Writer Akwaeke Emezi and photographer Texas Isaiah, with the help of many couples, try to figure it all out. “I have never spent this much time with myself;to become my own favorite companion is a new and strange thing for me. I was always looking for someone else, and now I’m terrified of finding them. Perhaps they don’t exist outside of my imagination.” – The New York Times
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How The Virus Could Refashion Australia’s Central Cities
The thing is, “Suddenly, an awful lot of work can be done from home and, once you get that idea in their heads, it stays.” What will happen to all of that office space in the central business districts of the cities? – The Guardian (UK)
The New York Phil Rejoins Public Performances By Way Of A Pick-Up Truck
Despite a thunderstorm that caused administrators to hold umbrellas over a slightly tressed trio, the musicians didn’t want to stop playing. “It’s a charge. … This is the thing, to groove off each other. It’s not the same when we’re at home doing things over the internet.” – The New York Times
Need Some Reading Direction?
Here the map of Black-owned bookstores in the U.S. And the recent uptick (well, massive increase) in business “is both ‘lucrative’ and ‘bittersweet,'” say some owners. – Oprah Magazine
Boston Center For The Arts Pushes Back Artist Evictions To 2022
OK, so, the Center for the Arts’ “Studio 551 initiative was conceived to create opportunities for visual and performing artists in an increasingly expensive city, offering a range of temporary residencies lasting six months to six years.” Sounds good, right? But: “To make way for the program, the organization initially planned to issue evictions by May 2020 for the 40 or so artists with long-term leases.” Sure, the evictions are delayed (again), but … what? – The Boston Globe
The Hollywood Bowl In The Time Of The Pandemic
There’s no summer season of music for the L.A. Phil at the Hollywood Bowl. But there are food banks, a take-out restaurant from those who usually make food for the concerts, and a lot of musicians, socially distanced, trying to record music, and live through this. – Los Angeles Times
How To Keep The Memory Of WWII Alive Now?
It’s 2020, so video games, of course. “History games can spark interest in learning more, says Bob Whitaker, a professor of History at Collin College and host of the podcast History Respawned, where historians talk about history-themed video games.” – Time Magazine
Alice Koller, Author Of ‘The Feminist Walden,’ 94
Koller, author of An Unknown Woman, inspired many women to consider their lives as full and complex – but she wasn’t necessarily pleased with her own experience. “It is a paradox that her life provided inspiration for so many, even as she continued to struggle. In 1991, Bantam republished An Unknown Woman, and it’s now a sought-after title on Amazon.” – The New York Times
Disabled Theatre Workers Want More Than Just A Discussion Panel
Truly, one more discussion? As a Gen-Xer might say, big whoop. Here’s a list of action points for when theatre resumes – or to work on right now. – American Theatre
Falling In Love With A Poem Across The Centuries
This is the way of powerful literature, across hundreds (or thousands) of years. “It landed in the hands of a schoolgirl who would one day fall in love with it. At first, she pushed it away, bored as she always was by homework, but the poem wouldn’t let go of her. It let itself be found again and again, until at last she fell for its charms.” – Irish Times