In case you want to trace back real-time reactions but don’t want to wade through the #emmys hashtag on Twitter.
Author: ArtsJournal2
Making School Architecture Freaking AWESOME Again
“Architects are exposing infrastructure, including electrical systems and piping, and embedding QR codes into columns so students can learn about the building’s history with a curious scan with a smartphone.”
Want To Listen To Jeremy Denk’s New Recording Of The Goldberg Variations?
NPR: “Whether this is your first encounter with this epic work or the 30th (40th? 50th?) version you’ve heard, once you’ve entered the Denkian dimension, you won’t want to leave.”
The (Troubled) Private Firm That Brokers The Return Of Stolen Art
Is The Art Register a boon for thinly stretched law enforcement art recovery units, or a shady company that hoards info about stolen artworks until museums cough up exorbitant fees – or both and more?
As Disney Hall Turns 10, It Perfectly Reflects Architect Frank Gehry – And Los Angeles
“He wanted his design to protect the idea of the concert hall as refuge — but also to embody the essential informality of Los Angeles. He wanted to demystify and democratize classical music.”
Watch Neil Patrick Harris Preview His Emmys Dance Before Sunday Night’s Awards
“Harris’ ‘crazy, cool’ dance will coincide with the first time the Outstanding Choreography winner will be announced at the Primetime Emmys.”
How Black Britons Invigorated British Dance
They definitely did, but there’s a problem: “Very little was documented. Companies would come and go, and you had almost no trace of what they did or contributed.”
Why Are Texas Creationists Controlling What Everyone’s Kids Learn?
“Because Texas buys textbooks for more than 4 million students, publishers tend write textbooks designed to capture the Texas market. They then sell the same textbooks in other states. If textbooks in Texas don’t teach evolution, the entire country will suffer.”
What Will Happen To Gay Theatres As LGBT People Gain Equal Rights?
“There may be elements of gay experience, no matter how integrated gay people get, that remain different, that don’t have enough mainstream appeal to be programmed at regular nonprofit theaters.”
Tennessee Williams, That Experimental Playwright, Is More Popular Than Ever
“The unceasing Williams wave has to do with the torrent of productions of his least-known plays. The critical response to these dramas has been mixed, but audiences and theater artists alike seem determined to get the fullest possible picture of the oeuvre compiled by this exceptionally prolific playwright.”