“I honestly believe that the single most important quality is being a genuinely nice person. Â In the arts and in Washington, DC, so much happens when people want to work with you. Â It is all well and good to have collaboration mandated or legislated, but it works best when people ask for it themselves.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Will The Next Big Comedy Come From Amazon?
The online retailer has greenlighted six comedy projects at its studio. “The content production arm of the online retail giant will allow viewers of Amazon Instant Video to see the pilots in 2013, and their responses will help determine which pilots get a series order.”
Free Will? Paugh: We’re Programmed To Choose Certain Things (And Books)
“Offered 50 shades of grey, we fall back on the same old bestsellers in a few primary colors. When it comes to Cocoa Krispies and interior decorating, our lazy habits may not matter much, but when we’re shopping for books, those decisions can shape our minds.”
Samuel L. Jackson Doesn’t Spare Directors, Other Actors – Or A.O. Scott
“It’s like, ‘Yes, motherfucker, I pay attention.’ Unlike other actors, I don’t lie and I don’t bullshit people. I read shit about me. I read everything I can about me. And if you say something bad about me and I agree with it, I’ll be OK with it. But if you say something that’s fucked-up … “
England: STILL Trying to Colonize Scotland, This Time In The Arts
“In a critique of English Âimmigration north of the Border, the writer says the largest influx of new residents into Scotland can be split into Âeither long-term settlers, whom he approves of, or short-term colonists who come north to advance their career.”
Coming Soon To A Cowshed Far From You
“Planning permission was granted last week for a gallery and arts centre on what was originally built as a ‘model farm’ dating back to 1760. There is a cowshed, a piggery, stables, barns, a farmhouse and land.”
Practicing For Dracula
Ruby lips, white teeth, crabs eating a corpse, coats full of cash – many of the elements of ,Bram Stoker’s Dracula appeared first in short story form.
Don’t Think; Just Do It Should Be Don’t Do It; Just Think
“Even in small doses, mindfulness can effect impressive changes in how we feel and think — and it does so at a basic neural level.”
Can China’s Massive Building Projects Survive?
No, says China’s starchitect, Wang Shu. “Modern Chinese cities don’t have memories, but in their deep heart they need memories.”
How Did The Rude Mechs ‘Build Audience’? By Engaging In Chaos
“It has never been part of our mission to explore a singular form, or a particular set of performance ideas, or any through-line to our content. Our plays are wildly different from each other in terms of content, style, and form. Culturally, we have always seemed to be most attracted to the thing we’ve never done before.”