A Question to Nobelist Kandel Reveals A Big Gap At the Met
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-09-25
The Roots of Author Jeff Hobbs
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-09-24
Learning to Be Local
AJBlog: Engaging Matters | Published 2014-09-24
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Tag: 09.24.14
Texas School District Bans Six Books (And On Banned Book Week, Too!)
“Objections were raised to Pulitzer winner David Shipler’s non-fiction title The Working Poor, because it includes a reference to a woman who was sexually abused as a child and had an abortion. Narrated by a dog, Garth Stein’s The Art of Racing in the Rain was criticised for a sex scene, and Alexie’s award-winning novel for its strong language. Also suspended were Jeannette Walls’s memoir The Glass Castle and Hermann Hesse’s classic novel Siddhartha.”
Conductor Christopher Hogwood Dies At 73
“Hogwood worked with many leading orchestras around the world and was considered one of the most influential exponents of the early-music movement. The conductor founded the Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) in 1973 and directed the academy across six continents for some 30 years.”
Barbican Cancels “Human Zoo” Project After Protests
Exhibit B came under attack for its alleged racist portrayal of black African people, with campaigners demanding its withdrawal from the Barbican programme. The Barbican confirmed today that it had been forced to cancel the remaining performances due to “the extreme nature of the protest and the serious threat to the safety of performers, audiences and staff”.
Amid All The Electronic Clutter, Is It Possible To Be Contemplative?
“With so much of our lives embedded in our ever-changing social media feeds, we are increasingly afraid of being out of touch, of missing out on our friends’ lives, of losing our cool, our edge. That fear goes to our very core of human consciousness, playing into our inbuilt survival drives.”
Netflix To Comcast: Why Are You Extorting Us?
“It is extortion when Comcast fails to provide its own customers the broadband speed they’ve paid for unless Netflix also pays a ransom.”
Atlanta Symphony Lockout: Robert Spano Speaks (More Carefully Than Runnicles)
“Our brilliant and creative musicians, who need to be intimately involved in the creation of our path to the future, have been asked to leave the building – and Atlanta is left with a deafening silence. … If the 10th-largest urban economy in America is incapable of sustaining its cultural jewel, what does that signal about our country?”