Musicologist Douglas Shadle: “Everything she was doing was musically mainstream but at the same time idiosyncratic. … Her music has kind of a luminous quality that strikes me as her own. Our understanding of American modernism of the 1930s and 1940s is not complete without Price’s contribution.”
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Has Anything Changed In The UK For Working-Class Children Who Might Want To Be Writers?
Author Kit de Waal says that when she grew up, “The only writers I knew were dead. And apart from Enid Blyton, they were dead men. And white. And posh. Even when I began to read widely in my 20s, it was still a case of: if you can’t see it, you can’t be it. No one from my background – poor, black and Irish – wrote books. It just wasn’t an option.” And things haven’t changed much, she says.
A Dance – And Performance Art – Made Of What We Leave Behind
Choreographer and dancer Alexandra Pirici created her performance piece for the New Museum for five dancers, and a hologram. “‘The biological body wants toilet breaks,’ she said, ‘it gets tired, it decays.’ A hologram, though, makes no demands.”
The Biotic Portal Is What Happens When Two Poets Take Over The Garden
Poets Denise Newman and Hazel White won a grant to collaborate with the UC Botanical Garden in Berkeley. Then they created a massive collaboration. “Poetry is often so nearly silent, floating on the page, unseen and unheard by the vast majority of people, even those who read. I sense in Newman and White the desire to break down the barriers between poetry and the world, to get out there and chat, even as they undertake brainy inquiries about the nature of beauty and how a seemingly innocent activity, like collecting plants, can conceal human power dynamics.”
Abstract Expressionist Sonia Gechtoff Has Died At 91
The artist made a splash when she was a young painter in San Francisco, but she and her artist husband (James Kelly) left for New York and the Abstract Expressionist life. Using a palette knife instead of a brush, her technique “made Ms. Gechtoff stand out in a genre that was largely male.”
He Might Have Starred in ‘Get Out,’ But He’s Not Speaking For Anyone Except Himself
Daniel Kaluuya is nominated for an Academy Award, as is the movie, and now he’s in Black Panther as well. He’s glad to have his mom around to help him stay humble: “His mother finds acting too erratic a profession. ‘She calls me every time and says, ‘Have you got a job yet?’ And I haven’t. I can’t say to her, ‘You gotta wait – the nos mean something.’ I tell her I’m writing a script. She says, ‘Just type full stop.’’ [And] after the hype around Get Out, Kaluuya is more grateful than ever for his mother’s unhistrionic attitude. He calls this right-sizing.”
Massachusetts Bows To Berkshire Museum, And The Rockwell Can Be Sold
To be clear: The state attorney’s office says that the non-Rockwell pieces up for sale can go anywhere, but the Rockwell must be sold to another museum and remain on public view. “The agreement, which requires court approval, could end a contentious chapter in the history of the museum.”
Jóhan Jóhannsson, Composer For Movies Like ‘Arrival’ And ‘The Theory Of Everything, Has Died At 48
The composer was found dead on Friday in his Berlin apartment. No cause of death has been announced yet. Jóhannsson had just finished a score for the Rooney Mara film “Mary Magadalene.”
Portland Theatre That Had Been In Money Trouble Gets $7 Million Gift
Artists Repertory Theatre had plans to sell half of its building, including one of its theatres, to a development group that was going to turn the pricey Portland real estate into a 20-story housing and retail building. That may still happen, but the $7 million – one of the largest arts gifts in Oregon’s history – allows the theatre company to pay off its mortgage and be, the artistic director said, “in control of our own destiny.”
Angels In America Gets Its Own Thorough History
How did a few interviews about the play turn into a book? The authors: “We kept getting so much amazing stuff. Every single person we talked to would tell us the kind of story you tell about the defining artistic and intellectual moment of your life. No one was like, ‘Oh yeah, it was great. I don’t remember much about it.'” Then there was the Robert Altman movie idea.