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TODAY'S ARTS & CULTURE NEWS ~ 07/09/2020

DANCE
The Story Behind The Instagram Hit #CamerasandDancers 
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IDEAS
An Academic War On Free Speech?
     - Email/share this  - The Critic 

Can We Make Online Learning Work Better?
     - Email/share this  - The New York Times 

So Your Country Needs To Deal With A Difficult History. Here’s How Germany Did It
     - Email/share this  - The New Yorker 


ISSUES
A Long List Of Cultural Leaders And Artists Sign Letter Supporting Open Debate
     - Email/share this  - Harper's 

What To Do With The Theatres And Concert Halls Now Sitting Empty? Use Them As Classrooms
     - Email/share this  - New York Magazine 

Atwood, Marsalis, Steinem, Rushdie, Bill T. Jones Among 153 Signing Letter Warning Of ‘Intolerant Climate’ (Yup, There’s A Backlash)
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 

Here’s The Full ‘Letter On Justice And Open Debate’
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Artists’ Retreat MacDowell Colony Drops ‘Colony’ From Its Name (Because Colonial Oppression)
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MEDIA
Big Three Movie Theater Chains Sue New Jersey For Right To Reopen
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Canada’s Cineplex Movie Theatre Chain Sues Over Aborted Takeover
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MUSIC
40 Years Ago The Walkman Changed How We Listen To Music
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What I Learned Zooming Opera
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Stradivari’s Hometown Became A COVID Hotspot, And Its Instrument-Makers Are Still Suffering
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Toronto Symphony Cancels 2020/21 Season
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PEOPLE
Yet Again, Milan Kundera Denounced In His Native Land
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THEATRE
Britain’s Theatre World Banded Together And Got The Government To Provide Lockdown Rescue Money. Why Can’t American Theater Do The Same?
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Time To Make The Theatre Reforms We’ve Needed For A Long Time
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VISUAL
How Will The Art Market Realign? It Is
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Our Public Monuments Don’t Preserve History, They Rewrite It
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An Art Critic Visits The Newly-Socially-Distanced National Gallery In London
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WORDS
 People Are Microwaving Library Books To Sterilize Them. Please Don’t Do This.
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 What To Do With Problematic Books? Read Them
     - Email/share this  - Washington Post 

 Terry Pratchett’s Last Unpublished Stories Will Finally See Print
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