For Walter DeShields, 'Crumbs From the Table of Joy' is another teaching experience

The Arts | phillytrib.com: He may be one of the busiest and hard-working performance artists and educators in our area. He’s an actor, but not just an actor. He’s a teacher, but not just a teacher. And he’s an activist, but not just an activist. In fact, Walter DeShields wears so many hats that it’s hard to pick just one that fits him best. He is not only known for his many stage and film roles, but also as a man committed to bringing arts and activism to the Philadelphia community.

Meta Introducing Its Own Generative AI with Emu Video and Emu Edit

nofilmschool.com: Now finally in the last month of 2023, we can safely say that this has 100% been the year of AI. And, sadly, perhaps, it sounds like 2024—and countless years into the future—will also be all about AI as well. That’s mostly because these AI wars are just starting to heat up really as another major player is stepping further into the game.

Film Sound roundtable panel with 2024 awards contenders

GoldDerby: Michael Semanick (re-recording mixer on the animated feature “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse“) remembers the moment like it was yesterday, but in fact it was 1976. He was 13. And one day, his sisters came home to their house in the Bay Area and announced, “”Hey, we’ve got tickets to go to a concert!” The concert was Paul McCartney and Wings at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.

The Gingerbread City in New York features gingerbread houses by architects

www.archpaper.com: This holiday season, with the sounds of Dean Martin’s A Marshmallow World festively ringing in your ears, you can feast your eyes on a model-sized city made from gingerbread, marshmallows, candy, and lots and lots of frosting that has been designed and built by over 50 of New York architecture’s biggest names.

BTS Video Gives Cool Look At Iconic Legs Taking Over The Sphere

brobible.com: The Radio City Rockettes are taking their talents to the Sphere in Las Vegas, kind of. They will be featured daily on the exosphere as part of a first-of-its-kind activation throughout the holiday season.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse mixer Michael Semanick interview

GoldDerby: Anyone who has seen the ambitious animated feature “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” would agree that sound plays a major role in distinguishing the movie and its supersized story, helping to identify the dizzying array of environments. That made Michael Semanick‘s task as re-recording mixer feel particularly daunting to the two-time Academy Award winner.

Squid Game The Challenge: Netflix Series Designed New Glass Bridge

IndieWire: “Squid Game: The Challenge” has to literalize, at human scale, the games the original Hwang Dong-hyuk series takes an (understandably) limited, narrative perspective through. It’s both a production design and game design problem to solve: How much space do 456 people need to play a game of red light/green light? How can you build a glass bridge that’s safe enough to jump on but high enough to hurl into an abyss the players who fail?

‘Oppenheimer’ supervising sound editor Richard King video interview

GoldDerby: The Christopher Nolan-directed biopic “Oppenheimer” tells the story about scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. It features the sound design and supervising sound editing work of Richard King. That King was hired to be in charge of the film’s sound is hardly a surprise. It’s the eighth movie that the four-time Academy Award-winning sound man has collaborated on with Nolan

Sage Gateshead Concert Hall In The UK Upgrades Main Auditorium Audio With RCF

ProSoundWeb: Sage One, the primary auditorium at the Sage Gateshead concert hall that overlooks the River Tyne in northeast England, recently upgraded its main sound reinforcement system with RCF HDL 30-A line arrays joined by 10 SUB 9006-AS subwoofers, with all new inventory supplied by Ingram AV.

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

How to sound smart in a meeting

www.fastcompany.com: You may be incredibly bright, but showing your intelligence in the moment can be challenging, like if you’re called on unexpectedly in a meeting. The most significant barrier to communicating effectively and sounding smart is the fact that we all get nervous

Posted by David at 12/01/2023 11:01:00 AM

Is 32 hour workweek better than a 4 day week?

www.fastcompany.com: I often think about the Maggie Smith line in Downton Abbey “What is a weekend?” Being a Countess, she didn’t know what a weekend was because she had no workweek. But there was a time in the not so distant past when working Americans also had never heard of a weekend for the opposite reason: They often worked six or seven days a week.

Posted by David at 12/01/2023 10:55:00 AM

History of Pittsburgh’s Mellon Institute & its extra column mystery

90.5 WESA: In Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood, there’s a massive temple to science. For nearly a century, the Mellon Institute has been a top research facility, helping to study air quality, create skinless hotdogs and even frozen orange juice.

