The response to Friday’s immigration and refugee orders came fast at the awards show in LA: They “kicked off with Ashton Kutcher welcoming viewers and ‘everyone in airports that belong in my America. You are a part of the fabric of who we are. And we love you and we welcome you.'”
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The Black Women Who Made New York – And Reshaped The World
Women like Audre Lorde and Clara Hale didn’t just affect New York; they “likewise reshaped the ways in which nearly all members of society think about our relationships to one another. The legacy of these pioneers was on display last weekend all over the world, where humans of every gender, age and persuasion took to the streets.”
Top AJBlogs Posts For The Weekend 01.29.17
Glittering Athletes
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Magazines Submitted Little Fiction To The Contest, So A Prize Fades Away
Author Anthony Marra: “Writing, editing, and publishing short stories in literary magazines is a labor of love for all involved. … They aren’t clickbait. They don’t make much noise or much money. And yet the best of them long outlast the paper on which they were first printed.”
Mary Zimmerman Tries A Fourth Time At The Met With ‘Rusalka’
This opera might be the one that works for her: “If she never quite found her footing in the rigid conventions of bel canto, there is more in common with her theater work in the later, dreamier, more epic ‘Rusalka.'”
You Thought Sundance Might Be An Escape From Politics? Ha!
Founder Robert Redford: “We try to stay away from politics, per se. We stay focused on what are the stories being told by artists.” The stories being told, though, could easily be seen as political.
What’s Going Down At The Ballet World’s Youth Grand Prix?
Raw ambition wrapped in hoodies and pearl earrings, of course.
Emmanuelle Riva, Star Of ‘Hiroshima mon amour’ And ‘Amour,’ Has Died At 89
Riva received an Oscar nomination for her work on Amour. “‘[Amour] is such a wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary gift,’ she said in 2012. ‘I cannot tell you how happy I am. Completely happy. The whole thing is like a fairytale.'”
How The Los Angeles Art World Has Dealt With The Inauguration And First Days Of Trump
“Many gestures were modest, but in sum they revealed that the advent of the Trump presidency is no ordinary moment in American cultural life.”
Anthony Goldstone, Pianist Who Recorded CDs At A Record Pace, Dies At 72
Goldstone recorded prolifically – and, with his wife Caroline Clemmow, produced recordings of hundreds of works for four hands. “He also delighted in excavating unpublished or unfinished pieces which he would complete himself and record. A disc of Mozart, for example, featured a number of works left unfinished at the composer’s death – including a D minor Fantasy and a Präludium in C – fragments which were reconstructed and completed with skill and sensitivity.”