“Intolerant is an effective slur, but critics who deploy it fail to recognize that intolerance is often desirable,” argues Alan Levinovitz. Something did go wrong at Middlebury, but it certainly wasn’t due to students’ intolerance. Indeed, higher education couldn’t function without intolerance.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
A Look Inside Disney’s Massively Lucrative Remake Factory
“We thought if Iron Man and Thor and Captain America are Marvel superheroes,” Disney chief of motion picture production Sean Bailey tells Drew Taylor, “then maybe Alice, Cinderella, Mowgli, and Belle are our superheroes, and Cruella and Maleficent are our supervillains.”
Robert Silvers, 87, Founding Editor Of New York Review Of Books
“The New York Review, founded in 1963, was born with a mission – to raise the standards of book reviewing and literary discussion in the United States and nurture a hybrid form of politico-cultural essay. Mr. Silvers brought to its pages a self-effacing, almost priestly sense of devotion that ultimately made him indistinguishable from the publication he edited, and it from him.”
Misty Copeland Injured And Out Of Action (But Another Star Makes A Surprise Appearance)
Copeland, suffering from a stress reaction in one leg, withdrew from the premiere run of Alexei Ratmansky’s Whipped Cream in Southern California. But to keep the balance of star power intact, ABT snuck in the long-recovering David Hallberg, recently returned to the company.
A TV Comedy About Ballet That Actually Works
“A new series is giving us hope that it is possible to make ballet content that is both entertaining and true to what the dance world is actually like.” Lauren Wingenroth introduces us to Off Kilter. (includes video clips)
Comic-Con To Open Its Own Museum In San Diego
“A 1930s baseball bat, 1950s tennis racquet and 1980s skateboard – all totems of San Diego’s rich sporting history – are being swapped out for comics, movie props and souvenirs of today’s pop culture in a major shift at Balboa Park.”
Miami Beach’s Bass Museum Schedules Reopening (For The Third Time)
“The third time’s the charm. Following two postponements caused by construction delays, Miami Beach’s city-owned Bass art museum has announced its October 2017 reopening following a $12 million renovation project.”
‘Suffocating’ Stench Drives Audience From Opera House
A performance of Borodin’s Prince Igor at Bulgaria’s national opera house was interrupted, and then cancelled after the building was evacuated, due to an overpowering smell.
Italy’s Rossini Opera Festival Loses Its Orchestra And Chorus After 30-Year Relationship
“Starting with a Petite Messe Solennelle in 1987, [the Teatro Comunale di] Bologna has provided the orchestra and chorus for the main productions each year, resulting in almost 50 video and audio recordings.” But the opera house has now broken off relations with the Pesaro-based festival – and “it’s not an amicable split.”
Philanthropist David Rockefeller Dead At 101
The last surviving grandson of oil baron John D. Rockefeller, he rose to the chairmanship of Chase Manhattan Bank. “His stature was greater than any corporate title might convey, however. His influence was felt in Washington and foreign capitals, in the corridors of New York City government, in art museums, in great universities and in public schools.”