“Williams tried matching sonnets with locations based on their ‘imagery and rhetorical arguments,’ pairing, for example, the legal-minded Sonnet 46 with the State Supreme Court building.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Can We Save The Universe From Certain Death?
“Should life surrender to its sad, entropic fate, or should we (for ‘we’ are the only entities we know of who might be able to make a difference) at least begin to think about postponing – perhaps indefinitely – the death of the only home we have?”
Top Posts For AJBlogs From 04.05.15
A Giant Step Forward At The Met
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Howard University’s Dance Program Has Changed The Face Of U.S. Ballet
“Copeland and Mack, both African American, will go where no dancers of color have gone before. They will become the first African Americans to dance the leading roles of Odette/Odile and Prince Siegfried respectively in what remains our whitest performing art: classical ballet.”
No, Norton Simon, You Can’t Avoid Dealing With The Issue Of Looted Art
The California Supreme Court “chastened the museum in its ruling, stating ‘that there is nothing unfair about affording plaintiff an opportunity to pursue the merits of her claims against Norton Simon… Museums are sophisticated entities that are well-equipped to trace the provenance of the fine art that they purchase.'”
What Playwrights Can Do To Make Theatre More Welcoming To Women
“It isn’t just a numbers game, and it isn’t just down to playwrights, but I hope that if we keep making conscious choices about the characters we write, then we won’t just change theatre but maybe also the world.”
The Woman Who’s Changing The Face Of Comedy
“By the time Jones finishes reading a script, she already has ideas about which actors might be right for the roles—and who can handle the pressure of constantly improvising during the eighty-hour workweek that shooting a television comedy often requires. But she also likes the surprise of the unknown.”
A Right-Wing Backlash Floods The Hugo Awards
“This new slate can only really be understood against the backdrop of ongoing, vicious fights over racism in science fiction.”
Why Did Maria Altmann Fight For ‘The Woman In Gold’?
“If they would have once come and said, ‘We know these paintings are not ours, but, look, they are national treasures for us. Can you sit down and negotiate?’ Not once did they even attempt it or answer a letter of mine. … They feel they got away with and they (feel they) will get away with it, and they will pat themselves on their back, and this is what makes me so angry.”
The Renovation Of The National Theatre Gets It Right
“They have kept control of the design of the new zones of quaffing and scoffing rather than let the in-house fit-outs of catering chains run riot, as has happened elsewhere on the South Bank. With the help of extensive scholarship on the subject of 1970s board-marked concrete, they have cleaned and repaired it. It looks beautiful.”