“The sweetness of the small architectural intervention is sadly being offset these days by the weight of large public works gone wrong. The corruption charges levelled against Montreal politicians have contaminated the reputation of the venerable metropolis.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Time To Tell Off The Foodies: Being A Mom Is Not About Cooking
“Everywhere — in commercials, films, books — I find the conflation of parental love and cooking. Somehow, we’ve come to believe that mothering can be smeared onto a sandwich, nurturing tucked between the wings of a garlicky roasted chicken.”
Where Once Was War, Now All Is Music
“With all transport requisitioned and no petrol anyway, they simply walked all day across the battlefield, shells falling all around them, to the hilltop town of Montepulciano, hiding amid the crops and ditches to avoid menacing aircraft and columns of German troops.”
Is *Anyone* Making Money Publishing Online?
Maybe. (Well, probably. It’s a little fuzzy though.)
Did ‘A Rite of Spring’ Really Make Audiences Hate New Music?
“Rather than dividing the audience from new music by ramming the avant-garde down people’s throats, it created something brand-new and made it wildly popular throughout European society.”
A Surprisingly Delightful Q&A With Lucius Malfoy, Er, Jason Isaacs
“People laugh at truth. They don’t laugh at cheap gags – they laugh deepest and loudest at their own foibles. The same is true in drama: they are looking to recognise human behaviour.”
The Minnesota Lockout, More And More Painful By The Day
“The Minnesota case is particularly agonizing and seemingly inexplicable.”
Keep Your Soul, MoMA, And Don’t Kill The Museum Of Folk Art
“The stakes go beyond the Modern to civic health. Midtown and MoMA could both use more variety, serendipity and soul. The former folk art museum building, having all those things, isn’t an obstacle to progress but an opportunity.”
ABC, Streaming Realtime To Your Phone Or Tablet
“Known as Watch ABC, the app will launch in New York and Philadelphia this week before rolling across all markets in the coming months.”
Merrill Brockway, 90, Who Brought Dance To Millions In The U.S.
“Modeled after the dance numbers in Fred Astaire movies, ‘Dance in America’ became known for showing dancers’ bodies mostly in full. Mr. Brockway said his collaboration with Balanchine influenced that approach.”