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At Two Awards Shows, Different Top Contenders For Oscars Get Big Wins, Over The Weekend

The Producers Guild Awards loved Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, but the Screen Actors Guild (where women headlined, and wore pink instead of black in reference to the weekend’s many marches) went for Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri.

Cherokee Nation Member Wes Studi, The Star Of A New Film, Says Theatre Acting Is A Like The Adrenaline Rush Of War

Community theatre, of course. Studi: “It was kind of a combination of the aftereffect of Vietnam in a way, in that — I won’t say I was addicted or a junkie of adrenaline — but, you know, I tried a number of fairly dangerous things just to kick that off in my brain again. … What I saw in community theater was you could learn your lines and do rehearsals and all of that, but finally opening night shows up and you’re in the wings and I rediscovered that huge wall of fear.”

What’s Next For The Partly Recovered San Antonio Symphony?

Some good things have happened since the near total shutdown in December: “The musicians have a contract that extends through August, and interim executive director Karina Bharne is in place. In addition, the original board, known as the Symphony Society of San Antonio is back at the helm with a new chairwoman, Kathleen Weir Vale. Still unknown is what will happen next. Musicians will begin negotiating their next contract soon, and it’s unclear who the next generation of leadership will be for the symphony and what will be different next season to finally get this troubled organization back on track financially.”

This San Francisco Chinatown Building May Become The First U.S. Chinese American Museum

It may be an idea whose time has come, especially if it honors recently – and suddenly – deceased mayor Ed Lee. “The 838 Grant Ave. property is just a block from historic Portsmouth Square, which some politicians have already begun pushing to rename after Lee. Now there is talk of blending the two efforts, with the museum serving as an entryway to the park behind it.”

The Power – And Importance – Of Fragonard And His Merry Band

Were his “fantasy portraits” actually a group of random people that he dressed in theatrical costumes? Are the dynamic canvases painted from memory instead of from life? “Fragonard’s drawing is a Rosetta stone whose implications are still to be fully interpreted and absorbed, despite the pioneering scholarship of several of the authors who have previously published on the series.”

A Tacoma Artist Gets Love From The Art Establishment, But Loving It Back Isn’t His Goal

Christopher Jordan says, “The whole idea is using public art and social media to connect the black diaspora. … I see my work as supporting communities of color that have been disconnected — to have opportunities to engage, collaborate and share.”

Chipping At Classical Music’s Glass Ceiling

Conductor Susanna Mälkki: “Women have been conducting for decades. … They just haven’t been welcome. It’s as simple as that.”

Right-Wing Protesters Yank Down And Destroy Statue In Athens

The statue was red, an angel with wings, but critics thought it was a depiction of Satan. “Protests against the 8-metre high sculpture called Phylax, which in Greek means ‘guardian’, have ranged from throwing white paint and spitting at it to attempting to exorcise it with a Greek priest sprinkling holy water.” Then a group of people decided to drag the entire column and statue down using a truck.

What Happened To Amazon’s Desire To Make Indie Movies?

It’s gone. Now Amazon Studios has complete blockbuster lust, and that could hurt Sundance … a lot.

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