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Frantisek Uhliř’s Welcome New Album

Some time ago, I wrote on Rifftides, “The Czech Frantisek Uhliř is one of the greatest bassists in the world.” Leading his septet on his new release, Story of my life, he is as powerful as when I first heard him in Prague in 1993. – Doug Ramsey

Clayton With a Period, Full Stop

Clayton Patterson’s importance in general, but especially on the Lower East Side of New York City, comes from his commitment to social and political values for the good of his community. He has put his life on the line to document and preserve it in a way that few are brave enough to do. – Jan Herman

TODAY'S ARTS & CULTURE NEWS ~ 05/31/2020

DANCE

Mark Morris And The Art Of Zoom Choreography
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Europe’s Dance Companies Begin, Very Carefully, To Go Back To Work
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How Natalia Makarova Made ‘La Bayadère’ Into A Worldwide Audience Favorite
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A Golden Age For Male Dancers
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Mark Morris’s First Created-On-Zoom Dances Are Here
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The Dangers And Delights Of Choreographing Over-Familiar Music
- Email/share this:     - Dance Magazine

IDEAS

Video Games Can Teach Reluctant Learners A Lot More Than You Might Think
- Email/share this:     - NPR

And Now A Word From The Cassandra Of American Letters
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The Tragedy Of Philosophy
- Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Review of Books

How Coffee Has Powered (And Destroyed) Societies
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Loneliness As Punishment And Inspiration
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The Thought Experiment Problem
- Email/share this:     - Aeon

The Power Of Science And The Challenge Of Trust
- Email/share this:     - American Affairs Journal

Post-Virus Prognosticators – We Just Don’t Know
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Using The Human Brain As A Model For Artificial Intelligence Hasn’t Turned Out (So Far)
- Email/share this:     - Wired

Arvo Pärt On What The Pandemic Says To Us
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Are Patents And Copyrights Slowing Down Innovation?
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The Case For Letting The Restaurant Industry Die
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What’s Next For The Arts In Britain?
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How Will The Coronavirus Shape Our Cities?
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ISSUES

Police Fire Rubber Bullets, And Use Batons On, Actor On HBO’s ‘Insecure’ During LA Protests
- Email/share this:     - Vulture

Time To Rethink The Entire Restaurant Industry
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Polish Government Fines Artists Who Protested At Parliament, Then Backs Down
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‘Deeply Disappointing’: Arts Officials Say Culture Is Being Cut In EU’s €750 Billion COVID Recovery Plan
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Cruise Ships Have Gone Away. And Port Cities Are Reconsidering…
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The Last Of Paul Allen’s Arts Projects (Museums, A Theatre, Etc) To Lose Support
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Michael Kaiser Has Become Therapist/Life Coach For Pandemic-Panicked Arts Orgs
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Walt Disney World In Orlando Sets July Reopening Dates
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COVID Upside: HUGE Increase In Consumption Of Online Arts
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Prince Charles Warns About Endangered Arts
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Turning Point? Will The Culture World Continue To Take Money From Unsavory Sources?
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‘Fear Of Jerks’ Is Why New Yorkers Are Nervous About Coming Back To See Live Shows
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Philly Fringe Festival Will Happen This Fall, At Least Partly In The Flesh
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How Leadership Is Failing Universities
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London’s Southbank Centre Says It Must Close Until April 2021 Unless It Gets More State Money
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Live Performance For 2020 Is Over And Gone
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A Song Criticizing A Politician Tops The Charts In Poland – And Moments Later, It’s Completely Disappeared
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MEDIA

Dealing With A Streaming Film Release During The Pandemic Isn’t Ideal For Cast Or Crew
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Unions Have A Say In Hollywood’s Potential Return To Work
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In The UK, Indie Film Houses Aren’t Planning To Open Until September
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Well, Nobody’s Using The Airport These Days, So Let’s Use It As A Drive-In
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Kennicott: Online Arts Experiences That Work For Me
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Minnesota State Troopers Arrest Black CNN Reporter And Crew Live On Air
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Instagram May Have Influencers, But TikTok Has Cult Leaders
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Movie Theaters May Be Reopening In Some States, But Audiences Aren’t Flocking Back
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Police Arrest Suspected Arsonist In Deadly Anime Studio Fire
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How EDM (Electronic Dance Music) Quickly Evolved Online And Reached A New Audience At Home
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Michael Moore’s ‘Planet Of The Humans’ Yanked From YouTube
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What It’s Like To Go To An Indoor Movie Theatre Right Now
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Netflix Has A New, Shockingly Smart Automatic Cancellation Plan
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Is It Time To Change The Academy Awards To Recognize Streaming-Only Films?
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Interracial Romance Gets A Little More Real In Recent Shows And Movies
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The Future Of Filmmaking
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Georgia Issues Guidelines For Film Shooting To Start Again
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Against Hype, A Few Films Actually Are Different From Anything That Came Before Them
- Email/share this:     - The Atlantic

MUSIC

As Asian And European Orchestras Open Concerts Up, U.S. Orchestras Wonder When They’ll Be Onstage
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A New British Task Force Is Missing Everything Important About British Music
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How Verdi Evolved To The Next Form Of Opera
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Opera Of The Web (Not Just On It)
- Email/share this:     - American Theatre

