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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Fubiz™
Spanish creative Jesuso Ortiz imagines playful scenes thanks to daily objects. Through a work of set design and illustration, he manages to reproduce real elements with a touch of surrealism and colors... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgEgypt put the restored gold mask of Tutankhamun back on display Wednesday after German experts removed glue applied in a botched repair when the priceless artifact's beard fell off. The restored mask -- now back in its display case at...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from ArchDaily
The U-House is a project started in 2009 that has been built more slowly than expected, and therefore, as it could not be in another way, includes good and bad things of this particular “tour” extending over 6 years. It is a small... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from ArtsJournal
The steepest drop by sector was at four-year for-profit institutions (13.7 percent) and two-year public colleges (2.4 percent). -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Flavorwire
F Is for Family wears its ambitions on its sleeve. Not only is Netflix’s animated comedy, co-created by and starring Bill Burr, the story of a working-class, suburban white family set in 1973; its name immediately brings to mind ... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from ArtsJournal
Alastair Macaulay: “Ballet exudes tradition, is surrounded by conservatism and still depends on a small core repertory of 19th-century classics. This century, though, it’s been showing multiple signs of changing its... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from ArchDaily
In 2013 New York City ranked 14th among high density cities in the United states in Parkland per 1,000 residents with only 4.6 acres/1000 residents. With almost 8.5 million people living in New York and more commuting on a daily basis,... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Fubiz™
Pour ses toiles, le japonais Hiroshi Mori s’inspire des tableaux de maître de la renaissance comme Leonard de Vinci ou Michel Ange, mettant en scène des personnages imaginaires tout droit sortis d’un film d’animation.... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comAn artist is using his photography to raise awareness about the many women around the world who are forced to silently endure violence. Created by Hungarian artist Miklos Kiss , the series, which is called " Silent Consent "...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from ArtsJournal
“Discipline in preparation makes you free on stage. “Haitink was very free in rehearsals, and, for me at least, that was not the easiest way to play. I like a little bit more structure in the preparation. … Not all the great... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comThis article originally appeared on artnet News. It's been three years since Pussy Riot staged Punk Prayer , their now-iconic performance in which five members of the feminist, dissident Russian art collective entered Moscow's Cathedral...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Culture, Entertainment and ArtThe best quotes and one-liners from Homer Simpson and Co
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgChristie’s reports a successful finale to the 2015 Watches auction season in New York with both Omega Speedmaster 50 and Rare Watches & Important Discoveries, which both realized a combined total of $10,064,250. Strong prices were...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Flavorwire
Television’s abortion plotlines are an interesting gauge of the cultural mood. There have often been long periods of time in which every single unintended pregnancy on television ends when a convenient miscarriage that makes the... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Archinect
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgIndustrial processes seek to optimise the creation of products with a particular design and a predetermined functionality. However, beyond the initial consumer chain, all objects contain the possibility of parallel, alternative or even...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from ArchDaily
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Santiago Calatrava is celebrating the opening of the Museu do Amanhã (The Museum of Tomorrow) this week in Rio de Janeiro . The highly anticipated museum, built on the Pier Mauá, features a distinct cantilevering roof that... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgThe Centre Pompidou is offering an unprecedented exploration of Anselm kiefer’s oeuvre. This retrospective, the first held in france in thirty years, invites the visitor to wander through some ten thematic rooms covering the...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgThe International Slavery Museum has announced its first acquisition following a funding boost from the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2014 to grow collections at the Museum. It is a copper engraving by the famous British caricaturist James...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Dezeen
The Royal College of Art has announced Adrian Lahoud will be the new dean of the school's architecture department, replacing Alex de Rijke . (more…) -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgMons ended a highly successful year as European Capital of Culture at the weekend with a giant street party throughout the city. The ancient city, in French-speaking Wallonia, with a population of less than 100,000 people, joined with...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Dezeen
Concrete tables and atmospheric lighting feature inside this Hong Kong branch of McDonald's , designed by branding consultancy Landini Associates as an alternative to bright and colourful fast-food restaurants (+ slideshow). (more…) -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Bored Panda
Hilarious animals have long been neglected by the liberal media, but this year, Paul Joynson-Hicks changed history. Enter the 2015 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, a competition founded by Joynson-Hicks to celebrate the silliest... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comIt's that time of the year again -- the time for lists. Making them is interesting because all of a sudden you're forced to decide what was actually memorable from 2015. It turns out a lot of movies were. In a year where "Jurassic...
- Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art opens new, temporary space with exhibition of works by Francesca BerriniThursday, December 17, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgMark Wolfe Contemporary Art inaugurated its new, temporary space with a suite of new torn-map collage from Portland-based Francesca Berrini, who first exhibited with Wolfe Contemporary in 2005. Berrini deconstructs and reconstitutes...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Flavorwire
At first, you might not think that Azealia Banks has much in common with Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer/zombie of ’90s hitmakers The Cranberries. But you’d be wrong: they’re both in trouble …Read More - ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ Recap: Is “Hotline Bling” the One Thing that Can Defeat the Countess?Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Flavorwire
The appearance of “Hotline Bling” — presumably a pretty pricey track for a TV show to feature — late in Season 5 Episode 10 underscores the arbitrary frivolity of this series, but in the best way possible. When AHS... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgEngland's post-war public art, created by some of the most important artists of the 20th century, is "disappearing before the public's eyes". Historic England has discovered that a growing number of sculptures, architectural friezes and...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from ArtsJournalAbout that University of Kentucky mural At the University of Kentucky a 1930’s WPA-funded mural by Ann Rice O’Hanlon has been temporarily covered while the university administration, faculty and students deliberate on the presentation of...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Culture, Entertainment and ArtCatch all the best festive programming with our clash-free viewing guide
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.com“Symphony No. 5,” “Moonlight Sonata,” “Für Elise,” “Symphony No. 9” -- Ludwig Van Beethoven composed some of the most beloved and enduring works of classical music. But just how well...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.comA bevy of stars from some of Broadway's hottest shows are expressing their gratitude this holiday season with a tender musical performance. In the above video, " Hamilton " star Leslie Odom Jr. joins Tony nominees Carolee Carmello...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Cool Hunting
With a beautiful yet subtle scent, Aesop's Reverence Aromatique Hand Balm ($27) offers heavy-duty moisturizing without making hands greasy. The fragrance is suitable for all genders; its earthy but citrus scent (we love the touch of... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from ArchDaily
The idea for the cabin is that of a lakeside shelter in the woods—a little box with a big window that opens to the surrounding landscape. The cabin’s big window-wall (23’ tall x 18’ wide) opens the entire living space to the forest and... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgNationalmuseum has acquired a study of a man in Turkish dress by Amalia Lindegren, a significant addition to the museum’s collection of works by female artists. The painting was a prize in a Christmas lottery run by the Swedish...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Flavorwire
“I don’t believe in nature,” a young Karl Ove says to a fellow teacher in Volume 4 of My Struggle, “It’s a cliché.” “What do you write about then?” the teacher replies. …Read More -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgThe Museum of Modern Art presents Kai Althoff, the artist's first major monographic exhibition at a U.S. institution in a decade, from September 18, 2016, through January 22, 2017. The exhibition will feature more than 200 works from all...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from ArchDaily
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgAll around the world, collections in storage are at risk. RE-ORG International is an initiative to assist small museums, libraries and archives reorganize their collections in storage for better access and long-term conservation. Without...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Culture, Entertainment and ArtCatch-up TV: our guide to the best TV programmes available on demand
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Arts on HuffingtonPost.com"I have been photographing the three generations of women in my family -- my grandmother, mother and sister -- consistently since I began more than forty years ago," photographer Arlene Gottfried explained in a statement about her work....
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Dezeen
A team of Canadian designers and artists has created an installation in Montreal consisting of 30 illuminated seesaws. (more…) -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Aeon Magazine
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Aeon Magazine
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Dezeen
Glasgow designer Fraser Ross has created a collection of seven conceptual human organs that would perform extra functions like squirting ink and spinning silk (+ movie). (more…) -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from ArchDaily
The Hajj Terminal at the King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah , is no ordinary airport terminal. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill as part of the master plan for the broader airport and air force base facility, the Hajj Terminal,... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Recent News on Artdaily.orgThe Asia Week New York Association announces that 46 international galleries and 5 auction houses will participate in Asia Week New York 2016, the ten-day celebration of Asian art and culture that spans the metropolitan region from March...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from ArtsJournal
“I can’t remember the last time I heard one person call another person ugly. Art: sure. But when it comes to other human beings, we seem to have invested almost totally in metaphoric deployments of the word:... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Flavorwire
Sia is running the marathon of success. Her last album, 1000 Forms of Fear , helped her break through to the mainstream, wigs and all. It spawned at least two massive hits, …Read More -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Flavorwire
Fans of 70s stadium rock and five-necked guitars, rejoice! Today is your day. Because the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, that temple to Rolling Stone ‘s boomer base, has inducted yet another slew of old white dudes into its ranks.... -
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsPittsburgh Post-Gazette (blog) Best of 2015 — Classical Music Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (blog) This year was packed with memorable classical music performances: an ambitious microtonal music festival, a venerated composer performing his...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsMalibu Surfside News (press release) (registration) (blog) KBU gets a 'Handel' on classical music Malibu Surfside News (press release) (registration) (blog) Classical music is now broadcasting 6-8 a.m. on Sundays through...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceSinfini Music has today announced they […] The post Sinfini Music Website to Stop Producing New Content appeared first on The Violin Channel | World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. .
