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VPAC PRESENTS: Joshua Bell & Larisa Martínez’s “Voice and the Violin” with Pianist Peter Dugan
 Most seminal event in classical music since global onset of COVID-19 on August 14th in Vail, CO! [READ MORE]
 
J.S. Bach: The Six Solo Cello Suites Performed by Wendy Sutter
 Sunday, August 23 Perspectives Ensemble presents a two-part event: J.S. Bach: The Six Solo Cello Suites Performed by Wendy Sutter Part I: 3pm EDT (Suites 1-3) and Part II: 6pm EDT (Suites 4-6) Livestreamed from Judson Memorial Church, New York City. [READ MORE]
 
Golden Thread Productions Hiring New Executive Artistic Director
 Golden Thread Productions is seeking a new Executive Artistic Director to follow in the footsteps of Founding Artistic Director Torange Yeghiazarian. [READ MORE]
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TODAY'S ARTS & CULTURE NEWS ~ 08/08/2020

DANCE
Black Dancers Are ‘Reclaiming’ Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Monument 
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IDEAS
Of Experts And The Willingness To Be Wrong
     - Email/share this  - Aeon 

When Fans Of A Show Become Its Owners
     - Email/share this  - The Walrus 


ISSUES
Kristy Edmunds: Why We Need Artists To Help Fix Things
     - Email/share this  - KCET 

What’s The Definition Of ‘Museum’? The International Council Of Museums Is Tearing Itself Up Over That Question
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 

The World’s Nightlife On Hold. (And Yet…)
     - Email/share this  - Bloomberg 


MEDIA
Reporter At DC’s WAMU Harassed Female Colleagues For Years — And Kept His Job After Two Final Warnings
     - Email/share this  - DCist 

Mao Zedong’s Home Province Is Now The Hotbed Of Chinese Commercial TV
     - Email/share this  - The Economist 


MUSIC
Where’s Classical Music Performance Headed Post-COVID? Here Are Some Clues
     - Email/share this  - WQXR (New York City) 

Stop Panicking Over The Age Of Classical Audiences, Says NY Times Chief Critic
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 


PEOPLE
Warner Henry, 82 – Quintessential LA Classical Music Funder
     - Email/share this  - Los Angeles Times 

Helen Jones Woods, Trombonist With Groundbreaking All-Women Jazz Band, Dead Of COVID At 96
     - Email/share this  - WBGO (Newark, NJ) 


THEATRE
Is The British Theatre Critic Tradition Coming To An End?
     - Email/share this  - The Critic 

Instead Of Canceling Its Next Production When COVID Hit, This Theater Completely Reimagined It
     - Email/share this  - NPR 

An Opportunity To Diversify Your Theatre
     - Email/share this  - Howlround 


VISUAL
Tourist Fesses Up To Breaking Toes Off Canova Sculpture
     - Email/share this  - The New York Times 

Frank Gehry’s New Eisenhower Memorial In DC – Last Of The “Great Men” Memorials?
     - Email/share this  - Washington Post 

Staffers At Philadelphia Museum Of Art Vote Overwhelmingly To Unionize
     - Email/share this  - Philadelphia Inquirer 

What’s The Definition Of ‘Museum’? The International Council Of Museums Is Tearing Itself Up Over That Question
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 

What A Profound Design Revolution Curb Cuts Were
     - Email/share this  - Bloomberg 


WORDS
 Meme Me – How Memes Work
     - Email/share this  - JSTOR 

 The Trump Book Industry
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 What I Learned From The Worst-Reviewed Novel Ever
     - Email/share this  - The New Republic 

 AI That Writes Prose And Poetry Is Getting Stronger (Uh-Oh)
     - Email/share this  - The Economist 

 Reckoning With The Ugly Racist Origins Of Some Of American English’s Most Common Expressions
     - Email/share this  - Boston Globe 



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