“The building stands empty and unused, because a group of local residents and architectural experts, assisted by its lawyers, argues that it breaches acts of parliament. They would, ideally, like the new building to be demolished, and years of work and about £1m worth of construction to be binned.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Pastor Strays, But Churchgoing Readers Pay – For More Than A Million Books
“As much as [Roby’s] novels traffic in Mr. Black’s sins — living large and cheating on two wives while presenting himself as the symbol of moral authority — they also depict in knowledgeable and even tender ways black Christianity’s deep sense of community and a fabric of meaningful ritual. It is precisely because Mr. Black serves so valuable a tradition that his failings hit with such impact.”
Tweeting About ‘Scandal’ Or ‘Game of Thrones’? The Nielsen Ratings Finally Care
“Some 19 million people in the U.S. produced 263 million tweets about TV in the second quarter this year, a 38% increase in volume of comments from a year earlier, Nielsen reported.”
If You Don’t Know Anything About Dance, How Do You Watch It?
“You know what to do at a concert. You know how to watch a movie, where the words and story can pull you along. If you’re baffled at an art museum, you can just wander somewhere else. But with dance that doesn’t tell a story, what exactly are you supposed to get out of it?”
How Do You Become A Bestselling Poet? Write About Nature (And Dogs), Of Course
Mary Oliver on her latest subject, dogs: “They are a kind of poetry themselves when they are devoted not only to us but to the wet night, to the moon and the rabbit-smell in the grass and their own bodies leaping forward.”
Why Is Widowhood So (Suddenly, Very) Popular In Fiction, Movies, TV Shows … Etc.
“At a time when nearly half of marriages end unceremoniously in divorce, and relationships are too often disposable, widowhood offers a get-out-of-jail-free card – a chance to start over without the stigma of failure. There is an innocence in it, a sense of blameless rebirth.”
Verdi At 200: A (Long, Playful, Thoughtful) Appreciation
“I can’t explain to you why you should like Verdi, because I can’t believe you won’t hear it for yourself. It’s hardest for us to teach, or explain, the things that come most naturally to us, and for me Verdi has always made perfect sense. Something about his work accords with my sense of how life works, and how stories can be told and experienced.”
The Sad, Hard Year (And Foreseeable Future) Of The Minnesota Orchestra
“Frustration over the impasse, meanwhile, lies everywhere in Minneapolis: among subscribers and donors, among support groups and foundations, among businesses and restaurants near Orchestra Hall, even among politicians.”
Where Same-Sex Dance, Or Maybe Dance Equality, Means The Tango
“Here there are no expectations that a dominant man lead and a passive woman follow, said organizer Mariana Docampo. ‘Everyone can dance the role they want with the partner they want.'”
“Please Leave Your Devices On For Take-Off.” Yes! Please?
“A 28-member panel set up last year to revise policies for electronics on airplanes recommended that the F.A.A. change the rule, allowing passengers to use their devices from gate to gate, including takeoff, taxiing and landing.”