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
18 year old VC ‘Rising Star’ […] The post NEW TO YOUTUBE | VC ‘Rising Star’ Kerson Leong – Ravel ‘Tzigane’, November 2015 [VIDEO] appeared first on The Violin Channel | World's Leading Classical Music News... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicBrahms & Bruckner motets; Tenebrae, Nigel Short; Signum Classics Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Dec 10 2015 Star rating: 4.0 Motets by two 19th century giants in fine new versions Whilst a history of 19th century classical music could...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksFrom helicopters to a human cell, a fascinating illustrated guide to the science and technology of everyday life XKCD , the “webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language” written for the past 10 years by Randall Munroe, is a geek...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzAn exclusive visit to the world of Cirque du Soleil-Paramour ; the show will land on the Great White Way next spring, starring newcomer Ruby Lewis.
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsGramophone (blog) The cult of classical music Gramophone (blog) What happened to classical music and how did it become a cult? Why are we choosing to isolate generations of people from the power and joy of Mozart and Beethoven, when we...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzIn this week's episode, we introduce a hard- Rock ing new vlogger, get excited for new tours and applaud The Color Purple 's leading lady Cynthia Erivo.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsApple Updates Music Data, Which Should Benefit Classical Composers and Performers Billboard A seemingly minor update to iTunes should please Classical music fans and could mean bigger royalty checks for newer composers. Late last week,...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited Books‘This book is for anyone big or small, tall or short… I loved it’ When people come across Alice in Wonderland they tend to think it’s about fantasy and fairies and a book for babies. However, if they actually, bit by bit, turn the pages...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comMan makes plans, and God laughs. It's overused and clichéd, but it's true. And if you don't believe in God: Man makes plans, and the unpredictable, chaotic nature of the world throws a monkey wrench into the machinery. Sometimes Capital...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksFrom A Christmas Carol to The Snowman, Matt Haig picks the books will put even the most bah-humbuggiest Scrooge into a festive mood The book that helped invent Christmas. Or at least, our popular view of it in modern culture. It is a...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
Get a first look at the final '5th Wave' book.
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from The New Yorker
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
Youtube sensation talk-show hosts Nick Canellakis […] The post WACKY WEDNESDAY | ‘Conversations with Nick Canellakis’ (& Emanuel Ax) [ROFL] appeared first on The Violin Channel | World's Leading Classical Music News... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzOprah Winfrey received an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Sofia in The Color Purple thirty years ago and now she's producing the Broadway revival of the tuner. "I feel a great sense of pride and I think this new rendition...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from The Creators Project RSS Feed
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comDec. 16 is Jane Austen’s 240th birthday, and in the past two centuries, her seminal novels have been read and reread passionately by generations. More than that, however, they’ve captured the imagination of the culture in a...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzSome off-Broadway dates for your calendar! Roundabout’s upcoming Underground season at the Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre will kick off in fall 2016 with the world premiere of Jenny Rachel Weiner’s Kingdom...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksHer first memoir, Little Girl Lost, had a cult status in the 1980s, but this follow-up is missing the elements of truth that made the previous book so compelling The pull quote on the back of the paperback edition of actress Drew...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comThis article first appeared in The National Book Review It's Best Books of the Year season, and the Internet is awash in book lists -- The New York Times's 10 Best Books. Amazon's Best Books of 2015, The London Evening Standard's 10 Best...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from NYT > BooksTo live without gossip is to scorn storytelling, and thus literature.
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsBlack Violin wants to break your classical music stereotypes PBS NewsHour The members of Black Violin want to change perceptions about who can play what kind of music. Wil Baptiste on viola and Kev Marcus on violin met as high school...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from NYT > BooksIn this book, Ms. Schwartz tries to bring the opposing views of neuroscience and psychoanalysis into alignment.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureNPR's Ari Shapiro asks NPR' pop culture blogger Linda Holmes to put the much-anticipated new Star Wars film into perspective.
