The Crossing Releases New Film OBLIGATIONS
This is composer Paul Fowler s fourth work written for The Crossing.by BWW News Desk
GRAMMY-winning new-music choir The Crossing, led by Donald Nally, today releases a new 13-minute film Obligations, recorded at home by the artists in isolation. In-house sound designer Paul Vazquez worked with composer Paul Fowler to overlay over 300 sound files and text by Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier to bring to life Fowler s chamber-like, transparent score for 24 individual voices. Obligations completes a trilogy of pandemic-time collaborations with filmmaker Brett Snodgrass and serves as a transition from works produced in isolation to the return of live singing as The Crossing prepares for The Month of Moderns 2021, opening June 3 and running through June 19 - all in person outdoors in Pennsylvania.
A mix of cabin fever and summer fever brings diners, Tribe fans and dancers to downtown Cleveland. Author: Will Ujek Updated: 11:48 PM EDT May 22, 2021
CLEVELAND Northeast Ohioans were taking advantage of the relaxed health orders and beautiful weather this weekend, as some things seemed as close to normal as we’ve seen in a while.
“It’s awesome, everyone is out and about,” said Indians fan, Ryan Zetwick. “People are feeling good and the weather is great.”
From dining to ballgames and dances, a mix of summer fever and cabin fever had people taking another step back to their lives before COVID-19.
10 Ways for Museums to Survive and Thrive in a Post-Covid World
That the pandemic did damage to museums is unquestioned but their resilience has been remarkable.
Pablo Bronstein’s “Historical Rhode Island Decor,” part of last year’s “Raid the Icebox Now” installation at the Rhode Island School of Design.Credit.via RISD Museum
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You thought a museum with no visitors would be a quiet one? Not last year it wasn’t not when the longest closure of America’s cultural institutions since World War II coincided with intense scrutiny of just how those institutions behave. Leadership was working overtime. Staff and audiences raised their voices, sometimes angrily. It’s natural to want to get “back to normal” after such a devastating suspension; in Los Angeles, museums were closed for over a year. But American museums in 2021 have a far bigger challenge than flipping the lights