“Thompson’s book explores an infamous [1971] riot at the Attica Correctional Facility [in New York state] that involved 1,300 prisoners and ultimately led to the deaths of 39 people. … [Jess’s volume] tells the stories behind America’s blues, work songs and church hymns.”
Tag: 04.10.17
Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.10.17
Cunningham Redivivus
Compagnie CNDC Angers – Robert Swinston bring three dances by Merce Cunningham to New York. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2017-04-09
Entertaining Consent — Seriously
Nina Raine’s new drama, Consent, can now be seen in a stunning in-the-round production at the National Theatre’s small Dorfman auditorium – but the play is so good (and has been so well reviewed) that it will not be surprising if it transfers to the West End. Or even to Broadway, despite its essential Englishness. … read more
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2017-04-10
Extraordinary UTEP
I could say many things about my two days last week at UTEP, the University of Texas at El Paso. … What I most took away was what I learned about the university itself. Certainly one of the most inspiring stories in higher education. … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2017-04-10
Jeff Parker and Jazz Guitar
For months now, one of the most intriguing instrumentalists in Los Angeles has been unspooling his style for the price of a drink in a small bar in Highland Park. … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2017-04-10
The thirty-day movie challenge
The response to my recently posted list of my favorite films from each of the sixty-one years of my life today was so favorable that I decided to respond to yet another popular movie meme. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2017-04-10
Listen To The Piece That Won This Year’s Pulitzer Prize For Music
Du Yun’s “Angel’s Bone” wins. The Pulitzer jury described it as “a bold operatic work that integrates vocal and instrumental elements and a wide range of styles into a harrowing allegory for human trafficking in the modern world.”
Music Streaming Up 39 Percent From A Year Ago
“Consumers initiated 133.9 billion streams in the first quarter, up from 99.1 billion during the same period last year, continuing the growth of 39% overall in 2016 compared to 2015. Translated as album sales, using a formula that assigns one sale for every 1,500 song streams, the music industry also experienced continued growth, but at a more modest rate of 5.9%. Unit sales of track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA) increased from 137.4 million last year to 145.5 million so far in 2017.”
FBI Warns There Could Be “Hundreds More” High-End Fakes By Master Forger
So far, the bureau has identified 40 fake works. They fear that many others exist, including some that were sold through New York auction houses, causing for the warning to be released: “There could be hundreds more that were sold to unsuspecting victims.”
Theatre’s Olivier Award Winners Blast The Lack Of Arts Education In UK Schools
“If you’re not getting education in school about drama and theatre studies, or if you’re not being taken on school trips, you certainly might not realise that performing is an option, and if you don’t go to those things, you will never realise that there are all these other jobs.”
The New York Times Could Have Helped Diversify Theatre Criticism, And Instead, They Hired Another White Guy
A roundtable discusses the issue. “The line that jumped out to me from Green’s interview was when Green quotes his new executive editor [Dean Baquet] as saying, ‘It’s wrong to try to solve all of an institution’s diversity problems in one hire.’ So the answer is … to not solve any of them with this hire?”
Is Wine-Tasting Jargon A Complete Farce?
No, but it’s hard to describe smells. “While we may know as many as 30,000 words in our native language, we’re not nearly so good at defining the hundreds of thousands of distinct smells our brains process.”
In Defense Of Novelists’ Worldbuilding
Lincoln Michel attacked the concept in an essay last week; here, Emily Temple defends it. But she extends her defense: “No one should feel compelled to create lists of irrelevant details because of some oppressive Internet overlord. Actually, I have good news: literally nothing is required from fiction.”
Teens And Young Adults Are The Group Most Likely To Use Public Libraries, Study Says
Other interesting statistics from Britain and the Republic of Ireland: “The highest levels of library use were in Scotland and Ireland, with the lowest in Northern Ireland.”