Could this really have been Walt Disney’s intention? Brian Boneau, a 28-year-old, has gone to Disney World several dozen times. He has “mastered the art of meticulously planning his days down to the ride to ensure he and his family make the most of their time actually doing stuff and not waiting in line. That oftentimes means booking Fastpasses online 30 days in advance (or 60 if he’s staying in a Disney Resort hotel) or getting to the parks as soon as they open.”
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A Book That Nearly Everyone Is Reading Lays Out Some Consequences Of A President Who Doesn’t Read
Is there evidence that the U.S. president does or ever has read books? The evidence says no. So what’s the next step? “While most problems faced by presidential administrations are incredibly complex, the solution to problems caused by a president who does not read is fairly simple: He ought to start reading. Simple and easy are very different matters, though, and expecting a man who has always preferred chatting and watching television to the printed word to become a reader at 71 would be foolish.”
What’s The Food Like At The National Theatre’s New Dinner Show?
Oops, the restaurant critic sent to review the on-stage edibles got distracted by the show, Network (an adaptation of the ’70s movie): The food “barely registers. It’s something dark on a plate. Food? Who cares about that? I’m too busy gawping at the kinetic fury of one of the US’s greatest actors playing not just to the hundreds in the Lyttleton theatre, but to us up here in the midst of the ultimate TV dinner”.
Purchased In Fury After The Election, Literary Site The Rumpus Has Become (Occasionally) Profitable
Owner Marisa Siegel on what the last 12 months have meant for her and the site: “I feel ready to double down on the promise of writing, on the power of sharing stories, and on our ability to build bridges with language and knock down walls with words.”
Why They (That Is, The Actresses Who Created The Time’s Up Campaign And The Activists Who Went To The Golden Globes With Them) Fight
Mónica Ramírez, who fights for farmworker rights and who accompanied Laura Dern to the ceremony: “‘Farmworker women pick and plant the food that we eat and have a long history of combating sexual violence,’ said Ms. Ramírez, who fights sexual violence against farmworkers and pushes for Latina empowerment. Of the women working in Hollywood, she said, ‘We stand with them and we lend them our power and strength. Part of our work as an organization is to fight for gender equality across all lines.'”
The Biggest Moments At The Golden Globes
Sure, Lady Bird won two big awards, Get Out was wildly snubbed, and Laura Dern gave a great speech (here’s a list of the winners from The New York Times). But all eyes and ears were on Oprah, who wound up a rousing speech after winning the Cecil B. DeMille award like this: “For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to the power of those men. … But their time is up. Their time is up. Their time is up.”
A Major Portland Theatre Decides To Sell Half Its Building, And Loses Its Managing Director As Well
For years, Artists Repertory Theatre shepherded its building in what was historically a gritty location, through remodels and hosting a number of other cultural offices and eventually to a new, vibrant artistic director, who has “set new standards for equity, onstage and off.” But now, ART is selling half its building, including one theatre. “The buyer is Wood Partners, a development firm that created the Pearl District high-rise Block 17. A pre-application permit filed in October shows a plan for a new 20-story mixed use building with 296 housing units, 4,000 square feet of retail and 206 below-grade parking spaces.”
The San Antonio Symphony Came Back Almost As Soon As It Left
The season will be abbreviated, and the new chair of the board won’t say where the money’s coming from, but it’s on, and “people are dancing in the streets.”
The Mysterious Practice-Room Pianist Who Could Mirror Anyone’s Repertoire
“It is kind of unusual when you have the opportunity to transform these moments when you’re in the cell of a practice room by yourself into a moment actually of communication or connection.”
Dear New York Times: Um, Here’s What An Actual Sensitivity Reader Does
In 2014, calls started to spike for more diverse books. And publishing houses and writers responded – with white writers writing more books about people of color. Dhonielle Clayton, who co-founded We Need Diverse Books and the Cake Literary Agency and who has a book of her own coming out in February, says the freak-out about sensitivity readers should really be focused there: “The fact is that sensitivity reading is a band-aid over a hemorrhaging problem in our industry. That’s what we should really be talking about — that’s what real censorship looks like. The systematic erasure and blockage of people of color from the publishing industry.”