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TODAY'S ARTS & CULTURE NEWS ~ 07/17/2020

DANCE
How A Group Of Students Convinced The Fokine Estate To Get Rid Of The Blackface Moor In ‘Petrouchka’ 
     - Email/share thisDance Magazine 

Study: Snapshot Of Black Dance In America 
     - Email/share thisInternational Association of Blacks in Dance 


IDEAS
When “Plague” Ceases Being A Metaphor… What To Say?
     - Email/share this  - Chronicle of Higher Education 

The Problem With Open Letters
     - Email/share this  - The Atlantic 

The Line Between Cancel And Unpopular
     - Email/share this  - Forbes 

How Your Heart Helps Shape Cognition And Perception
     - Email/share this  - Quanta 

Now In Disarray, 20th Century’s Winning Nations Flail And Fail. So Who Are The Next Winners?
     - Email/share this  - London Review of Books 

Is “The Sublime” An Outdated Romantic Idea?
     - Email/share this  - Psyche 


ISSUES
When COVID Hit, Arts Groups Put Loads Of Free Content Online. Has It Connected With People?
     - Email/share this  - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 


MEDIA
Yes, Enjoy Quibi Schadenfreude And Do Not Feel Guilty
     - Email/share this  - Wired 


MUSIC
How The LA Phil Is Moving Forward
     - Email/share this  - Los Angeles Times 

Nine Black Classical Musicians Talk About How To Change The Field
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 

Stop Blind Auditions, Says New York Times Chief Critic, Or Orchestras Will Never Become More Diverse
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 

Opera Must Stop Ignoring Its Race Problem, Offstage As Well As On
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 


PEOPLE
Canadian Choreographer, Dance Pioneer Anna Wyman, 92
     - Email/share this  - Vancouver Sun 

Joanna Cole, Author Of ‘Magic School Bus’ Series, Dead At 75
     - Email/share this  - NPR 

Key Figure In Islamic Extremist Occupation Of Timbuktu Now On Trial In The Hague
     - Email/share this  - BBC 


THEATRE
Toward An Anti-Racist American Theatre
     - Email/share this  - American Theatre 


VISUAL
Bristol Removes BLM Statue Erected To Replace Racist
     - Email/share this  - BBC 

Statues As Political Acts
     - Email/share this  - The Art Newspaper 

The Detroit Institute Of Arts Borrowed An El Greco From The Director’s Father-In-Law. Ethics Violation?
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 

Smithsonian’s National Museum Of African Art Accused Of ‘Culture Of Racism’
     - Email/share this  - HuffPost 

How The Met Museum’s Reopening Will Work
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 


WORDS
 No Sooner Does ‘The Great Gatsby’ Come Out Of Copyright Than —
     - Email/share this  - The Guardian 



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