layer has learned,’ Google writes. ‘In addition to gaining some insight on how these networks carry out classification tasks, we found that this process also generated some beautiful art.'”
It’s OK To Write What You Don’t Know, As Long As You Ask For Help
“Weeks of work followed. I emailed questions and studied the answers. The key wasn’t simply to load in science. My average reader would be as confused as I by long passages about RNA and antigenic drift. But fiction demands a certain specificity. Cliches – like a virus ‘going airborne’ – had to go.”
A Struggle For The Soul Of British Dance
“The students don’t believe you when you say it’s not good enough. Don’t take on board how hard you have to concentrate in class. Don’t warm up. Don’t get that you shouldn’t have to tell them more than twice. They just don’t really listen.”
Millennials Don’t Watch Baseball Live, So Baseball Has Adjusted Completely To Digital Media
Is there a lesson for the performing arts in the story of baseball’s adaptation to social media and mobile-first strategies? (Imagine a StatCast for decibel levels at different areas of the stage during a Mahler, for instance … )