“The numbers of philosophers of color, especially women of color, is even more appalling. The 2003 number quoted above of 16.6 percent full-time women philosophy instructors includes zero women of color.”
Tag: 09.04.13
Minnesota Orchestra Board: Even Come The Apocalypse, We Won’t Give In
“Richard Davis, chairman of the orchestra’s negotiating team, said management will stand firm in the 11-month lockout, despite the looming prospect of outcomes once deemed unthinkable – including the departure of Music Director Osmo Vänskä, the cancellation of key concerts at Carnegie Hall and delaying the start of the 2013-14 season in the newly remodeled Orchestra Hall.”
Want To Understand Baroque Music? Take Some Baroque Dance Lessons
New York Times music critic Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim attends a workshop led by Catherine Turocy, America’s top expert on Baroque dance. “By the end of the workshop, my feet were no closer to mastering the Sarabande than before. But my ears had learned to see Baroque music in a new way.”
Rupert Murdoch, Rendered In Song And Dance
“The Melbourne Theater Company has just staged the premiere of Rupert, a cabaret-style dramatization of Mr. Murdoch’s life by one of Australia’s best-known playwrights, David Williamson. … Little is left out, not even the shaving-cream pie that a comedian heaved at Mr. Murdoch when he appeared to testify before a parliamentary committee looking into the hacking scandal.”