“Across America, on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line, the races were kept separate at the theater. Black people sat apart in the upper galleries or were excluded entirely, by custom and, in some southern cities, by law. As hybrid places—private associations open to the public—theaters were subject to municipal authority, but property owners possessed the liberty to exclude or restrict at will. The common law recognized no right of amusement seeking. After emancipation, statehouses controlled by Radical Republicans banned distinctions of race and color in public conveyances and resorts. But the legislation was evaded simply by tickets stating that proprietors had discretion to exclude anyone. Nor did it carry a positive grant of rights; it regulated places rather than entitling persons.”
Author: Douglas McLennan
Montreal Music Critic: How Charles Dutoit Got A Pass On Abuse?
“Rumours about Dutoit’s behaviour were rampant for years. I confess straightaway to having done precisely nothing with them. Possibly the first reference in the Gazette to the Dutoit dark side, thickly veiled, was in the column I wrote last week on the case of disgraced former Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine.”
How Do You Build A Dance Center In San Francisco? Buy Derelict And Package It With Affordable Housing
The dilapidated 1919 structure, a former furniture store that was remodeled with an Art Deco flair in the late 1930s, has been on and off the market for more than a decade as a succession of owners unsuccessfully attempted to redevelop it as a dialysis center, a vegan restaurant, a brewery and an organic grocery store.
New Visions For A New Generation Of American Public Monuments
“This new school of public sculptures, monuments and plaques range from lifelike portraits of millennial rappers to boulders honouring the lives lost in the Orlando massacre. It proves a new vision is under way to commemorate America’s updated values.”
500 Academics Protest Polish Government’s “Repurposing” Of WWII Museum
“The museum, which opened to the public in February, has been at the centre of an ongoing battle over national memory. The right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS), elected to government in Poland in 2015, is determined to use the museum displays to present the “Polish point of view” while its critics argue for the autonomy of historians and museums.”
Where Is St. Nick Buried? Turkey Makes The Claim
“Since claims emerged of a newly discovered chamber beneath the church, an archaeological debate has raised questions on the ultimate resting place of his remains. Theologians say the most logical possibility is that his body was smuggled to Italy in the 11th century. But Turkish officials believe his remains may lie beneath the Byzantine church.”
How Museums Are Trying To Diversify
“Museums aren’t just working to cultivate new audiences because inclusiveness is a moral imperative — there’s also a strong business case for widening their nets. In an era of Snapchat videos and Instagram art, American cultural institutions are also trying to figure out how to cultivate the next generation of museum goers. 23 percent of the U.S. population is under the age of 18, according to census data — a generation that’s not particularly white, and not particularly wealthy. By 2020, more than half of all American children will be members of a minority population.”
Mark Swed: The James Levine Story Is Complicated
“Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Levine has gone from living legend to pariah. NPR has refused to broadcast his performances; movie theaters have canceled holiday screenings of the Met’s “Magic Flute” with Levine conducting. The age-old discussion of whether you can separate art from the artist has once more been ignited. There is something deeply disturbing about all this. What I am about to say is going to be controversial, so let me make it clear from the start that if these allegations prove true, Levine will have caused indefensible harm.”
New York Law Will Hold The City’s Algorithms Accountable To Residents
Once signed into law by Mayor Bill de Blasio, the legislation will establish a task force to examine the city’s “automated decision systems”—the computerized algorithms that guide the allocation of everything from police officers and firehouses to public housing and food stamps—with an eye toward making them fairer and more open to scrutiny.
Prank: A Pair Breaks In And Spends The Night In London’t National Theatre
“In the video, YouTube troublemaker Ally Law and another male are seen walking on lighting rigs and climbing up inside the Olivier Theatre’s flytower. At one stage they are approached by a security guard, who leaves them alone when they claim to be rehearsing.”