“Writer Olivia Campbell considers the years she spent as a dancer, when it seemed that her talent was living in the ‘wrong’ body, in this utterly honest and intimate meditation. She visits regret, self-loathing, and how the name of your art can become your trigger word.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
I Have No Control Over TV Version Of ‘Handmaid’s Tale’, And That’s Fine, Says Margaret Atwood
The author wants the people who are upset about how the series’s second season has diverged from her novel to relax: “It’s a television series. If you’re going to have a series you can’t kill off the central character and you also can’t have the central character escape to safety in episode one of season two. It’s not going to happen.”
Man Who Accused George Takei Of Drugging And Sexual Assault Admits It May Not Have Happened That Way
“A fabricated coffee meeting. Key facts withheld or walked back. A ‘great party story’ about a sexual assault — which the accuser now says may not have actually happened. What happens when an activist’s legacy is tarnished by the story of an old friend who later says it could have all been a misunderstanding? And how do we process such an anomaly in an era of overdue social justice?”
L.A. MOCA Hasn’t Had A Good Director For Two Decades, And ‘That Desperately Needs To Change’
Philippe Vergne, whose contract is not being renewed, is “the third MOCA director in a row who hasn’t been able to make the switch from smart, talented curator to top administrator at a major art museum, and I fear the museum cannot survive another one,” writes Christopher Knight, who argues that the problem is most likely with the museum’s board of directors.
Funding For Canadian Opera Co. And Toronto Symphony Clawed Back By Toronto City Council
“The city has cut $100,000 from the COC’s proposed $1.6 million grant, and $50,000 from the TSO’s $1.27 million grant. … The funding adjustment was made on the recommendations of a four-member committee who had serious concerns surrounding the COC’s and TSO’s diversity, as well as issues surrounding board stability, and a declining in the perceived impact they had on Toronto’s cultural life.”
Now There May Be No Nobel Literature Prize In 2019, Either
In the wake of the scandals and chaos at the Swedish Academy that led to the postponement of this year’s prize, “Lars Heikensten, director of the Nobel Foundation, … told the national broadcaster Sveriges Radio that the prize ‘will be awarded when the Swedish Academy has won back the public’s trust — and that means there is no deadline for 2019.’ Without naming names, he also urged the 10 remaining active members in the academy to consider leaving their seats.”
After Giving Birth To Her Fourth Child, Conductor Joana Carneiro Resigns From Berkeley Symphony
Not only does the Portuguese conductor have a new baby, but her triplets are still toddlers. She leaves the Bay Area orchestra, where she succeeded Kent Nagano as music director, after nine seasons.
‘Venice Is A Perfect Example Of A City Living Off The Very Thing That Is Killing It’
“This recent quote by the philosopher Giorgio Agamben, who lives an intentionally secluded life in Venice, underlines the city’s daily contradictions. It is increasingly a city of art, ‘invaded’, at an ever-growing rate, by tourists. And this invasion is consuming and weakening it as a city.”
Oops – Pay For Canadian Arts Workers Did Not Actually Decline Over The Past Decade (Never Mind That Report)
“On April 19, the Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC) released a report outlining changes to the not-for-profit arts sector in Canada. The study asserted that from 2008 to 2017, real wages had decreased for those working in the field. This proved to be erroneous, and with some independent calculations of our own, we discovered a significant error in the calculations’ methodology.”
Arkansas Symphony Music Director To Step Down
“Philip Mann, who joined the symphony in 2010 as its maestro, will finish out the 2018-19 season and then pursue international conducting opportunities. … During Mann’s tenure, the orchestra has expanded its statewide presence, taken more shows on the road and added artistic programming, namely the Intimate Neighborhood Concert series that takes place in churches. Mann also led the Composer of the Year initiative that drew several world-renowned composers to the state.”