The Hong Kong-based author was so famous, as generations of Chinese read his novels, that there is a branch of academic study named for him: “Jin Yong, the pen name of Louis Cha, was one of the most widely read 20th-century writers in the Chinese language. The panoramic breadth and depth of the fictional universes he created have been compared to J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and have been studied as a topic known as ‘Jinology.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Kids In The UK Are More Interested In Ukuleles (And Guitars) Than Orchestral Instruments
Is orchestral music doomed? Will school recorders never blossom again? Yikes: “The evidence we have here is that instruments such as the French horn and double bass are becoming endangered.”
Dick Higgins’ Writings Are Back
The book is a 20-years posthumous collection of writings from the Fluxus – and far more than Fluxus – composer, poet, printmaker, and artist.
The Way ‘House Of Cards’ Killed Off Kevin Spacey’s Character Was Typical Of The Show’s Twisty, Turny Ways
Spoiler alert! “When the actor Kevin Spacey, who played Frank, was accused of sexual assault in October 2017, production had already begun on Season 6. Production halted, restarting in January 2018 for a revised, eight-episode season that Netflix announced would also be its final.” Unlike another show that had to handle a disgraced fallen star – The Conners – Netflix’s writing team came up with a very normal, for House of Cards, way of dealing with the issue of how Spacey’s character died.
Weekend Extra: Kenny Werner’s New Solo Piano Album
“The listener who is fully who open to Werner’s playing is likely to also feel joy and delicious gratitude.”
A Tuba Player’s Journey From One Of Baltimore’s Poorest Neighborhoods To The New Mexico Phil
Richard Antoine White slept under trees and on friends’ couches with an alcoholic mom when he was a kid. But when foster parents took him in, he found out that he was good at music – and his path has provided a Baltimore documentary duo with a great project. White mentors other kids in need of a hand up, but also, and this is a fun one, he is “particularly passionate about baroque music (he has transcribed works of Bach for the tuba).”
The Arts in Los Angeles, 10 Years After
How did arts institutions in LA survive the Great Recession?
In The UK, Ballet Black Finally Gets Ballet Slippers In Their Dancers’ Skin Colors [VIDEO]
One dancer who was used to pancaking her shoe with makeup foundation that matched her skin: “To have a shoe that I can just put on and go? I … I never thought that would happen.”
A Typo In The First Printing Of The Declaration Of Independence Has Been A Problem For Centuries
Oh. Whoops. We’ve often been reprinting it with the accidental addition of a period after “the pursuit of happiness” because the first printer deposited one there. And … that’s not what that sentence means. One typo means most of us have been “losing sight of what the Declaration of Independence is all about.”
Carol Duffy Has Been Poet Laureate Of Britain For A Decade, But Who Will Succeed Her?
There’s a steering group made up of a wide range of people from the arts in the UK; then, the secretary of state and the prime minister will make final recommendations to the Queen from a shortlist the group provides. Whoa, what? Poet John Agard: “I’m certain that the prime minister is very familiar with the iambic pentameter. … But since poets don’t have the final say in politics, logically speaking there’s no reason why politicians should have the final say in poetry.”