“Diversity on stage will give people of different backgrounds a reason to explore forms of entertainment new to them. Audiences want to relate to characters that look and sound like them.”
Tag: 10.22.15
Russian Love Isn’t Love Like It Is In Capitalist Countries
“The individualistic appeal of the Regime of Choice tends to cast the desire for commitment as ‘loving too much’ – that is, loving against one’s own self-interest.”
If You’re Feeling Isolated, Join A Choir (It’s What Our Ancestors Did)
“Newly published research confirms that raising voices together is an effective way to forge feelings of connection and inclusion. Moreover, it finds this effect is particularly robust for singers who are part of a sizable ensemble featuring many unfamiliar faces.”
The Rise And Fall Of Tower Records
“A new documentary film called All Things Must Pass charts the rise and fall of Tower, from its origins in a Sacramento drugstore in 1960, to its glory days of cocaine-fueled rock-and-roll excess (topping $1 billion in sales), to its stunning downfall. It features interviews and reminiscences with the store’s employees – some of whom rose from scruffy clerks to become top brass.”
A Lost Merce Cunningham Dance Solo, Found – On Film And In The Flesh
“[Merce] was by all accounts at his most personal and driven in a series of three extraordinary 1950s solos he made to music by Christian Wolff.” One of those solo’s Changeling, was rediscovered in a 1958 German TV film. Now visitors to Boston can see both the film itself and a live performance of the reconstructed dance by Silas Riener.
Margot Winspear, 83, Philanthropist Whose Name Is On Dallas’s Opera House
With her husband, Bill, who died in 2007, she was a leading supporter of the performing arts in their hometown of Edmonton, Alberta and in Dallas, to which the Winspears moved in 1975.
Marty Ingels, Actor/Comedian/Voice-Over Artist, Dead At 79
“A raspy-voiced Brooklynite who co-starred with John Astin in the early-1960s sitcom I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster,” Ingels appeared on sitcoms like The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Addams Family and in such films as The Horizontal Lieutenant and Wild and Wonderful; among his many voice roles was Pac-Man. “But he was best known as half of what many thought to be one of Hollywood’s oddest couples.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 10.22.15
Sit Back & Enjoy the Ride: The Roller Coaster Career Plan
When I was younger, I thought I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up: Theatre Director. But after a few years in that world, I didn’t … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-10-22
The Career Path of a Nonprofit Generalist
About a year ago, I was accepted into the Chief Executive Program at National Arts Strategies. This particular cohort is focused on leaders using cultural organizations to change/alter/improve community. Unlike … read more
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-10-22
What Do We See and How Do We See It?
Leaving St. Mark’s Church after seeing Danspace Project’s presentation of Moriah Evans’s Social Dance 9-12: Encounter, I had a surprising thought about the experience: “This is so non-interesting that it’s interesting.” Then I spent the bus trip home wondering what I meant by that. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2015-10-22
Suffering Suffragettes: Save Tenafly’s Feminist Landmark (aka Charlie Brown’s)!
I ate at Charlie Brown’s while it was there for 25 years, and I never felt a connection with Elizabeth Cady Stanton while eating there. So said Mayor Peter Rustin of Tenafly, NJ, … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-10-22
“Danaë” Downpour: Metropolitan Museum & Yale University Shower Dealer Richard Feigen with Gold
Dealer Richard Feigen has once again used the imprimatur of the Metropolitan Museum to add luster to a work transferred from the Met’s galleries to an auction house’s premises. It now appears that Danaë’s golden … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-10-22
BlogBack: Curator Jonathan Stuhlman on the Met-to-Sotheby’s “Danaë”
As suggested in the BlogBack below, a few CultureGrrl readers and tweeters have interpreted my previous post – “Danaë” Downpour: Metropolitan Museum & Yale University Shower Dealer Richard Feigen With Gold – as criticizing the Metropolitan Museum’s curators for … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-10-22
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All The Meanings Of Bartleby
“Melville, despite his struggles, was a hopeful person. ‘Bartleby’ is the freewheeling dream of a bibliophile, the mock epic of a dusty office, the shards of a lifetime of thought. One hundred sixty-two years of scholarship have failed to solve its mysteries—or diminish its pleasures.”
The New Old Way To Hear (And Spread) Poetry
“‘I think being in a home environment is so much more comfortable for people,’ Ratzabi said. ‘It establishes this automatic comfort level. There’s something comforting about food, about sitting around a couch in a safe space where we’re here to support and critique each other.'”