Missy Mazzoli’s ‘Breaking The Waves’ Premiered In 2016. The World’s Pretty Different Now. Does The Piece Hold Up?
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Philadelphia Orchestra Creates Special In-House Music Channel For UPenn Hospitals
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BBC Proms Plans For This Summer Finally Settled
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A Carnegie Hall Debut Re-imagined Online
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€50,000 A Day: What La Scala Would Lose By Operating Under Social-Distancing Rules
- Email/share this:     - Gramilano (Milan)

Philip Glass’s Lost ‘Music In Eight Parts’ Has Been Recovered
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Salzburg Festival 2020 Will Go Ahead — In Reduced Form
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Turmoil And Rancor Strike The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, With Calls For The Board And Managing Director To Resign
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Playing Music Is One Way To Ease The Stresses Of Our Global Pandemic
- Email/share this:     - WNKY

PEOPLE

Emma Amos, Acclaimed Figurative Painter And Guerrilla Girl Member, 83
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Eliza Dorfman, Cambridge Artist Famous For Her Giant Polaroids, 83
- Email/share this:     - WBUR

Jane Moss, Director Of Lincoln Center, Will Step Down After 28 Years
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Remembering Larry Kramer
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Novelist Robb Forman Dew Dead At 73
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Sculptor Peter Alexander Dead At 81
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Playwright And AIDS Activist Larry Kramer, 84
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Alan Jacobi, 67, Self-Taught Engineer Who Revolutionized Stagecraft
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Opera Conductor Joel Revzen Dead Of COVID At 74
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Pioneering Op Art Painter Richard Anuszkiewicz Dead At 89
- Email/share this:     - New York Times

Africa’s First Million-Selling Singer, Mory Kanté, Dead At 70
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John Macurdy, American Bass Who Sang More Than 1000 Performances At The Met, Has Died At 91
- Email/share this:     - The New York Times

Walter Dallas, The ‘Heartbeat’ Of Philadelphia Theatre For Decades, Has Died At 73
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THEATRE

The Creative Process Of Documentary Theatre [AUDIO]
- Email/share this:     - Slate

Here’s One Theater That’s Putting On A New Show Every Weekend Despite The Lockdown
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Broadway Folks Talk About How They Envision Going Back To Work
- Email/share this:     - The Daily Beast

How To Make A Theatre Season More Flexible? Here’s One Version
- Email/share this:     - WTTW

The Pandemic Has Shown Us The True Realist Among Playwrights: Samuel Beckett
- Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times

Here’s What Actors’ Equity Wants To See Before It Tells Members It’s Safe To Do Shows Again
- Email/share this:     - Deadline

Cirque du Soleil Founder Wants To Buy It Back To Save It
- Email/share this:     - Montreal Gazette

Actor Showcases Go Online – A Push To The Future?
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Broadway League President Says A January Reopening?
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Insurance Companies Put Theatres At Risk
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VISUAL

How Covid-19 Will Reshape Building Design, According To Architects
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So Here’s The Sotheby’s Plan: One Auctioneer And A Lot Of Screens
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Why Did The Guggenheim Decommission A Donald Judd?
- Email/share this:     - Hyperallergic

Why We Need To Rethink The Art Blockbuster
- Email/share this:     - The Art Newspaper

When Art Became “The Show”
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Coming In 2022: A Virtual Reality Biennial, Curated By An AI Program
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Artists, Don’t Worry That The AI Robots Are Coming To Replace You
- Email/share this:     - New York Times

How To Fence That Van Gogh You Stole
- Email/share this:     - The New York Times

How The Blanton Museum Repurposed Its Staff And Avoided Layoffs
- Email/share this:     - Artnet

How To Reopen Your Museum? Here’s What To Think About
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‘Perfectly Preserved’ Roman Mosaic Floor Uncovered Near Verona
- Email/share this:     - The Guardian

Philadelphia Museum Of Art Staffers Make Official Request To Unionize
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Guy In Hazmat Suit Tries To Steal Painting That Banksy Gave To Hospital
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Italian Museums Reopen: A Survey Of How They’re Doing It
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How Did Renaissance Architects Build Church Domes Without Columns? High-Tech Analysis Has Found The Answer
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2020 Turner Prize Cancelled – £100,000 Prize Will Be Used To Help Artists
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How Will Art Schools Reopen In The Fall? In California, They Really Aren’t Sure
- Email/share this:     - Hyperallergic

Artist Boss Move: Befriending Your Thief
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WORDS

And Now For The Awards For Best Books In Translation
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Dealing With Reader Reviews, Even When They’re By (Literal) Dogs
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The Yeats Test
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Little Free Libraries’ Significance Grows With Every Day The Public Libraries Are Locked
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This Is The Book That Politicians, Pundits, And Reporters Want Everyone To See On Their Bookshelves
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Italian Book Buying Habits Have Changed. Will They Change Back?
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English Is Everywhere In Japan, Everyone There Studies It In School — Why Can So Few Japanese Actually Speak It?
- Email/share this:     - Foreign Policy

Do We Need A Different Way Of Categorizing Books?
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Philip Larkin’s Love(r’s) Letters
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With Lockdown Lifting, This Country’s Bookstores Are Having A Boom
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English Landscapes And Landmarks Inspired Important Spots In Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Ring
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Who Has The Rights To The Omegaverse?
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