“Perhaps not, if you believe a controversial new study that suggests violence in primitive cultures is overwhelmingly the result of personal squabbles, rather than organised violence between two different groups. The finding contradicts the popular view that humans have evolved to be innately warlike.”
Tag: 07.18.13
Salt Lake’s New Contemporary Dance Company
“When Charlotte Boye-Christensen retired in April after a decade as the artistic leader of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, she didn’t so much step down as across – taking the reins of a new interdisciplinary dance and arts company called NOW ID.” The new group gives its first performances next weekend – just a day after Boye-Christensen and her co-director get married.
Literature Is Dead (According To Straight, White Guys, At Least)
Joel Breuklander: “Every few months, a new ‘Literature is Dead/Dying’ think piece crops up in high-profile media. Perhaps you’ve noticed. As a book nerd, I certainly have, though they’ve begun to bleed together: Their diagnoses of literature’s ills tend to be eerily similar. … Still, until recently I’d never thought to look at the identities of the authors before.”
Theatre Companies Take Risks? Well, So Do Audiences
“However, as a number of new initiatives funded by Arts Council England’s strategic touring programme are exploring, there might be ways for these companies to reduce the risk involved for their audiences without having to become artistically conservative.”
English National Opera Head Steps Down
“Loretta Tomasi, known for her no-nonsense, tough leadership style, has been one of the most powerful women in the British arts scene.”
Heat Forces NY Philharmonic To Cut Short Outdoor Concert
How hot was it? So hot that the New York Philharmonic skipped half its program on Tuesday night, prompting scattered protests from disappointed concertgoers who chanted, “We want Dvorak.”
Netflix Makes Emmy History
Netflix’s strong showing in this year’s Emmy nominations — including a best-drama series bid for “House of Cards,” the first digital-originated program to enter that prestigious company — won’t change the TV industry. But it does underscore, as Academy Chairman Bruce Rosenblum noted, how our understanding of “television” is evolving.
This Year’s Emmy Nominations List
The complete list…
Smithsonian Struggles To Care For Its Collections
“The panel noted that the sheer volume and variety of the collection make preservation more challenging by the year.”
Protests Erupt Over Rolling Stone Cover Article On Boston Marathon Bomber
“The cover story we are publishing this week falls within the traditions of journalism and Rolling Stone’s long-standing commitment to serious and thoughtful coverage of the most important political and cultural issues of our day.”