12.19.17 – Page 2 – ArtsJournal Wayback

American University Presidents Believe They’re Being Scapegoated

“It’s not enough anymore to just say, ‘trust us,'” Yale President Peter Salovey said. “There is an attempt to build a narrative of colleges and universities as out of touch and not politically diverse, and I think … we have a responsibility to counter that — both in actions and in how we present ourselves.”

Musician Pulled Over For A Traffic Stop Loses His Life Savings

Civil forfeiture allows law enforcement to take and keep cash, cars and other property without ever charging someone with a crime. Before that fateful March day, Phil had never heard of civil forfeiture. He was just a musician driving through Wyoming to a show in Salt Lake City. Phil had big plans for his life savings, which he brought with him for safekeeping.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Letters To His Children As Father Christmas

“In December 1920 Father Christmas wrote a letter to a modest house in the Oxford suburbs, enclosing a watercolour sketch of his own rather more exotic domed snow house, approached by a flight of steps lit by ice lanterns. ‘I heard you ask Daddy what I was like and where I lived,’ he wrote to three-year-old John Tolkien, and as the family grew to four children, he continued to write every Christmas for 23 years, until the youngest, Priscilla, was 14.”

#52PlaysbyWomen – A Post-Mortem On A Social Media Campaign To Promote Female Playwrights

Laura Shamas, who created the #52PlaysbyWomen project in August 2016, considers the results and the responses of participants.

Actors Union Does The Math: New Tax Bill Will Increase Taxes For Working Actors, Writers, Reduce Them For Big Stars

“Some working actors would see their taxes almost quadruple, according to an analysis by the stage actors union Actors’ Equity. The new bill appears to be regressive: the poor suffer the worst increases, the middle-class gets hit hard, and the wealthy benefit from tax cuts. The same effect will hit writers, directors and screen and television actors. Producers could be affected too, as well as below-the-line workers with agents or other significant business expenses.”

The Long (And Sometimes Cringeworthy) History Of Jokes About Office Sexual Harassment

Rebecca Onion, Slate‘s resident history maven, looks at the cartoons and quips that go all the way back to the entry of female secretaries, stenographers and typists into the workforce around the turn of the 20th century.

‘Why Not Now?’ – Four Veteran Dancers On Working Into Their 70s

Gia Kourlas talks with Gus Solomons Jr. (79), Douglas Dunn (75), Eiko Otake (65), and Brenda Bufalino (80) about the losses and gains to their art as they age and their motivation to keep going. As Solomons says, “The reason I’ve been able to dance for so long is absolute willpower.” (includes video)

Unknown Painting By Artemisia Gentileschi Discovered

The 11-square-inch canvas, a portrait of the artist as Saint Catherine, sold at auction in Paris on Tuesday for €2.36 million.

U.S. Holocaust Museum Reissues (With Changes) Study On Syria It Withdrew Under Pressure

“The study, … on Syria’s civil war and American options to mitigate it …, had been the subject of controversy this fall after the museum briefly published it online and then retracted it in the face of a political backlash. Some groups had balked at the conclusions, which expressed pessimism about American options. Then, after the retraction, academics accused the institution of allowing political pressure to suppress important research.”

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