Social media breaks, or “social media detox,” have become common ways for people to recalibrate their sense of reality and restore their own values. Is the solution here to forgo Netflix, Hulu, Roku, Amazon Prime, and other streaming services so we can get back to our normally functioning brains?
Category: AUDIENCE
How Does A Theatre Weather ‘Hamilton’ At A Rival Venue?
Turns out that sales actually go up, at least for this nonprofit theatre in Utah – though that might partly be because, smart move, they “even rode Hamilton’s coattails a bit, staging a concert version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s earlier musical, In the Heights.”
Does Technology Make For Far, Far Better Piano Lessons?
Online lessons have changed the way many students learn the piano, especially jazz – and maybe made learning better and faster. Perhaps there is “something about the peculiar intimacy of the online lesson — the way it permits a student to scrutinize a teacher’s subtlest movements — that has transformed the learning process.”
NEA Study: Arts Participation In America Is Up
The report paints a generally positive picture for the arts in America. Attendance at both visual and performing arts events is up significantly over the past five years, although it has yet to climb back to 2002 levels. In the 2017 survey, 43.4 percent of American adults—nearly 107 million people—reported they attended a live arts performance during the previous 12 months. That’s up significantly from 40.2 percent in 2012.
Critical Opinion Increasingly Matters Less In The Era Of Social Media
“We’re not paid to be soothsayers; we’re paid to give our honest opinions on a particular time and day, based on our own long experience of writing about and loving theatre.” But “the new age of social media now means more than ever that critics are increasingly a reduced part of the equation.”
All Those Tourists In Barcelona Never Check Out The City’s Classical Concerts. This Man Aims To Change That
“We have three great institutions, but they’re all competing against each other for audiences,” [Victor] Medem says. “You can survive doing that locally, but you will never attract an international audience.” So Medem founded Barcelona Obertura, a project to get the city’s classical organizations communicating with each other and cooperating on projects — the first of which will be a major spring festival aimed at visitors and residents alike (and at turning Barcelona into a classical-music destination).
What I’ve Learned Doing Stand-Up At Dozens Of College Campuses: Sara Schaefer
“When I started touring universities, my first impression was not Wow, these softies can’t take a joke! It was Oh dear God, they are so young! … Some of them are only 17. A lot of them are virgins. For many of my student audience members, it’s the first time they’ve seen comedy in person. It is actually kind of scary for them: What is this strange adult woman going to do? Is she going to point me out and embarrass me in front of my hallmates?“
Study: Disabled People Participating More In The Arts
While disabled people are still less likely to engage with the arts than others, 75.7% did so last year, the highest level since records began, and significantly above the average of 71.2% recorded between 2005/06 and 2016/17.
Why YouTube Stars Are Burning Out At A Fearsome Rate
Matt Lees began to feel a knock-on effect on his health. “Human brains really aren’t designed to be interacting with hundreds of people every day,” he says. “When you’ve got thousands of people giving you direct feedback on your work, you really get the sense that something in your mind just snaps. We just aren’t built to handle empathy and sympathy on that scale.”
Your Reading Comprehension: Print Versus Screen Versus Audio
If you’re reading, it’s pretty easy to go back and find the point at which you zoned out. It’s not so easy if you’re listening to a recording. Especially if you’re grappling with a complicated text, the ability to quickly backtrack and re-examine the material may aid learning, and this is likely easier to do while reading than while listening.