“With a repertoire that includes a Hairy Bikers chef, a boxing champion and Lemmy from Motörhead, Lucy Evans is a woman of many faces. The former trainee nurse goes by the stage name Pixie Truffle and is spearheading a thriving scene of colourful male impersonators in Manchester, fast emerging as the UK’s drag king capital.”
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Learning New Scents As We Sleep
“Wake up and smell the coffee. Or stay asleep and smell it. You might learn something either way. People can make new scent associations while they slumber, which suggests that sleep has real learning potential.
“Literary” Is A Liquid Concept
Literary once denoted the value, intent, and even content of a written work. Now it mostly connotes taste. What’s “literary” is not always “best,” but usually suggests a higher form of artfulness in writing. In the collapse of high and low, it loses meaning, becoming a diffused, vague suggestion of class and classism (kind of like, sorry, “hipster”).
The Money Behind The New Art
“New works may spring unassisted from a creator’s pen; often, though, they are ushered on stage via powerful and persuasive backers.”
The “Art” Of Restoration – Damage Waiting To Happen?
“Professional restorers do not, of course, make the kind of crass and catastrophic blunders that Cecilia Gimenez made. But if their interventions do not actually destroy far more important works of art than Martinez’s fresco, there is a growing consensus that they do not always improve them – and on occasion, they may seriously damage them.”
Anti-Obama Movie Scores Surprising Success At Box Office
“In its first week in wider distribution, the documentary grossed an estimated $6.2 million, far exceeding industry expectations, according to independent distributor Rocky Mountain Pictures. That was virtually the same amount as the major studio action film “Premium Rush” collected — and “Obama’s America” was playing in roughly 1,100 fewer theaters.”
The Arts’ 50 Most Powerful?
Barry Hessenius takes his poll and makes his annual list…
For 100 Years, American Movies Have Been Protected By Copyright
“It’s basically been a Noah’s Ark effort to save the creative history of the United States.”
Detroit’s Man Of Jazz
“No one deserves the spotlight more than Marcus Belgrave, the reigning patriarch of Detroit jazz. For nearly 50 years, his world-class trumpet playing, charisma, résumé and commitment to mentoring young musicians — many of whom have become more famous than their teacher — have made Detroit a hipper city than it would have been without him.”
Sony Signs Deal To Produce Broadway Versions Of Its Films
“First up in the studio’s extensive catalog? The 1982 comedy “Tootsie,” which starred Dustin Hoffman in drag.”