ArtsJournal

Why Are So many Official City Flags So Terrible?: “Five hundred people were asked to rank 150 city flags, and the…http://buff.ly/24wjixk 

Time To Get Rid Of The Viking Helmet Cliche For Opera: “Like many Zombie Symbols, there is a kernel of truth, but…http://buff.ly/1WGuW60 

Report: New York Theatre Stages Got Much More Diverse Last Year: “During the theater season of 2014 to 2015, abou…http://buff.ly/1Z9d02Z 

A History Of Processed Words: In 1983, Michael Crichton told Merv Griffin that, “When you type, the words appear …http://buff.ly/24wbV9b 

Dallas Summer Musicals Fires Longtime Director. He Sues: Michael A. Jenkins, 74, a well-known figure who has been…http://buff.ly/1WG4M3d 

Technology Can Make Exact Copies Of Artifacts. Do We Care bout Ownership?: “An entire swath of startup enterprise…http://buff.ly/1SZGAJY 

Why Is Hannah Arendt Getting A Cultural Moment?: Nearly 50 years later, at a moment when words like “doxx” and “t…http://buff.ly/26PELTZ 

Fire Destroys India’s National Museum Of Natural History: “A fire swept through the National Museum of Natural Hi…http://buff.ly/24vIVOC 

Predictable: “Hamilton” Gets Record 16 Tony Nominations: On Tuesday, the show was singled out in every category o…http://buff.ly/26PqmHt 

Marisol, Silent And Mysterious Pop Artist, Dead At 85: “Her bright, boxy sculptures of people represent[ed] a ran…http://buff.ly/1WFB0vz 

‘Rent’ – An Oral History Of The Musical That Changed Broadway: “Today, it’s impossible to imagine contemporary mu…http://buff.ly/1rhY3R7 

Why Really Bad Art Suddenly Metastisized All Over Moscow: “It was as if the city had been invaded by a horde of a…http://buff.ly/1rtbsGx 

Can A Studio Claim Copyright Over The Entire Klingon Language?: Paramount has sued the makers of a crowdfunded St…http://buff.ly/26OR02Y 

Auditioning For My Opera Company’s Young Artists Program? Here’s What I Am (And Am Not) Looking For: Stephen Lord…http://buff.ly/1OcN154 

Banff Centre Lays Off 8% Of Its Staff: “The Banff Centre is immediately eliminating 33 positions as part of an or…http://buff.ly/1WFgoU4 

Three Years After The Acid Attack, Former Bolshoi Ballet Director Talks About The Way He Works Now: While his con…http://buff.ly/24vn4ad 

The Downsides Of Grit: Yes, perseverance in pursuit of a goal seems to be a crucial ingredient of success. But it…http://buff.ly/1QQKahH 

Is This The Real Reason You Procrastinate?: “Some researchers have viewed procrastination largely as a failure of…http://buff.ly/24vlepD 

Baltimore Museum Of Art Names Its Next Director: “[He’s] Christopher Bedford, who at age 39 already has achieved …http://buff.ly/1WFalPu 

What’s A Dancer To Do When Her Directors Tell Her To Lose Weight Or Lose Her Gig? Here’s What: Rachel Zar offers …http://buff.ly/1UvicyZ 

West End’s ‘Doctor Faustus’ Cancels Shows Due To Flooding: Producers called off Saturday’s matinee and evening pe…http://buff.ly/1rt0CjN 

This Week In Defining Audience: What are the boundaries in artist/audience relationships these days? Do you have …http://buff.ly/1WDQd0d 

Alternate Realities: Five Notable Stories From Last Week’s ArtsJournal: When an arts center stumbles over its def…http://buff.ly/1W4uZdz 

Buck A National Trend, Boston Arts Audiences Are Getting Younger, More Engaged. Why?: “At a time when orchestra a…http://buff.ly/1W4n3sI 

I Feel Like This Is What’s Wrong With How People Speak Today: “Listen for this phrase and you’ll hear it everywhe…http://buff.ly/1Z46iv9 

Mr. K-Tel Records, The Guy Who Invented The Compilation Album, Has Died: “The marketing and sales techniques pion…http://buff.ly/1ObHcop 

The Artisans Who Make, And Repair, The Instruments Of India’s Classical Music: “With preferences substantially ti…http://buff.ly/1UsLazA 

Who Won The Big Off-Broadway Awards?: “Unlike last year, when ‘Hamilton’ took home 10 awards for its production a…http://buff.ly/23ji2ey 

Latinx Artists Find Common Ground – In Frustration: “We’re in an age where there’s a lot of fire, there’s a lot o…http://buff.ly/1UsuOXu 

The Guy Who Makes Such Amazing Noises With His Mouth And Nose That People Consider Him A Spiritual Guru: “Mr. Tka…http://buff.ly/1Z39tTW 

Hollywood Has The So White Issue, But Also The So Hetero Issue: “Last year saw a resurgence of outright offensive…http://buff.ly/1W3rbct 

Why People Are Turning Once More To James Baldwin: “Like sixty years ago, much of the public rhetoric about race …http://buff.ly/1rqVXPk 

Hulu May Become Your ‘Skinny Cable’ Provider: “The move would give Hulu another leg up in courting cost-conscious…http://buff.ly/1X4CrUM 

This Poet’s Words Are All Over Beyoncé’s New Album: “In the days after her work was proclaimed by one of the worl…http://buff.ly/1N78jWM 

The Unlikely Rise Of The Novella: “When I suggest that we may soon see the end of even defining whether a work is…http://buff.ly/1QNmryU 

Our Everyday Game And Screen Immersion Experiences Are Reshaping Museums: “Some people like to just observe. Some…http://buff.ly/23iJQQ2 

Hamilton’s Assured Tony Dominance Makes Other Musicals Change Their Usual Award Season Strategies: “Barely once e…http://buff.ly/1UrM4w7 

Producing Radio Has Dramatically Changed These Imprisoned Women’s Lives: “Palabra Libre — translated it means ‘fr…http://buff.ly/1W30hRX 

The SF Chronicle Hires A Young, Local Theatre Writer To Be Its New Full-Time Critic: “All of us theatre people st…http://buff.ly/1Z2AqqI 

Big Data Shows Us The Gap Between Foodie America And Everyone Else In The Country: “In an era of celebrity chefs …http://buff.ly/1QMXGmz 

What Ballet Does For Dancers In Lagos: “The troupe at Span may have started out as a group of fun loving imprompt…http://buff.ly/1UrFdD3 

Top Posts From AJBlogs For 04.20.16 And 05.01.16: MoMA to Mount Tzara’s Magnum Opus Samy Rosenstock’s idea for a…http://buff.ly/1Z1zbrM 

Paying Too Much For Hamilton Tickets: “I missed Soho Repertory Theatre’s Blasted because stuff got in the way. I …http://buff.ly/1SGGl0O