The longtime Village Voice writer earned this glorious paragraph in his NYT obit: “The Hentoff bibliotheca reads almost like an anthology: works by a jazz aficionado, a mystery writer, an eyewitness to history, an educational reformer, a political agitator, a foe of censors, a social critic. He was, indeed, like the jazz he loved — given to improvisations and permutations, a composer-performer who lived comfortably with his contradictions, though adversaries called him shallow and unscrupulous, and even his admirers sometimes found him infuriating, unrealistic and stubborn.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Amazon’s ‘No Cashier’ Bookstore Has Humans Watching From Behind The Scenes
Sure, you can just pick up stuff – sandwiches, drinks, er, books – and walk out, as long as you have the app. And the store is supposed to “see” what you picked up. But sometimes it can’t, so “Amazon staff is asked to help out when the system used in the new Amazon Go store can’t make a determination.”
How To Incite – And Deal With – Youth Audience Rebellion In The Theatre
Should playwrights be making theatre that caters to twentysomethings? Or should theatres simply spend more time putting any play they do in context? Or is this all pandering? “We don’t want to create a nation of inactive blobs who passively sit by; we want to create a community of activists who, when they see someone being victimized, jump up and speak out.”
How The Playwright And The Director Made ‘Moonlight’ Out Of One Very Tough Miami Neighborhood
Movie writer and director Barry Jenkins grew up a year older and just a block or two away from playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney – but somehow they didn’t meet until Jenkins was working on the movie that’s rocketing through awards season and audience emotions. “They remember the same swinging tree, dancing at jams held in the amphitheater, and the annual turkey bowl.”
New York’s Municipal Art Society Suddenly Ousts Its New President
Is money involved? Perhaps.
Do You Love The Bari Sax? Here Are 25 Great Performances To Warm Up A Snow Day
It’s an unwieldy “low-register behemoth that requires voluminous breath, careful control and formidable stamina,” and here are many minutes of its best moments so far.
Should The City Of Prague Take Alphonse Mucha’s Epic Painting Cycle On Tour?
His grandson says no – and sues the city to stop the loan to a museum in Tokyo. “Prof. Karel Stretti, who leads the restoration department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, said the largest of the ‘Slav Epic’ pieces measures 26.5 feet by 20 feet, meaning handlers would have to remove it from its frame and roll it up, which could crack the paint.”
The Woman Who Played The Quiet, Determined Mildred Loving Says That Court Decision Is Every American’s History
The film Loving, about the court decision that struck down anti-micegenation laws in the United States, stars Ethiopian actor Ruth Negga, who says, “People like Richard and Mildred often are one of many untold stories. And we have a duty to revisit these stories and share them.”
What’s Better: Beating Temptation, Or Never Feeling That Temptation To Begin With?
A study involving 250 children and 400 adults finds that children aged 3-8 believe one side is better, while anyone older than 8 – but especially adults – has exactly the opposite conclusion.
As The Golden Globes Approach, Moonlight And Manchester Clean Up At National Society Of Film Critics Awards
Moonlight got the top honor as a film and for its director, Barry Jenkins, and a couple of other awards, and Manchester-by-the-Sea snagged most of the rest, leaving La La Land in the cold.