Though Arellano, who wrote the “Ask A Mexican” column, was with OC Weekly for 15 years, six as editor-in-chief, he was a rarity in the U.S. “According to census population estimates from 2016, Latinos account for almost 39% of the population of California and 18% of the total U.S. population, but remain conspicuously underrepresented in media both in the state and nationwide — especially at its top ranks.”
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The Playwright Tried To Claim Their Play Was ‘Too Personal’ To Be Reviewed
Is that possible? Especially when the playwright has a PR person? Er, no: “Playwrights should consider these issues before deciding to put their work onstage. There are ways around it: hold private readings; don’t produce the piece; write a different piece; check with those around you first to be sure they don’t mind being included, or make your peace with the idea that they may be unhappy with you; use a pen name; decide whether or not this is the right career for you.”
Beloved, Prolific French Actress Danielle Darrieux Has Died At 100
Danielle Darrieux was only 14 years old “when she made her screen debut, with a supporting role in 1931’s Le Bal. With her expressive face, liquid eyes and original, slightly nasal voice, Darrieux quickly became a favorite of French directors, appearing in films by heavyweights Claude Chabrol, Jacques Demy and Andre Techine.”
Pacific Standard Time: How The Getty Climbed Down From The Hill
Basically, with the three (so far) iterations of Pacific Standard Time, the Getty has spread out across the city and, says architecture critic Christopher Knight, “has threaded itself into the contemporary cultural life of Los Angeles and Southern California. The Getty has not only paid for and otherwise supported important scholarship on the cultural history of Los Angeles, helping topple cliches and complicate over-simplified narratives about its art movements in the process. It has also used the PST effort to redefine itself.”
JK Rowling Is Europe’s Highest-Paid Celebrity
Rowling is the only celebrity on the list who is chiefly known as a writer, although British chef and television personality Gordon Ramsay, who is ranked at No. 6, is the author of several books. The rest of the list is dominated by musicians and athletes.
United Airlines’ Latest Victim: Ai Weiwei
On Tuesday, the artist was supposed to fly to São Paulo for a special screening of his documentary Human Flow. But the United ground crew at Newark airport refused to let him board the plane, insisting – because they misread the paperwork – that his (entirely valid) Brazilian visa had expired.
Google Is Building A Smart City – In Toronto
“Sidewalk Labs promises to embed all sorts of sensors everywhere possible, sucking up a constant stream of information about traffic flow, noise levels, air quality, energy usage, travel patterns, and waste output. Cameras will help the company nail down the more intangible: Are people enjoying this public furniture arrangement in that green space? Are residents using the popup clinic when flu season strikes? Is that corner the optimal spot for a grocery store? Are its shopper locals or people coming in from outside the neighborhood?”
Toronto’s Museum Of Contemporary Art Gets A New CEO After A Year Of Trouble
Heidi Reitmaeir’s appointment marks the end of a long fallow period for the institution, which, after closing its doors in its previous Queen Street West location in 2015, has endured construction delays and high-profile changes in leadership along its path to reinvention.
Art Galleries Move Into An LA Neighborhood And Residents Protest Gentrification (But It Isn’t Quite So Cut-And-Dried)
When a number of largely white-owned art galleries started opening here over the past few years, a familiar narrative began to emerge: new businesses and more affluent tenants moved in, followed by rent rises that forced out longtime residents. But while many young activists in Boyle Heights have loudly and aggressively protested the art galleries, Guadalupe Rosales – a successful artist and Boyle Heights native committed to preserving the history of her neighbourhood – doesn’t find the issues around gentrification to be quite so cut and dry.
I Made My Students Surrender Their Cellphones In Class. This Is What Happened
“Initially, 37 per cent of my 30 students – undergraduates at Boston University – were angry or annoyed about this experiment. While my previous policy leveraged public humiliation, it didn’t dictate what they did with their phones in class. For some, putting their phones into cases seemed akin to caging a pet, a clear denial of freedom. Yet by the end of the semester, only 14 per cent felt negatively about the pouches; 11 per cent were ‘pleasantly surprised’; 7 per cent were ‘relieved’; and 21 per cent felt ‘fine’ about them.”