“The funding through to 2030 is destined for museum sites including the former royal palace at Charlottenburg in Berlin, Frederick the Great’s Sanssouci complex in Potsdam and the Cecilienhof palace … Priorities include renovating dilapidated buildings and parks, increasing fire precautions and security, improving depots and working spaces, and upgrading services for visitors.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
The Buried Treasures Of Teotihuacan, Revealed After 1,800 Years
“In 2003, a tunnel was discovered beneath the Feathered Serpent pyramid in the ruins of Teotihuacan, the ancient city in Mexico. Undisturbed for 1,800 years, the sealed-off passage was found to contain thousands of extraordinary treasures lying exactly where they had first been placed as ritual offerings to the gods.”
London’s Young Vic Theatre Names New Artistic Director (And He’s Coming From Baltimore)
“The London theatre has been in the process of appointing a successor to David Lan since he announced his departure in June, after 17 years at the helm. [Kwame] Kwei-Armah, a writer, director and actor is currently artistic director of Center Stage in Baltimore, Maryland. He is already set to leave that post in June 2018.”
E. Annie Proulx Wins National Book Award Medal For Lifetime Achievement
In awarding her its Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, “the National Book Foundation praised the author of The Shipping News, ‘Brokeback Mountain’ and other fiction for her ‘impressive lyricism and wit that captivates readers of all ages.'”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 09.25.17
So You Think You Know Zurbarán?
The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University is currently exhibiting Zurbarán: Jacob and His Twelve Sons, Paintings From Auckland Castle, a noteworthy exhibition for a couple of reasons. First, the paintings are totally fresh to the … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2017-09-25
Higdon on Cold Mountain
Opera lovers can be forgiven for imagining the works they love were born in a flash of inspiration. Sometimes the journey is a bit more arduous. The UNCSA Composition Department met with Jennifer Higdon via … read more
AJBlog: Infinite Curves Published 2017-09-25
Do You See Yourself As A Visual Learner Or An Auditory Learner? Turns Out There’s Little Scientific Evidence For Either
“The idea that people have different styles of learning – that the visually inclined do best by seeing new information, for example, or others by hearing it – has been around since the 1950s, and recent research suggests it’s still widely believed by teachers and laypeople alike. But is there scientific evidence that learning styles exist? ‘The short answer is no,’ says Daniel Willingham, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.”
A New Art Camp For Grownups In Marfa, Texas
“It’s part of what the New Yorker calls the ‘Peter Pan market’: a vogue for youthful things (coloring books, summer camps, even faux pre-school classes) rebooted for an adult audience. And while some may bristle at the conceit – which, fair enough, can occasionally seem ripe for a Portlandia parody – it’s worth considering the merits. For some, it might even be a fast-track to recover a lost creative impulse, all over the course of a long weekend.”
All The Lies About The Origins Of The Phrase ‘Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire’
“[It] is not the most intuitive of phrases. Although people’s pants do sometimes catch on fire, this correlates more with carrying around accidentally explosive materials than it does with truthfulness. Meanwhile, the vast majority of liars make it through life unscathed by this particular fashion catastrophe. The mystery of the phrase’s origins is compounded by the fact that several of its more popularly reported etymologies are, in fact, lies.” Cara Giaimo gets to the bottom of the matter.
The Predicament Of Arabs And Muslims In The American Theatre
Playwright Yussef El Guindi: “Americans are so averse to politics in their entertainment that the simple act of including Arab or Muslim characters in a play exposes it to the charge of being overly political or didactic. And if the play is written by an Arab or a Muslim? The writer must surely then be peddling some political agenda. Even if, for example, the play revolves around an Arab or Muslim family preparing a Thanksgiving dinner … The very act of rendering a group of people usually depicted negatively in a three-dimensional way is deemed a political act.”
The Movie ‘In & Out’ Predicted The Progress Of Gay Rights 20 Years Ago
Alyssa Rosenberg: “In & Out feels both like a slightly embarrassing artifact of its time and an ultimately correct argument for how (lots if not all of) America would change in the decades since its release.” On the other hand, “if [the movie] were released today, it would be drowned in an actual flood of think pieces.”