Yes, seriously: “A nationwide survey on access to toilets in theatres has been launched. The Association of British Theatre Technicians, which is running the survey, hopes it will help to address ‘issues of accessibility and inclusivity.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
In Venezuela’s Turmoil, Gustavo Dudamel Has Become A Target – And Helped Win A Release For An Imprisoned Violinist
Los Angeles’ “Dudamel was involved in the talks to release Wuilly Arteaga, a Venezuelan violinist who gained a following on social media for playing music in the middle of violent street protests against President Nicolas Maduro. National guard forces arrested Arteaga during a demonstration last month; he was released Tuesday.”
Leslie Jones (Or Maybe Society) Has Come A Long Way Since Last Year’s Twitter Debacle
Jones on making fun of getting hacked by racist, sexist haters after Ghostbusters came out: “That’s what comics do. You’re not a good comic if you don’t face your pain right off. That’s like the No. 1 rule on a comic’s list. You help a lot of people when you do that. You can’t ignore the elephant — you’ve got to make the elephant laugh. Me and the elephant are friends.”
What’s It Like Being A Black Female Millennial Composer At The BBC Proms?
Hannah Kendall: “I’m a millennial composer! I have to make money to survive financially in London. I realised early on you need a range of skills for that. As a composer it’s incredibly helpful for me to understand press and marketing and fundraising, as I’m likely to have to do it for myself. It’s not so easy juggling working in an office with teaching composition at the Junior Royal Academy of Music and then trying to write your own stuff.”
When Sue Grafton Started Her Series With ‘A Is For Alibi,’ Few People Knew She’d Get To The End Of The Alphabet
How did this all get started? Grafton says, “I was reading an Edward Gorey cartoon book called ‘The Gashlycrumb Tinies.’ And that’s little pen-and-ink drawings of Victorian children being done in in various ways. A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil, assaulted by bears. C for Claire, who – you know, and on down the alphabet. I thought, what a keen idea.”
A Long-Lost Banksy Is Rediscovered After Being Vandalized And Boarded Up
Wow: “Known as the Snorting Copper and considered an exemplary image by the elusive graffiti artist, it shows a uniformed policeman on his hands and knees snorting a line of cocaine.”
Songs For The Eclipse
Yes, there’s an obvious number one. And then a few more. (Each song lasts longer than the totality in most of the totality zone, but never mind that.)
Cambridge University Press Knuckles Under To Pressure From The Chinese Government
This is not great: “In a letter made public on social media on Friday, the editor of the journal, Tim Pringle, said Cambridge University Press had informed him that the authorities had ordered it to censor more than 300 articles related to issues like the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong and the Cultural Revolution. The publishing house’s site risked being shut down if it did not comply with the request, the letter said.”
The NYT’s Holland Cotter: Don’t Destroy Confederate Monuments
The resident art critic says to move them instead. “My reasons are pragmatic. When you find yourself at a crime scene, you don’t destroy evidence. You preserve it for the prosecution. In the case of images like this, the prosecutor is history, and the trial may be a long one, stretching far into the future, with many witnesses called. Rush to judgment and drastic action should be resisted.”
Here’s An Artist Building Colorful Bungalows To Highlight The Housing Crisis In The UK
Richard Woods: “There’s one house in the harbour, floating around – somebody heard through gossip in the town that it was going to be floated to Calais and back again. Some people are genuinely interested in whether “boat people” will move into the houses. But then lots of people in the town completely get the project.”