There’s a wild story about how this was buried for decades, and also about “the route the footage took from building site to the Canadian national archives in Ottawa – transported by a Hercules military aircraft after civilian courier firms refused to deliver what they considered dangerously flammable material.”
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The Story Of A Songwriter Who Kept Some Songs For Herself
Julia Michaels, who has written hit songs for Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, and Selena Gomez, says it was time for her to sing one of her own songs. “Shelly Peiken, who’s a really incredible songwriter, used to say ‘dare to suck.’ You never know what people’s reactions are going to be, so you’ve got to take chances.”
The Woman Bringing A Bookstore Back To The Bronx
Noelle Santos, who’s been crowdfunding for the store-to-be: “We need a physical space like a bookstore, whether it be independent or a chain store. It serves this physiological purpose that Amazon cannot reproduce. Amazon is not a bookstore. They are an algorithm, and that’s all.”
What It Was Like To Take Photos That Went Viral (Before Viral Was A Thing)
Photographer Graciela Iturbide: “It’s very strange, no? That image is no longer mine. In Juchitán there is now a sculpture of her based on that photo. It has appeared as graffiti. There are murals. In Juchitán, she is like a saint. ‘Our Lady of the Iguanas’ is part of daily life.”
To Avoid Stepping Into The Shoes Of A Former ‘Hamilton’ Actor, Mandy Patinkin Steps Down From ‘Great Comet’
Will the move, which Patinkin said he made because he agreed that the choice was one that wasn’t good for actors of color, cause yet more ticket sales problems for “Great Comet,” which has struggled since musician Josh Groban stepped down?
New York Developers Fight To Get Name Artists To Make Work For Their New Condo Projects
“New residential developments across the city are installing significant works by artists both emerging and established in outdoor plazas, lobbies, common spaces and model units. Where developers previously battled over big-name architects and all-out amenity spaces, from pet spas to hamams, many are now turning their attention to outsize art projects.”
Study: Alcohol Can Boost Creativity
It reports that, while moderate inebriation doesn’t boost your ability to generate innovative ideas, it can help you avoid one major barrier to creative breakthroughs: getting stuck in a mental rut.
Marshall McLuhan’s Ideas Only Become More Relevant As Time Goes On
“The splintering of traditional media, the hostility of contemporary politics, the ways in which modern technology pulls us together while at the same time driving us apart – if you look, you’ll find traces of it in McLuhan’s work, which explored subjects ranging from pop culture to mass media to the ways in which technology would affect our ways of communication, decades before cellphones or the Internet. He was an avatar of the future, ironic considering his own, pessimistic view of things”
Cheech Marin’s Search For The “Chicano Rockwell”
I’ve studied great painters all my life — most of my favorites are European: Caravaggio, Picasso. When I discovered Chicano painters, I knew they were great painters because I knew what great painting was. That’s what attracted me, not: “They’re Chicano and those are my people!”
Philadelphia’s Army Of Theatre Voters
Theatre Philadelphia expanded the pool of nominators this year from 60 to 70, “to ensure we had all the voices in the room — race, ethnicity, people not on the binary, the LGBTQ community. “We wanted our nominator pool,” he said, “to reflect what we want to see in our theater audiences.”