“Are festivals and biennales dynamic catalysts to discuss and celebrate the city and architectural culture?… Or are they calculated devices of tourism and industrial promotion?”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Martin Bernal, 76, Writer Of ‘Black Athena’ And Exploder Of 19th-Century Myths
“The first volume, published in 1987 — the same year as ‘The Closing of the American Mind,’ Allan Bloom’s attack on efforts to diversify the academic canon — made Mr. Bernal a hero among Afrocentrists, a pariah among conservative scholars and the star witness at dozens of sometimes raucous academic panel discussions.”
Hey Broadcasters, Wake Up And Stick Everything – Yes, *Everything* – Online
Networks could get data in real time and respond in the moment – if only they’d cut the cable cord and go all-in.
Deal To Save Nashville’s Concert Hall Expected On Monday
But that’s not the end of the Nashville Symphony’s problems. “The bigger issue is: Is it (the orchestra) viable?”
If The Plays Are Not Very Good, Does It Matter That A Fringe Fest Is Fun?
“Behind this is a desire for diversity and experiment, but it also suggests a superhuman tolerance for semi-professionalism.”
Is Dancing A Beautiful Gift – Or A Sinister Burden?
“‘You have this massive dream to be this ballerina, to be out there onstage performing, and you pour everything into it,’ she said in an interview. ‘Then there is a point where you feel like you are trapped in it and cannot get out. And that is the curse.'”
It’s OK To Let (A Book) Go, Really. No, REALLY.
Watch out for “the Stockholm Syndrome Theory Of Long Novels: you start craving the achievement of finishing, whether or not a book’s worth it.”
Yay! The Internet Democratized Writing! Except That Sucks For Good Writers
“Making money on the web has much in common with book publishing, just with more cat photos.”
When The Athletes And Parties Go Away, What Happens To An Olympics City?
Some cities do it right (Barcelona!), and some … well. Let’s just say Athens. So what’s the solution?
Does Making A Million Bucks On Kickstarter Make This Musician An Inspiration – Or Annoying?
Amanda Palmer “has made an art of asking for help, of trusting her crowd ‘to catch me,’ hence her determination to sleep on her fans’ couches, and have them draw all over her naked body in marker pens, and have them fund her music directly.”