“Indeed, says Knausgaard, we are wrong to imagine that those of the past are anything like us, for ‘our world is only one of many possible worlds.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Finally, Britain Is Taking Note Of Women’s Voices (But … )
“Of course, it would be better if there were more women running large arts organisations. The argument is plain and based on natural justice. The current arrangement is daftly skewed.”
Derek Watkins, 68, Trumpeter For James Bond
“Watkins was described as ‘Mr Lead’ by jazz great Dizzy Gillespie; as well as the Bond films he played with the Beatles, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, the London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.”
Chinua Achebe Examined The Construction Of Colonialism, But Also Masculinity
“What sticks with you about the novel is its sensitive investigation, often through folk tales, of how culture functions and what it means.”
D.H. Lawrence: A Great Poet, Hampered By Censorship
“A new edition of Lawrence’s poems, many rendered unreadable by the censor’s pen, will reveal him as a brilliant war poet whose work attacking British imperialism during the first world war was barred from publication.”
Texas Monthly Needs A Full-Time Barbecue Editor
“He will be part of Texas Monthly’s ever-expanding barbecue franchise — the magazine has its own dedicated barbecue Web site, a barbecue finder app for cellphones and a once-every-five-years behemoth issue that lists the state’s top 50 barbecue joints. It holds the annual BBQ Festival in Austin, which last year drew a crowd of 3,000.”
How Will The Nashville Symphony’s Financial Woes Affect Its Musicians?
“It would not be surprising for givebacks — that is, salary or benefit concessions from the musicians — to come up during those discussions. But orchestra members here have less to give than their counterparts in other cities.”
Cinema’s New (Old) Take On Immigration
“These changes in perspective mirror shifting public attitudes toward migrants in the United States. Foremost is the gathering awareness that migration is a global phenomenon, as old as humanity, in which people from countries both rich and poor, north and south, play their parts.”
Does The Ballerina Want To Go Ahead With That Inconvenient Pregnancy?
“A former director of the English National Ballet and confidant of Diana, Princess of Wales, has admitted that he asked a pregnant ballerina to consider having an abortion.”
How’s the Art World Going For Women Artists In Germany?
Yep, still sexist – and also just flat-out “extremely conservative.”