“The creative ferment is happening even as unrest in the region and domestic political instability have ground the economy and tourism to a near halt and threaten to embroil Lebanon in new conflicts.”
Month: October 2015
Jennifer Lawrence’s Essay Was About Equal Pay – And So Much More
“There was a time in Hollywood when it was easier to find great actresses, however unfairly compensated, all over the nation’s screens, playing all kinds of characters. Lawrence is only 25, and already she’s great at comedy, at drama, at anchoring a string of global smashes. She doesn’t need the money, as she wrote in her Lenny essay. But she’s had it with the double standards.”
Because Of His Antiracist Comments, Junot Díaz Gets Stripped Of An Award By The Dominican Republic
“Diaz, who was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to New Jersey at the age of six, went to Washington on Thursday with the Haitian American author Edwidge Danticat, there to urge the US government to take action to curb what they said was the persecution of large numbers of immigrants, mainly Haitians, in the Dominican Republic.”
Is The New York Philharmonic Moving To Hunter College During The Two-Year Renovation Of Its Hall?
“Orchestra officials, who have mapped where their subscribers and single-ticket buyers live, recognize that they will need to play most of their core season at centrally located spots in Manhattan, and that they will need a base of operations for most concerts and rehearsals. That is where Hunter comes in.”
The Internet Is Not Going To Let Lego Dictate What Materials Ai Weiwei Can Or Can’t Use
“Social media reaction was predictably ‘awesome.’ Many Lego owners offered to donate their bricks to [Ai] so he could complete his project.”
If Publishers’ Workforces Are 89 Percent White People, How Will Publishing Diversify?
“Diversity as an editor begins with your friends, your teachers, and your books. What rooms are you in? What conversations? Who are the people in your social media feeds? When you go home, is your family all white? When you go to a party, are your friends all white? When you look down your bookshelf, are all your books by white authors? Those are some tests. What people call diversity has always been, to me, my life. And so if your tastes are not diverse, your life may also not be. And if you find a result you don’t like in all of this, then you work on it.”
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The London Underground Is Touting What Might Be The Worst Poetry Ever Written
“Like the lingering fart of a fat dog, it is impossible to ignore the poetry on the London Underground. There is something mind-numbingly awful about the posters that sit insultingly in trains and on the walls of Tube platforms. This city deserves better poetry because it would be impossible for its current batch to be any worse.”
Should London Be Getting A New Performance Hall That’s Only For One Orchestra?
“Among groups gathering to fight the recommended site are those worried about an expensive new facility that might come to be dominated by just one London orchestra and those who think the City of London is the wrong place to attract new audiences.”
Yes, Teenagers Still Need Libraries
“Libraries are one of the few places people can still go to ask questions face-to-face about anything from Shakespeare and atoms to how to get help with everything from house issues to mental health. The most vulnerable members of our society need spaces where information is available from people rather than just being ‘out there’ on the internet. Not everyone has a computer or knows how to find what they need. Not everyone has books at home or a well-stocked school library.”