Above: Dohee Lee, a recent National Dance Project awardee from the New England Foundation for the Arts
Zuckerberg needs to get his shit together or close up shop:
Facebook Fueled Anti-Refugee Attacks in Germany, New Research Suggests
And then there's the racism right here, in the White House:
Trump adviser Larry Kudlow hosted publisher of white nationalists at his home
But Kelly Marie Tran is your unicorn chaser:
Kelly Marie Tran: I Won't Be Marginalized by Online Harassment
Above: Julie Mehretu, whose work is currently on display at OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario, as part of the group show Diagrams of Power
Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan's profile in the Post of Jimmy Carter and his quiet Georgia life is balm for the soul during these wretched times. A better man:
The un-celebrity president
And speaking of these wretched times, I'm following every twist and turn of this story with great interest. I don't dare hope:
White House Counsel, Don McGahn, Has Cooperated Extensively in Mueller Inquiry
I already listen to so many podcasts that adding another one to my queue is sheer folly and yet I'm adding Sarah Leonard's new podcast to my queue. I mean in the first episode alone she has Rashida Tlaib and Kate Aronoff talking socialism and the Democrats:
What's Left? by BuzzFeed News Opinion
Above: Ann Hamilton, whose work is currently installed in Portland as part of the Converge 45 festival
Yesterday was all about mourning Aretha. Currently musing about which tracks to play on my show on Sunday:
'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin Dies at 76
And Sam Lefebvre is here to remind us about Ms Franklin's political activism. Such an inspiration:
How Aretha Franklin Supported Angela Davis and the Black Panthers
This is literally the best news I've had all week, as Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow are my lodestars during these trying times. Huge congrats to them!
Some news: @aminatou and I are writing a book! It's a memoir-manifesto called @Big_Friendship, and @simonschuster is publishing it. pic.twitter.com/lxsBoMKEmi
— ann friedman (@annfriedman) August 17, 2018
Poor poor little rich man:
Elon Musk Details 'Excruciating' Personal Toll of Tesla Turmoil
Snack time!
World's oldest cheese found in Egyptian tomb — but it may be filled with a deadly disease https://t.co/c7EuWavjgE pic.twitter.com/h89codLGXC
— ABC News (@abcnews) August 17, 2018
The Bay Brilliant series highlighting local boundary-pushing creatives on KQED Arts has been giving me life this week, and Gabe Meline's installment today on Oakland hip-hoppers SOL Development is the perfect way to wrap up a Friday. Looking forward to more Bay brilliance next week!
Bay Brilliant: SOL Development
Above: Willie Little, whose work is currently on display at Froelick Gallery in Portland, Oregon.
Nauseating news out of Pennsylvania detailing systemic abuse in the Catholic Church, and prosecution is unlikely at best:
More than 300 accused priests listed in Pennsylvania report on Catholic Church sex abuse
Meanwhile El Chapo is snarling traffic in New York every time he has to appear in court:
Gridlock on the Brooklyn Bridge? Blame El Chapo
David Marchese has been turning in interview after interview for Vulture that are must-reads, including the one with Kathleen Turner that everyone was quoting from last week. He talks technique on the Longform podcast:
#306: David Marchese
Above: Farid Matuk's book of poems The Real Horse, published earlier this year
For the record, this blog is for hire anytime you want to launch a Hollywood bidding war:
Remember the McDonalds Monopoly article that launched a Hollywood bidding war? Turns out it was planted at the Daily Beast by a movie producer who'd commissioned it to goose his project: https://t.co/SuAHt5FOUT pic.twitter.com/GlipBsyIxP
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) August 10, 2018
Sam Lefebvre (who is now writing for KQED Arts yay!) covers the current contract negotiations over at SFMOMA, where the union is trying to get workers paid enough that they can afford to live in the Bay Area. I wholeheartedly support the union:
SFMOMA Union Talks Drag Over Cost-of-Living Raise Proposal
Standing ovation for David S. Glosser, aka Stephen Miller's uncle, though I fear he is appealing to a conscience Miller does not posess:
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I'm His Uncle.
Kiese Laymon's mom wrote him a letter in response to his memoir Heavy and it will break your heart wide open even if you haven't read the book:
These Are Your Memories
Above: Andrew Norman Wilson, whose work is included in the group show Man-Thing versus Swamp Thing currently at Et al.
Go NYC! Now if the city could just institute congestion pricing:
Uber Hit With Cap as New York City Takes Lead in Crackdown
See? Just because he'll destroy the lives of countless Americans doesn't mean he's not a great guy! I subscribe to the Post but this is garbage:
Every year, Kavanaugh takes the young daughter of a widowed friend to her school's father-daughter dance https://t.co/f77ZQYKyMq
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) August 8, 2018
As California's Arts in Corrections launches their new website, manager Stephanie Anderson shares her take on the statewide prison arts program:
Arts in Corrections - a new perspective
Above: Anthony Discenza, whose collaboration with Gary Rydstrom and Josh Gold is currently installed in the Hamon Observation Tower at the de Young
With his album The Big Chang Theory out this Friday, Bay Area rapper Nef the Pharaoh talks music and racism and police brutality with Nastia Voynovskaya in Vacaville. There are also baby goats:
On the Ranch with Nef the Pharaoh
Twitter CEO defends giving Alex Jones a platform to spread lies:
Accounts like Jones' can often sensationalize issues and spread unsubstantiated rumors, so it’s critical journalists document, validate, and refute such information directly so people can form their own opinions. This is what serves the public conversation best.
— jack (@jack) August 8, 2018
In much better news, a major victory for organized labor in Missouri's election yesterday:
Missouri Voters Overturn Right-To-Work Measure, Rejecting Republican Lawmakers