Cast Cate Blanchett.
Author: Matthew Westphal
The Ballet School In Africa’s Largest Urban Slum
A photo journal of a visit to the Kibera ballet school in Nairobi, where the best students get chances to perform at Kenya’s national theatre.
‘Shameless, Immoral, Atheistic, Rotten’ – Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Thinks Bringing Back Movie Theaters There Is A Bad Idea
“Public cinemas in the country have been illegal since the 1980s, but a plan to reintroduce them has been mooted by the head of the General Authority for Entertainment.” Abdulaziz ibn Abdullah al-Sheikh, head of the Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas and the Kingdom’s top religious authority, loudly begs to differ.
‘The Greatest Private Library Of Jewish Books And Manuscripts Ever Assembled’
“Compiled by collector Jack V. Lunzer over more than six decades, and stored at his home in London, it became known as the Valmadonna Trust Library” – and it’s been acquired by the National Library of Israel.
Chamber Orchestra Of Philadelphia Keeps Music Director Dirk Brossé Through 2021-22
“I have been meeting with each of the musicians just to get to know the institution better, and they absolutely adore Dirk,” says CHOP executive director Bill Rhoads, “and I’ve been told there is this sense that the quality of the ensemble has gone up since Dirk has been there. That is obviously something we want to maintain.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 01.18.17
Context: Hollywood’s Political Bias? It’s Money
Unquestionably, a majority of the people who work in Hollywood lean politically left. More than lean, in many cases. But how much of their politics makes it onto the big screen? … read more
AJBlog: diacritical | Douglas McLennan Published 2017-01-17
Privilege/Encumbrance: Part I
For any person of color or member of another group discussed here, there is nothing surprising, nothing new in what follows. The same is true of a good number of whites who have given the topic some thought. … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2017-01-17
A New One on Me: What To Call Art
Branding is important, and language matters. Let’s start from that point. … Apparently, some people today don’t want to buy “Old” Masters. … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2017-01-18
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
One of my favorite writers in any genre is the USC humanities professor Leo Braudy, justly celebrated for his Frenzy of Renown, a history of fame going back to Alexander the Great. … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2017-01-18
Is NYC (still) capitol of jazz?
The early January concurrence of the Jazz Connect conference, the annual convention of APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters), Global Fest and Winter JazzFest makes a good case for Manhattan being the capitol of jazz-and-beyond. … read more
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond Jazz Published 2017-01-18
The Museum Of Broken Relationships (Yes, It’s A Real Thing)
“On an otherwise quiet Sunday at the [L.A.] museum in early June, an Australian man is chuckling with two middle school-aged kids over a pair of fake breasts from Serbia that the donor says her ex-boyfriend required her to wear during sex. … Around the corner, in a corridor in which objects recall loved ones who died, fell ill, or were abusive, a couple is ranking objects by their level of misery.”
When You See Your Novel Translated From The Language You Wrote It In To Your Mother Tongue
“To have one’s novel translated – on one hand, an honor. On the other – you might as well be trying to have sex using another person’s body.” Now imagine that that body used to be yours, and you remember it. Boris Fishman tells the story of reading from the Russian translation of his A Replacement Life at a book tour event in Estonia.
Altar Cloth In Little Parish Church May Once Have Been Elizabeth I’s Dress
The evidence is circumstantial, not direct, but it’s considerable – and until now, not a single one of the Virgin Queen’s famously lavish dresses was known to have survived.
Getting LACMA’s Controversial New Building Built Will Take Every Skill Michael Govan Has
Fortunately, he has a lot of them, as he’s demonstrated in the ten years he’s been in Los Angeles: LACMA’s attendance has doubled and its cachet has soared. Adam Nagourney gives an overview of Govan’s prospects for the biggest project he’s ever undertaken.