“Armed with what she refers to as ‘pedestrian singing’ abilities and ‘passable acting,’ she loved working in the ensemble — standing out in the group as much as possible, but also being protected by the group just the same.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Gaza Residents, After Decades, Finally Get A To Watch Movies In Public
“As there are no movie theatres in Gaza, the screenings are held at a rented hall at the Red Crescent Society building.”
A Statue Of George Orwell, Rejected At First For His Politics, To Grace BBC Smoking Area
“The BBC and the writer parted acrimoniously in 1943, when Orwell resigned after two wartime years as a talks producer in the Eastern Service, making propaganda broadcasts for India. In his resignation letter, under his real name, Eric Blair, he wrote: ‘For some time past I have been conscious that I was wasting my own time and the public money on doing work that produces no result.'”
A Hong Kong Film Banned In China Wins Asia’s Top Film Award
“Set in 2025, it depicts political gangs and persecution of local people for speaking Cantonese not Mandarin. It comes amid increasing nervousness in Hong Kong about perceived Communist Party interference in its affairs.”
A New Trove Of Letters Reveals A Lot More About A Mysterious Poet
The poet Adrienne Rich’s “radical feminist beliefs had a curiously distancing effect, often thought too blunt, too simplistic. It seems hard for people to imagine that these ideas could be the result of a complex mind, a complicated experience. And like many artists, Rich was wary of those who wanted to connect her work too closely to the shape of her life. When she died, she asked that her friends and family refrain from participating in any full-length biography; many of her archived letters to close friends are sealed until 2050.”
The Woman Who Knows How To Rebuild Syria
“I had no illusions of being the next Zaha Hadid. … Nevertheless, hope is blind, and always manages to find its way into the human heart, mine included.”
The New Jersey Orchestra’s First Woman Music Director Is About To Take The Baton
“Zhang and the orchestra will be playing a mix of Russian and American music this weekend — a program that will obviously getting a bit more scrutiny than was originally intended. ‘We programmed this two years ago — we just thought it was beautiful music. No one thought it would have this much attention at all,’ she said.”
What Dancers Do With Bad Reviews
“Even vague critiques can lead to breakthroughs.”
No Matter How Bad The U.S. Economy Got, Museums Kept On Growing
“Museum leaders say they must expand because they want to show art forms such as performance that do not fit neatly in white-cube galleries. They also need to adapt to museums’ evolving role as community hubs—and, most importantly, they need to build to show more of their rapidly growing collections and to attract new gifts.”
Azerbaijani Author Accused Of ‘Hooliganism’ And Prevented From Traveling To Literary Festival
“Stone Dreams, which told of the massacres of Armenians by Azeris, provoked widespread protests in Azerbaijan four years ago. Aylisli’s books were burned, his title of ‘People’s Writer’ revoked, and a reward was offered to anyone who cut off his ear.”