Riley says that despite his deep love and appreciation for Lee, the new movie BlackkKlansman is not what African Americans need right now. Riley: “This is being pushed as a true story, and it is precisely its untrue elements that make a cop a hero against racism. … For Spike to come out with a movie where a story points are fabricated in order to make Black cop and his counterparts look like allies in the fight against racism is really disappointing, to put it very mildly.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Artists Get A New, Huge Canvas: The Tennis Court
The pictures from above are truly amazing – but how do the players know where they are? “This project, ‘Art Courts,’ was spearheaded by the United States Tennis Association as part of a 50th anniversary celebration of the U.S. Open. Organizers hope to inject a dash of enthusiasm and color into community tennis courts in underserved neighborhoods — as well as enliven a sport that, to some, possesses a reputation for stuffiness and adherence to rules.”
Choosing A Play Title That Helps The Show Become Iconic Isn’t The Easiest Task
Or maybe it is if you’re Mike Birbiglia, whose new play is called, well, The New One. Current trends in play-naming are contradictory: “banality and protractedness.”
Is ‘Summer Camp’ The U.S. Answer To ‘Great British Bake-Off’?
Yes, it seems cute and sweet – but don’t let that fool you. “Wrapping it in this cute little bubble allows you to be a bit darker with your stories. … It’s already in this blanket, so you can dive in a little bit more.”
The San Antonio Symphony Almost Died, But Now It Hears That It Should Go Big To Survive
The institution somehow came back from trying to cancel the 2017-2018 season to go bigger than ever, and remain relevant to its city. “Over the coming season, it will play free concerts at every branch library in the city, collaborate with the Guadalupe Dance Company, attempt to stage a performance with a Mexican orchestra, deliver a series of free concerts for children and play Veterans and Memorial Day shows.”
Poetry Is Cool Again!
Times are changing, and poets? Well, they draw huge crowds. “The face of poetry in the United States looks very different today than it did even a decade ago, and far more like the demographics of Millennial America. If anything, the current crop of emerging poets anticipates the face of young America 30 years from now.”
The Neverending Round Of The Artist Residency
The Passepartout Duo aren’t kidding with their name: They go everywhere, landing (for good) nowhere in particular. “At this point, we’ve completely given up location-dependent life. That’s to say: we’re homeless, and we’re happy about it. We have four small bags: one backpack and one instrument case each. We each have one pair of shoes and we use them for everything, until they fall apart; then, we pick up a new pair and keep going.”
Is The Internet Killing Adventure?
With TripAdvisor and Yelp, everything is so documented that travel stories have become a thing of the past. Or have they?
The Negro League Baseball Museum Was Severely Vandalized – But Donations Have Poured In
In June, vandals cut a water pipe to the Kansas City (Missouri) museum – which is in the building where the Negro Leagues were founded in the 1920s. The vandalism wasn’t discovered for hours, and by that time, water had caused more than half a million dollars in damages. The museum president says “Small contributions are coming from virtually every corner of the country. … It’s lifted everybody’s spirits.”
Sandra Oh Talks About The Role That Demands Everything She Has
And then there’s the experience of being nominated for an Emmy for that role, on Killing Eve, as well: “It felt like this place where my community is really waiting to see themselves. And I can just see that in people’s faces. There’s joy and grief in there.”