The news, rumoured for months, was confirmed by the company Tuesday as it announced details of what will be House’s final season at the head of one of Canada’s oldest and most respected contemporary dance troupes.
– Toronto Star
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Big Festivals, Concerts Avoiding Toronto. Why?
Festivals are expensive. Toronto’s an expensive city. Lots of entertainment choices. And what if people don’t buy what you’re offering? – Toronto Star
Man Convicted Of Trying To Sell Fake Francis Bacon On EBay
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said he had “deliberately aimed to mislead the public into believing he was selling a famed 1952 original” – which was stolen in 1988. – BBC
Jay Z Is The First Rapper Billionaire
Forbes says the husband of singer Beyonce has succeeded because he built brands rather than just endorsed them. In its rankings, Forbes rejected claims that rapper and producer Dr Dre had reached billionaire status. – BBC
Did Complex Societies Lead To Belief In Powerful, Punishing Gods? Or Vice Versa?
Vice versa, argues Joseph Henrich. “He contends that moralizing gods spurred societal complexity because belief in moralizing gods leads to success in intergroup competition. It increased trust and cooperation among a growing population of relative strangers, he said, and buttressed traits like bravery in warfare.” – Nautilus
Goodbye to the commercial music industry, hello to the rock stars next door
The New York City subway is not, on any given day, the place to hear the music you need. It’s public in the extreme — in one of the world’s most public cities. And yet that’s where music ambushed me, a few months ago … – David Patrick Stearns
Two Mexican Artists Deported From Cuba, Accused Of Trying To “Subvert” Havana Biennial
On the day of the opening of their exhibition Impulso in old Havana, the artists Jesus Benitez and his colleague, who has asked not to disclose her name in press in fear of further repercussions, were detained and interrogated by Cuban police for six hours. The artists were then deported back to Mexico from the Havana airport. – Hyperallergic
Belief In Deities May Not Be The Important Part Of Religion
“What if belief in the supernatural is window dressing on what really matters — elaborate rituals that foster group cohesion, creating personal bonds that people are willing to die for.” – Nautilus
But It Messes Up The Meter! Grumpy Old Director Grumps About Gender-Swapping Shakespeare
Richard Eyre, a former director of the National Theatre in London, criticized a recent RSC production of Timon of Athens in which Lord Timon became Lady Timon — and, therefore, the line “I love that man” became “I love that woman”. Eyre, stressing the importance of Shakespeare’s use of iambic pentameter (which that extra syllable throws off), called the casting “a very bad decision. … Do the plays. Don’t rework it.” – The Times (UK)
Charter Schools Were Supposed To Help Save Education. But Things Have Turned Sour
This is no small shift. For the past quarter-century, the charter school movement has been a juggernaut. Charters were originally devised by technocrats hoping to inject “free market dogmas into the public sector,” as Rachel Cohen wrote in the journal Democracy. The idea was expertly packaged and sold for a broad audience — as a low-cost way to advance the twin aims of excellence and equity. – Washington Post