“You want students to close their machines and pay attention? Put them in a smaller seminar where their presence actually registers and matters, and be engaging enough—or, in my case, ask enough questions cold—that students aren’t tempted to stick their faces in their machines in the first place.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Outside Of The World Cup, Brazil Sees A Resurgence In Architecture
“Drawing on the country’s bold, progressive tradition of aggressive concrete and urban engineering, a generation of architects is crafting new spaces at home in a more democratic spirit.”
Small Publishers Succeed Between The Cracks Of The Big Ones
Small, independent publishers “can also move much quicker and with less bureaucracy.”
A Critic’s Take On Why Casey Kasem, Voice Of The Top 40, Mattered
“For those of us looking for an introduction to the world of music, Kasem and his team delivered streamlined content and history, and they humanized both the artists and the ideas driving their hit songs.”
The BBC Hatches A Plan To Lure Elementary-School Kids Into Music
“While classical music is in robust health, its future popularity is not guaranteed unless more children and young people are exposed to it.”
Top AJBlogs For 06.15.14
On cultural pessimism
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-06-16
A Museum Where “Beauty Reigns”
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-06-16
Diary of an Image
AJBlog: Dancebeat | Published 2014-06-15
The Charm of Impossibilities
AJBlog: PostClassic | Published 2014-06-14
Museum-Going: Getting Even More Virtual
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-06-13
Want To Sell Luxury Condos? Better Get Some Artists Involved
“Perhaps it isn’t so surprising that in this era, which some have termed the new Gilded Age, the worlds of art and real estate have once again begun to merge.”
The Simple Sandwich Made Women’s Lives Much, Much Easier
“1883’s Practical Housekeeping demands that, when picnicking, women ‘be up at five o’clock in the morning to have the chicken, biscuits, etc., freshly baked.'” And then came the sandwich.
What We Lose – And The Weird Things We Fight For – When Nostalgia Blurs Our Past
“Even as many affluent liberals supported the Bloomberg administration’s ban on tree-trunk-size containers of soda, great labors were made to maintain the prominence of Pepsi’s enormous neon billboard overlooking the East River in Queens.”
We Can Rise Above Tribalism – If We Really Want To
“Intense loyalty to one’s group needn’t produce hatred for outsiders. The key is getting the most zealous patriots and hard-core believers among us to think seriously about themselves as moral beings.”