Posted by David at 12/01/2023 10:57:00 AM

CMU students, faculty and alumni help City Theatre celebrate 'Christmas at Pemberley'

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Not every city has the resources necessary for artists to enjoy a thriving career in their hometowns. Luckily for Kyle Haden, his hometown happens to be Pittsburgh. “As a kid who grew up here, it’s just cool to know that you don’t have to go far to have these possibilities,” said Haden, a Bethel Park native.

Posted by David at 11/30/2023 10:55:00 AM

Top 10 Theater to be Grateful for in 2023

New York Theater: My yearly list of New York stage shows for which I’m most grateful, which I started posting every Thanksgiving more than a decade ago, returns more or less to normal this year, as the theater itself has returned more or less to normal, after a year of shutdown (and online innovation), a second year of reopening, and a third year of recovery.

Posted by David at 11/27/2023 01:12:00 PM

 

Seeing Theatre’s Future in Warsaw

AMERICAN THEATRE: Members of Theater Mitu, our Brooklyn-based company, traveled to Warsaw in early September, a full day before the Generation After Festival was set to begin. Upon landing, we saw a city of 1.7 million people basking in a brilliant sun—and we were fantastically jetlagged. The clarity and sparkle of the light was filtered through the lush greenery and vibrant energy of contemporary Warsaw.

SAG-AFTRA Releases 129-Page Deal Doc for Review During Vote

www.thewrap.com: SAG-AFTRA released the draft of their deal with the major studios Friday, known as a memorandum of agreement. While they’ve released shorter summaries of the actors’ tentative deal before, this 129-page document dives deeper into specifics as AI protections remain a flashpoint in the ongoing vote by members.

Best Table Saws for 2023

Pro Tool Reviews: Anyone who loves working with wood dreams of having a wood shop with an expensive table saw. Most people can’t afford the table saw of their dreams, but there are cheaper options packed with great features that provide the power and precision you need for almost any job. Use this guide to answer the question what is the best table saw?

Robe Is Hot At Medusa Festival

Live Design Online: Spain’s Medusa festival offers a sizzling DJ line up from all around the world embracing a lively mix of dance genres in a fantastic seaside location at Cullera beach in Valencia by the mouth of the Jucar River. The 2023 event was enjoyed by over 250,000 people across 6 days of sun, smiles and superlative music.

Roland DGA and Western Sensibility Push the Limits of Surface Design

Sign Builder Illustrated: Wide format digital imaging leader Roland DGA announces its partnership with Western Sensibility—an art-driven surface design and digital printing studio—to further introduce digital printing technology to the interior design and architecture industries.

Q&A With J.T. Rooney, President Of XR Studios

Live Design Online: J.T. Rooney will be a featured speaker at LDI's XR & Virtual Production: Creating Immersive Experiences session on Saturday, December 2 in Las Vegas. Live Design chats with this guru of immersive experiences utilizing modern technology in extended, augmented, and virtual reality.

How to sound smart in a meeting

www.fastcompany.com: You may be incredibly bright, but showing your intelligence in the moment can be challenging, like if you’re called on unexpectedly in a meeting. The most significant barrier to communicating effectively and sounding smart is the fact that we all get nervous

History of Pittsburgh’s Mellon Institute & its extra column mystery

90.5 WESA: In Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood, there’s a massive temple to science. For nearly a century, the Mellon Institute has been a top research facility, helping to study air quality, create skinless hotdogs and even frozen orange juice.

Is 32 hour workweek better than a 4 day week?

www.fastcompany.com: I often think about the Maggie Smith line in Downton Abbey “What is a weekend?” Being a Countess, she didn’t know what a weekend was because she had no workweek. But there was a time in the not so distant past when working Americans also had never heard of a weekend for the opposite reason: They often worked six or seven days a week.

HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO Will Receive Leader in Adult Autism Award

www.broadwayworld.com: The Autism Society of America has announced that the cast and crew of the new Broadway musical, How to Dance in Ohio will be honored with The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation Leader in Adult Autism Award for 2023 on December 1st, 2023, at the Belasco Theater in New York City.