That civilization’s main cities “boasted street planning and house drainage worthy of the twentieth century. They hosted the world’s first known toilets, along with complex stone weights, elaborately drilled gemstone necklaces and exquisitely carved seal stones featuring one of the world’s stubbornly undeciphered scripts. … Now – as a result of increased collaboration between archaeologists, linguists and experts in the digital humanities – it looks possible that the Indus script may yield some of its secrets.”
Tag: 10.20.15
Pinoy Power: The First Filipina-American Star At The American Ballet Theatre
“The Philippines is rightly proud of the newest Pinoy star in the global pantheon. ‘I’ve gotten so many beautiful comments on social media,’ says Stella [Abrera], ‘and shout-outs from young Filipino dancers, all saying #PinoyPower.'”
The Talkiness Of A Mark Morris Rehearsal
“Mr. Morris’s sharp, unstinting observations have the bite of reality TV, like a melding of ‘Dance Moms’ and ‘Shark Tank,’ with dancers presenting ideas in movement, only to be lauded or crushed.”
Ex-Principal Cellist Writes Of Coping With Career-Ending Hearing Loss
Janet Horvath, formerly associate principal cello of the Minnesota Orchestra: “After a second months-long round of doctor-hopping, I finally met an ENT who seemed to understand my condition. I had developed a noise-induced ailment called hyperacusis, he told me, an auditory injury caused by repeated exposure to high decibels or a single acoustic shock. It was characterized by abnormal sensitivity – in other words, the total breakdown of tolerance to all sound.”
Will New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Be Good For The Arts?
Well, he’d have to be better than Stephen Harper, who cut hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to arts and culture programs and to the CBC. In fact, Trudeau has promised to reverse many of those cuts.
Unfinished Story … How The Ellipsis Arrived In English Literature
“Dr Anne Toner believes she has identified the earliest use of the ellipsis in English drama, pinning it down to a 1588 edition of the Roman dramatist Terence’s play, Andria, which had been translated into English … and in which hyphens, rather than dots, mark incomplete utterances by the play’s characters.”
Paisley – A Brief History Of The World’s Most Democratic Pattern
“A pattern of exclusive royal privilege in the East becomes the pattern of Western capitalist longing. It trickles down on humbler fabrics to working men, gay men, gang members, and Boy Scouts. It signifies free love and forbidden love, belonging and exclusion – a seemingly impossible range of human experience.”
The Good News About Rescuing Art From ISIS
“For the first time, American museums are taking an active role in protecting cultural heritage under threat from Islamic State.”
New Music Sextet eighth blackbird Becomes Living Art Installation In Chicago
“While formal concerts in the Edlis Neeson Theater, in January and March, will be a central part of eighth blackbird’s residency, group members are devoting the bulk of their time to rehearsals, talks, workshops and educational activities, all of which the public is encouraged to take an active part in.”
Robert Binet Looks To Modernize Gender Identity In Traditional Ballet
“Gender identity in ballet – men depicted as strong, women as demure – that’s one of the things that disconnects ballet the most from the present world. I’m trying to find a way to express contemporary relationships that look like the relationships that we, as people, have today, while not abandoning that technique.”