“Biopics! Coming-of-age tales! Socially conscious historical dramas! You might even call them ‘Oscar bait’ – but should you? Below, Vulture editors Mark Harris and Kyle Buchanan debate the utility of the term.”
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How The Miami Tribe Is Bringing Its Language Back From The Dead
“The last native speaker of Myaamia died in the 1960s. The language had been spoken by the Myaamia people, Native Americans who originally lived in what is now Indiana. Also known as the Miami, they were forcibly relocated twice in the 19th century, and ended up scattered throughout the Midwest and beyond … By the 1980s, linguists and tribe members alike thought the language was gone. But then Daryl Baldwin came along.”
Paris Museum In Hot Water Over Exhibit On Segregation In US
“The Musée du Quai Branly Jaques Chirac in Paris has come under fire for literature published for children alongside their exhibition, ‘The Color Line: African American Artists and Segregation.’ The booklet appears to play down the European role in slavery, and claim some slaves had enjoyable lives. Following public outcry, the museum destroyed the inaccurate pamphlets.”
Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center Buys Another Theater
“The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is buying the Merriam Theater from the University of the Arts for $11 million, leaders from the two arts groups say. … With this purchase, the Kimmel bolsters its control of major arts venues between Pine and Locust Streets totaling well over 8,000 seats.”
An Uber For Classical Music?
“Professional musicians and those studying in conservatories can upload samples to a Groupmuse profile, which an internal team approves. Next, the Groupmuse team pairs performers with hosts who volunteer to host strangers and musicians in their home: a soloist for 10 people, a quartet for a house that can fit 50 listeners. Around 20 Groupmuse shows happen across the country every week, mostly in Boston, New York, Seattle and the Bay Area. Groupmuse suggests each attendee pays $10 for the show; musicians go home with an average of $160.”
We Don’t Seem Bothered By Movie Violence. But Why Do We Think It’s Entertaining?
“The colossal body counts of action blockbusters are incapable of rousing our concern. The vivisections of the torture porn genre we can endure with nary a wince or grimace. We’re unmoved by bloody fisticuffs, unruffled by cities levelled en masse, forever unperturbed by peeled-eyeball gorings. Violence, in the movies at least, has a tough go of actually bothering us. So what about it does?”
Oops! London Theatre Wanted To Auction Off “Work Experiences” In The Theatre. Storm Of Protest Ensues
The theatre had intended to auction off experiences in the theatre – opportunities to work there – to the highest bidders. The theatre’s executives said they had set up the auction in good faith, but added: “Since some prizes have been misconstrued, we take responsibility for the misunderstanding.”
Arts Council Of Ireland Gets Eight Percent Funding Boost (But Arts Funding Is Still Down)
“The Arts Council of Ireland has received a €5 million (£4.5 million) increase in the 2016/17 budget – equivalent to an 8% increase that will see its total funding rise next year to €65.1 million. In total, the arts budget for 2016/17 is €158.3 million (£142.7 million), although this is down 16% on the previous year. However, the decrease was attributed to one-off capital funding allocated in the previous budget for projects marking the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising.”
Has Chicago Become The Center Of Theatrical Innovation?
“Between now and the end of the year more than 30 plays will make their world premiere in Chicago, which makes 2016 particularly robust for a city that’s never taken its theater scene lightly but is increasingly taking risks with material the coasts won’t touch.”
How The Spaces Of Los Angeles Made A Poet
“To have been born and raised in such a place is a stain on the psyche and a strange blessing, an embrace of soft air all your life, laced with whiplash Santa Ana winds sweeping off the wastes of the Mojave and electrifying an atmosphere already charged with the energies of untethered development and entrepreneurial ambition. Buildings are constructed and routinely erased, yet they remain implanted in the native’s mind like seeds of some vaguely remembered myth.”