Try mysteries, especially police procedurals. “The fiction author has to do what a journalist cannot. The novel isn’t just a work of fiction; it is ‘alternative facts.’ Readers expect novelists to tell them the stories that aren’t printed in newspapers; the ‘real’ saga they’ve heard about on WhatsApp.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Story Of A Child Prodigy Who Found Her Perfect Violin, And Then Had It Stolen
Min Kym: “I didn’t know who I was anymore, and I didn’t know what to do with myself. I felt as though I was just a sort of shell of a person. … You know, when it’s a human relationship, it’s something that everybody can relate to and understand. But I think as a violinist, as a musician, as an artist, when you know the relationship that you have with your particular art, it’s something that lives inside you and has a life of its own.”
Smaller Arts Groups In New York Are Hoping For A Larger Slice Of The City’s Cultural Budget
It’s worrisome for large organizations like the Met Museum and all of the residents of Lincoln Center – but the boroughs are excited: “Mayor Bill de Blasio and his lieutenants are deep into a re-examination of the city’s $178 million arts budget and other cultural resources to try to give a higher profile — and perhaps more taxpayer money — to smaller institutions in disadvantaged neighborhoods.”
We Can (Maybe) End Discrimination With This One Weird Trick
In a single two-hour workshop, “Devine and Cox offered ideas for substitute habits. Observe your own stereotypes and replace them, Cox said. Look for situational reasons for a person’s behavior, rather than stereotypes about that person’s group. Seek out people who belong to groups unlike your own. Devine paced among the desks, making eye contact with each student. ‘I submit to you,’ she said, her voice steady with conviction, ‘that prejudice is a habit that can be broken.'”
The National Symphony Creates A One-Take Recording [VIDEO]
Conductor Deborah Wiseman: “We’re recording straight onto vinyl. As we are playing, the little grooves of vinyl are being created, so really, what you play is there forever.”
The Party In Power In The United States Determines – Sort Of, And A Little Behind – What Kinds Of Monsters We See In Movies
Basically? “When a Republican is in power we get zombies and when a Democrat is in power we get vampires. Each monster represents the fears of the opposition power.”
Will MTV’s Non-Gender-Segregated Award Start An Avalanche?
Or is it a one-time thing? “Where will all this lead? I don’t even want to predict. Maybe nowhere. Maybe somewhere. … Wherever it leads (or doesn’t), I have to give the MTV Movie & TV Awards credit for having the audacity to shake up the cultural DNA, to show us what a new kind of post-gender consciousness feels like.”
A New Banksy In England Shows A Man Chipping Away At An EU Flag
Banksy has some feelings about Brexit, and the artist wants everyone to understand them. “The artwork emerged overnight on the Castle Amusements building near the ferry terminal, which connects the UK with mainland Europe.”
How Do Celebrities, And Studios, Get Hacked? Blame Smart Hackers, And Careless Vendors
Here’s the issue: “While they may not be able to break into a Universal Studios or a Netflix directly, [cybercriminals] have learned that the highest-profile targets are supported by a system of soft targets — content collaborators, remixers, postproduction studios and others — that do not have the same resources, security technology or sense of paranoia. And the hackers have started capitalizing.”
Touring A Large Ballet Company Means Juggling A Whole Lot Of Tutus, Pointe Shoes, And Washing Machines
When Birmingham Royal Ballet tours David Bintley’s “Cinderella,” for instance, says the company manager, they “transport the set, costume, props and lighting up and down the country, including 1,000 hair pins, 250 hair rollers, 78 wigs, 44 tutus, eight baskets of shoes, two washing machines plus [his] touring office.”