“When you divide the brain into bitty bits and make millions of calculations according to a bunch of inferences, there are abundant opportunities for error, particularly when you are relying on software to do much of the work.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Two Of Broadway’s Top Directors And Their Teams
“I realized if I didn’t support diversity, it wouldn’t necessarily happen. It’s so very easy to find yourself the only one if you’re not careful. I always have diversity in mind. I always am thinking about who’s on my team.”
The Love/Hate Relationship Authors Have With Their Own Books
“I am so excited when I begin a book. All of that possibility! All of that vision! Then the book hits me in the head with the work ahead of me.”
You’re Too Late To Get A Ticket For The Opening Weekend Of This Museum
“Smithsonian officials said 28,500 free, timed passes for Sept. 24 and 25 were distributed on the website and via a special phone service. By noon Saturday, passes over the following two weekends were sold out, too.”
By The Numbers, Theatre Has A Problem With People Of Color And White Women In Leadership Positions
“Hidden behind a gender- and race-neutral job description is an expectation, grounded in a stereotype, of what a theatre leader needs to look like: white and male, because white and male leaders have been the long-standing majority of those in top positions.”
Go Ahead And Take Petrodollars, UK Museums, Says Official Association
“In response to claims by Art Not Oil that BP influenced museum programming, the committee said it is ‘common practice’ for a museum to maintain a dialogue with a sponsor about the planning and content of an exhibition.”
A Broadway Dancer Has Been Charged With Murdering His Boyfriend
“The pair reportedly had been fighting in their apartment in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx. After the fight, Bellamy reportedly contacted a neighbor, who called police. Bellamy was waiting for them and surrendered peacefully.”
A Tiny Spanish Press Has Won The Right To Clone The World’s Most Mysterious Book
“Siloe, which specialises in making facsimiles of old manuscripts, has bought the rights to make 898 exact replicas of the Voynich – so faithful that every stain, hole, sewn-up tear in the parchment will be reproduced.”
Why Do Critics Still Hate Andrew Wyeth?
“At best, one might say that the most virulent haters are dead or are moving on, but the void is still not exactly filling up with love. Maybe there is some grudging respect, which might count as a victory for this most singular of artists.”
When You’re Famous Enough To Get Siri To Pronounce Your Name Correctly
Barbra Streisand: “And so what did I do? I called the head of Apple, Tim Cook, and he delightfully agreed to have Siri change the pronunciation of my name, finally, with the next update.”