Ted Chiang writes so slowly that he spent five years researching linguistics before coming out with “Story of Your Life.”
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Singer Regina Spektor Says The Only Reason She’s Jewish – And An Artist – Is Anti-Semitism
The singer: “The only reason I’m Jewish is probably antisemitism. Think about Soviet Russia – religion is illegal. So there’s no cultural Judaism, no tradition. The only thing that made Jewish people marry other Jews is that they didn’t want to be called ‘kikes’. They knew they wouldn’t hear the word ‘zhid’ come out of their husband’s face when they had their first marital fight. So it’s the only reason a lot of us exist.”
Can The Canadian National Ballet Move The Cultural Conversation As It Turns 65?
Or is it just another ad for sequined pointe shoes with no meaning? “It is with both bewilderment and sadness that one might look over the National Ballet of Canada’s 2016/17 season and think: What can be considered vital among it? What conversations can these ballets possibly provoke?”
How Will The Art Market React To A Trump Presidency? Auctions May Give A Clue
First of all, everyone’s sitting on great work because they’re waiting to see if the market will be there for great work. So that’s a slight problem.
Why Write About The Nastiness Of Humanity? Ask This Zimbabwean Author
Petina Gappah, winner of the Guardian First Book Award several years ago, Has a new book of short stories out. And the people in them experience quite a lot of painful challenges. Why? “The criminal justice system links everyone together, from the top politicians to the street vendors – it cuts across the boundaries of race and class.”
After A 60-Year Career, Ennio Morricone Has More To Say, And Conduct
Ignore his 2015 Oscar: “Morricone is not a man to rest upon on his laurels with successful mainstream sound tracks. ‘I like to experiment still,’ says the longtime member of Italian avant garde-ist Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza.”
Why Are Migrants And Refugees In London? This Arts Project Asks Them
The Battersea Arts Centre combines personal stories with an exhibit of what’s important to these migrants: “It reminds us that a culture is made up of individual stories about who we are.”
The Director Of ‘Selma’ And ’13th’ Explains What Trump’s Win Means
Basically? Private prisons – something well-covered in Ava DuVernay’s documentary “13th,” streaming on Netflix (and at a big screening in L.A. on Sunday night).
In Theatre Awards In London, The New ‘Harry Potter’ Play Comes Out On Top
Ralph Fiennes won a best acting award, as did Billie Piper (whom US fans might know from Doctor Who) – and Glenn Close completes a theatre comeback in London with an award as well. The director of the Harry Potter play said, “It’s a show about the peril of isolation, about unity, about family and about love.”
London’s New (Well, Improved) Design Museum Is Weird, And Weirdly Charming And Wonderful
During a recession, and with little government support, the museum remade itself – after “60 years of tireless campaigning” – is “abstractly handsome” with “a degree of majesty.”