Just as scientists tend to be quiet about the ‘inspiration’ phase of their work, artists are a little cagey about the ‘laboratory’ phase of theirs. – Irish Times
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What Does It Mean When We Talk About The “Soul” Of A City?
Often, it’s really about politics, nostalgia, and the fear of community change…
If We’re Living In Peak TV, Why Did TV Production Just Plummet Precipitously In LA?
Amidst a whopping 60.3% decline in pilots from Q1 2018, a single feature that was awarded tax incentives filming in the city, a 15% drop in Commercials and more bad news, overall production is down 9.1% from the stronger than expected results of Q1 2018. – Deadline
Cognitive Science: What We Know About How Fake News Works
Creative people that have a strong ability to associate different words are especially susceptible to false memories. Some people might be more vulnerable than others to believe fake news, but everyone is at risk. – NiemanLab
Murdoch Empire 2.0? Son James Said To Be Investing $1 Billion In New Media Ventures
The Financial Times cited sources close to James Murdoch tonight that said his new three-comma fund could include a long-rumored liberal-leaning news outlet. – Deadline
Peter Sellars: On Art, On Culture, On The Artist’s Job Description
“The world is moving in a direction that does require intervention and does require comment and does require a shift in direction. That’s the job description for artists. We’re the people who suggest a bunch of that stuff. Nobody needs to vote for an artist. You’ve got nothing to lose, you just put it out there. This is a very important time to be an artist.” – San Francisco Classical Voice
When Theatre Turns Audiences Into Activists
Tita Anntares writes about two recent productions — one depicting a U.S. immigrant’s deportation hearings, another the monologue of the ghost of a young Black Panther shot by Chicago police in 1969 — that actually moved their audiences to into taking actions on those issues. (Having activists on-site as the show ended helped.) – HowlRound
To Be Returned? Met’s Own Notre-Dame Sculpture Figures in Museum’s Program on the Cathedral
The Met is presenting a free “informal program” about Notre-Dame this coming Monday, but the list of speakers seems unusually high-powered for an informal educational event on a weekday afternoon … – Lee Rosenbaum
San Diego Public Library Forgives $2 Million In Library Fines
“Libraries are known as the ‘great equalizers’ because we provide equal access for all patrons, regardless of their socio-economic status. Wiping the slate clean of outstanding fines means welcoming back many of the under-served patrons who most need our services.” – NPR
When Zora Neale Hurston And Langston Hughes Took A Grand Southern Road Trip
The two great African-American writers happened to run into each other on the street in Mobile, Alabama on a summer day in 1927, and she invited him to ride along with her to Tuskegee and beyond, through Georgia and South Carolina and ultimately home to New York. As biographer Yuval Taylor recounts, they visited a traveling rural school, saw a Bessie Smith traveling tent show, had a session with a conjur-man, and plenty more. – Longreads