“New research has identified a neuronal circuit responsible for the brain’s ability to purge bad memories, findings that could have implications for treating PTSD and other anxiety disorders.” It’s all about the amygdala and prefrontal cortex …
Tag: 07.31.15
Why This Bookstore Is Offering Refunds For ‘Go Set A Watchman’
Says a statement from the independent Brilliant Books in Traverse City, Michigan, “It is disappointing and frankly shameful to see our noble industry parade and celebrate this as ‘Harper Lee’s New Novel’. This is pure exploitation of both literary fans and a beloved American classic (which we hope has not been irrevocably tainted).” In a Q&A, Brilliant Books owner Peter Makin explains the decision.
‘We Rip The Band-Aid Off’ Ballet, Says Showrunner Of ‘Flesh And Bone’
Moira Walley-Beckett: “This is the first time we’ve really seen the underbelly of a ballet company. And I feel like a lot of those movies have catered to the very glossy, ephemeral optical illusion that is ballet. And we rip the Band-Aid off.”
‘Mother’s Delusions’: Shirley Jackson On Writing
“The children around our house have a saying that everything is either true, not true, or one of Mother’s delusions. … The very nicest thing about being a writer is that you can afford to indulge yourself endlessly with oddness, and nobody can really do anything about it, as long as you keep writing and kind of using it up, as it were.”
Do New York Theatergoers Really Dress Like Slobs? And Does It Matter?
Alexis Soloski: “Mostly I’m in favour of dressing down. It seems democratising to me. Less elitist. It makes theatre seem like the kind of thing anyone and everyone can go do, which is what I devoutly wish. (Well, that and cheaper, better wine at the concession stands.)”
How Performers Are Paid for Performance Art
The artists Gerard & Kelly “saw performer compensation ‘as a blind spot in how performance was entering [museum] collections’… They learned that the going rate museums paid performers in major 2010 exhibitions was about $20 an hour, which they found low and arbitrary. (This includes Marina Abramovic’s piece at the Museum of Modern Art, they said, and Tino Sehgal’s at the Guggenheim, the first performance piece that museum acquired.)” So they negotiated a wage formula for performers in their latest work, and included it in the license for any museum that wants to present it.
Orchestra That Just Fired Conductor Fires Executive Director, Too
The executive committee of the [San Luis Obispo Symphony’s] board of directors voted unanimously to terminate Feingold’s employment and he was let go Friday … Feingold’s departure comes less than three months after the ouster of former Music Director Michael Nowak, who had held that post for 31 years and was widely considered the public face of the symphony.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Last Story Is Finally Getting Published
“‘And as for that current dodge ‘No reference to any living character is intended’ – no use even trying that,’ Fitzgerald warns at the start of ‘Temperature,’ an 8,000-word piece dated July 1939 that is receiving its publishing debut in the current issue of the literary quarterly The Strand.
Where Can You Afford To Live As An Artist? Here’s Why New Orleans Ranks No. 1
So, what’s a poor, pragmatic artist to do? According to a new study from the personal finance website SmartAsset, they should consider moving to New Orleans. The birthplace of jazz has much more than just music: it has the best affordability-to-culture ratio out of the 187 largest cities in the United States. Also, beignets.
Once-Despised British National Library Gets Top Heritage Honor
“The institution, on Euston Road, London, now a victim of its own success with scholars and researchers complaining of students and tourists crowding the reading rooms and cafes, was opened by the Queen in June 1998 – more than 20 years after it was first approved and at £350m over the original budget, to a chorus of contempt.”