“Culture Minister Marianne Jelved said on Tuesday that she has signed a new public-service agreement with broadcaster DR that will see the 42-person orchestra shut down as planned. Jelved said that although a majority of parliament was against the closing of the orchestra, politicians were unable to come up with a realistic alternative for funding it.”
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If Positive Thinking Doesn’t Work, What Does? WOOP Does
For decades, from Norman Vincent Peale to Oprah Winfrey, we’ve been told that the power of positive thinking is real. Now some researchers are arguing that, at best, it’s no sure thing and could even hold us back. So what’s a goal-oriented person to do? WOOP. (Yes, it’s an acronym.)
Top Posts From AJBlogs 12.09.14
The weirdest day of my recent life
AJBlog: Condemned to Music Published 2014-12-09
Boston’s Arts Czar – Real Or Window Dressing?
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2014-12-09
Will Nashville’s Gentrification Destroy Its Music Scene?
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2014-12-09
Preparing for Lawsuit? Why Might Neil MacGregor Be Doubling Down on His Elgin Marbles Bet?
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2014-12-09
Recent Viewing: Films About Hersch, Brown And McFarland
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2014-12-09
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Bolshoi Ballet Star Alla Sizova Dead At 75
“[Her] outsize talent was apparent even before she joined the Kirov (now the Mariinsky) in 1958. … Her extraordinarily high jump and astounding technical prowess as the Queen of the Dryads in a school performance of Don Quixote won raves from the Leningrad critics and a nickname, Flying Sizova.”
Aaron Sorkin Under Fire For “The Newsroom” Episode About Campus Rape
“Mr. Sorkin, in an astonishing case of prescience, created a plot that hewed closely to the recent article in Rolling Stone magazine about an accusation of gang rape at the University of Virginia.” The backlash to the script is coming close to the backlash against Rolling Stone , too.