Book clubs are turning their focus to nonfiction and political fiction. “Reading groups have long served as spaces for kindred spirits to gather and talk their way through weighty issues; they also skew female, older, and educated — a prime ‘resistance’ cohort. It is hard to overstate how thoroughly the anti-Trump movement is driven by the energy of women in general.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
What Is An Essay, And Why Is It So Hard To Define?
Maybe it’s easier to say what it isn’t than what it is. “There has been a strong tradition among the genre’s commentators to reject imposters and poor substitutes: genuine essays must not be confused with stories, and formulaic school writing … and worst of all, scholarly articles.”
Ai Weiwei Says Artists – And Everyone – Should Be (Part Of) The Change They Wish To See
Ai: “It’s not a strategy, it’s life itself. It’s like if you go in a room, you look for the light, for the window. You turn on light, you open the window.”
A Call For ‘Less Biased’ Theatre Criticism Resounds In The Theatrical Community
There’s a lot more to say about the way Lynn Nottage and Paula Vogel, and many other playwrights, get treated by an East Coast theatre establishment. “We know that the tension between minority playwrights and critics is not a new problem. It’s a very old problem, one made newly urgent by biased reviews of productions by women and playmakers of color this season.”
After A Long Legal Battle, An Austrian Court Has Ruled In Favor Of Franz West’s Children
In the hospital, West signed a document creating a foundation a few days before he died. “Those on the family’s side say that individuals with a financial stake in the estate, including Gagosian dealer Ealan Wingate, who was at the hospital during West’s final days, ‘wanted to make sure with the foundation that the heirs would not be in conflict’ with the gallery’s interests, Kerres says. As a result, ‘the lawyer did a rushed job, just writing something by hand and forgetting major parts of an agreement.'”
The Academy – The ‘OscarsSoWhite’ One – Adds Hundreds Of People In An Attempt To Diversify Its Ranks
The Academy added The Rock, Jordan Peele (director of “Get Out”), Barry Jenkins (director of “Moonlight”), Gal Godot (um, Wonder Woman), and even Betty White (of “The Golden Girls,” which rather brings up a question of why she wasn’t in it before now). Good work, good work, but “even with the big names and numbers, the overall change in the demographics of the academy has been incremental.” Whoops.
The Way The Biscuit Crumbles: A British Journalist Explores ‘Semantic Colonialism’
Sure, “the wonderful thing about the English language is its sponge-like ability to absorb, use and discard un-English verbiage and still be vitally itself.” But wait! Americanisms invading British English means “Britain, and young Britain in particular, has handed over ‘control of its culture and vocabulary to Washington, New York and Los Angeles.’ It is, Engel argues, ‘self-imposed serfdom.'”
Detecting Fake News, Lies, And Other Leavings Of A Bull
Basically? Watch out for rich people. Oh, OK, here are a few other things that will help: “Science of Us talked to a number of experts and compiled this advice about how to spot bullshit, how to avoid falling victim to it, and how to call it out online and in person.”
Nigel Redden Steps Down From Lincoln Center Festival After 20 Years
The director said “he plans to concentrate on his other job, leading the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.C.” What will happen to the Lincoln Center Festival? That’s unclear; “keeping the festival world-class and fresh, year after year, is a challenge, and some critics have warned that Lincoln Center’s was growing stale.”
The Jimmys Are Like Tony Awards For Teens On Broadway
The Tony-winning star of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ admitted this year that he has been addicted to watching the Jimmys since he was younger than some of the contestants. “The Jimmys take over Broadway’s Minskoff Theater for one sparkly Monday night each June, transforming the set of ‘The Lion King’ into a showcase for 74 of the nation’s most talented theatrical hopefuls.”