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The chief conductor of the Staatskapelle, a man of nationalist sympathies, has issued a rare statement criticising Pegida, the anti-immigrant mass movement. Christian Thielemann called on Pegida to stop holding its demos on the... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksOpen any page of Ian MacDonald’s collection of essays about every song recorded by the Fab Four and you’ll find yourself hooked by this fascinating, exploration of songwriting and celebrity Read more in our ‘A book to share’ series The...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from The New YorkerFor better and worse, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is a work of directorial authorship. J. J. Abrams has long been channelling the spirit of Steven Spielberg , and here he splices the Spielbergian gene into George Lucas’s mythology....
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comJohnny Cash was a brilliant musician, singer, performer and masterful songwriter. Johnny Cash condensed high concept ideas into short, resonating stories -- ripping people's hearts in four or five stanzas -- that stayed in millions of...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from The Creators Project RSS Feed
A new website lets you submit a plan for what to do with the Netherlands' empty Infoversum. -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsTIM to offer live stream of new classical music concert Telecompaper (subscription) TIM (Telecom Italia) has announced that it will be offering a live stream of another in the series of classical music concerts conducted by Antonio...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Slipped Disc
From Kevin Case, new legal counsel for ICSOM: Board members of symphony orchestras should be well acquainted with the necessity of growth. They are, for the most part, people with a record of success in business and finance. In that... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksFrom Isis to Uber, Charlie Hebdo to Jeremy Corbyn: an engaging guide to a challenging year As regular as Christmas – “It can’t be The Bedside Guardian already!” – here it is again, this unique, touching, provocative compendium that is at...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksCampaigners across the country have been fighting to keep libraries threatened by cuts open to the public Hundreds of libraries have closed or been confronted with closure in the past five years as local councils across the UK deal with...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksFrom Marilynne Robinson’s pensive Christian drama to Seamus Heaney’s blood-soaked Beowulf, here are the best books about restoring the cosmic balance We tend to consider the words justice and redemption as two separate things: legal...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from NYT > BooksA London gallery exhibition of scenes from Shakespeare’s plays, a sensation in its time, goes on digital display.
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The Komische Oper has announced the death, at 47, of Stella Doufexis after a long illness. Of Greek origin, Stella sang in the German premieres of Birtwistle’s The Second Mrs Kong and the Philip Glass/Doris Lessing Planet 8. She... -
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comIt was a genuine honor to be asked to narrate the audiobook for my dad's latest novel, The War Reporter . OK, the truth is I asked to narrate it. Maybe 'ask,' is a little kind. I begged, yelled and demanded to be allowed to narrate my...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. New Year With Nathan Lane Tony winner and devoted dog owner Nathan Lane will join this year’s edition of the New York Philharmonic’s annual New Year’s Eve...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Musicians in the Hartford Symphony, who are fighting for a living wage, have been told to back down or the orch will shut permanently next month. Stephen Collins, director of artistic operations and administration, said: ‘By late... -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Sinfini Music
A concert of Russian treasures by Rachmaninov and Prokofiev -
Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Slipped Disc
President Hollande has approved a swift move by culture minister Fleur Pellerin to instal Stéphane Braunschweig, directeur of the Théâtre national de la Colline, to succeed the late Luc Bondy at the Théâtre National de l’Odéon. -
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from The Creators Project RSS Feed
In 'Dancing with Drones,' Collmot Robotics use semi-autonomous quadcopters to create a visual spectacle and address our relationship with drones. -
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from NYT > BooksHe writes about science and human behavior but has endorsed celebrity restaurateurs, Academy Award-winning movie producers and first-time novelists.
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Richard Jarman in the Times today on the plight of ENO: A bankrupt opera company does nobody any good, not least those who have depended on it for their livelihood. Look no further than New York, where the city’s respected second... -
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from NPR Topics: Arts & CultureDirector Andrew Haigh's new film profiles a couple suddenly forced to reassess their decades-long union. "It's always interesting to me how we keep secrets from the ones we love the most," he says.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from NYT > BooksCritchley imagines a structure for memories in a novel filled with philosophy references.
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Thursday, December 17, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Symphony Australia is giving all sorts of excuses for ending its influential programme for young conductors, composers and performers but the bottom line is… bottom line. There’s no money for new talent down under. Many young... -
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 from Latest Broadway BuzzAdam Jacobs takes a break from his Aladdin duties to chat with Paul Wontorek.
