This startup is turning nonrecyclable plastic into building blocks fit

www.fastcompany.com: In a world of disposable everything, single-use plastics continue to reign supreme. Every year, Americans generate about 42 million tons of it. And yet only 9% of that gets recycled, in part because the recycling infrastructure in the U.S. can’t keep up with the country’s plastic production, but also because some plastics simply can’t be recycled.

Silicone Devices: DIY Stretchable Circuits

Hackaday: Flexible circuits built on polyimide film are now commonplace, you can prototype with them at multiple factories, at a cost that is almost acceptable to your average hacker. Polyimide film is pretty tough for something so thin, but eventually it will tear, and with larger components, bend radii are quite restricted. But what about stretchable circuits, as in circuits you can flex, twist and stretch?

New program selects first grant recipients to address systemic racism in Pittsburgh's arts scene

90.5 WESA: The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Exposure Artist Fellowship is designed to address systemic racism in the Pittsburgh arts scene by supporting artists who are Black, indigenous, or people of color and who work “at the crossroads of arts, social inquiry and activism,” according to the foundation. Each artist receives $50,000, the opportunity for professional development, and a chance to pair with a local arts institution.

Art Directors Guild Awards Nominees Include ‘Dune,’ ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth,’ and ‘West Side Story’

IndieWire: “Dune,” “Nightmare Alley,” “The French Dispatch,” “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” “West Side Story,” and “The Lost Daughter” — a surprise from Netflix — were nominated Monday for the 26th annual Art Directors Guild Awards (to be held live in-person on March 5 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown). The films represented the film production design categories of fantasy (“Dune”), period (“Nightmare Alley,” “The French Dispatch,”The Tragedy of Macbeth,” “West Side Story”), and contemporary (“The Lost Daughter”).

Master the Art of Saving Your Live Show File

SoundGirls.org: We learned as soon as we started using computers that we need to save our work as often as possible. We all know that sinking feeling when that essay or email we had worked so long and hard on, without backing up, suddenly became the victim of a spilled drink or blue screen of death. I’m sure more than a few of us also know this feeling from when we didn’t save our show file correctly, maybe even causing thousands of people to boo us because everything’s gone quiet all of a sudden.

Tony Voters Will Be Required to Complete Unconscious Bias Training Course

www.broadwayworld.com: BroadwayWorld has learned that Tony voters will be required to complete unconscious bias training beginning this season. Members of the Tony Awards voting committee will take a free, online training session, led by inclusion strategist Vernā Myers, which will teach them how to identify unconscious or implicit bias in their decision-making processes and how to correct it.

West End’s small shows squeezed out in price-cutting dash for audiences

West End | The Guardian: Critically acclaimed smaller West End shows are being squeezed out of theatre’s post-Omicron recovery as major players use discounted tickets to attract returning audiences.

Creating the characters in the vast world of DUNE with makeup & hair designer Donald Mowat

Stan Winston School of Character Arts: As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, it's easy to forget all the films that have been affected these past twenty-three months. Many cinematic masterpieces were delayed when worldwide movie theater attendance ended. Denis Villeneuve's Dune was one of the most highly-anticipated films to delay its release, and it finally graced the screens in late 2021. Today, Villeneuve's adaptation is garnering Awards Season attention in all categories, but especially hair and makeup effects.

What is 3MF File Format for Additive Manufacturing?

Fusion 360 Blog: Designers and engineers using additive manufacturing are very familiar with STL files in their design process. However, the writing is on the wall: STL files have brought us a long way in the 3D printing space, but the next-generation additive manufacturing file format is here: 3MF. This article will cover why STL files are outdated and how 3MF files can make your life so much easier.

Significant shortages and delays put live events at risk

Event Industry News: PLASA, the lead association for the entertainment technology industry, and #WeMakeEvents, the global campaign to save live events, have published a detailed global survey report on the current position and future recovery of the live events industry.

JaQuel Knight: Changing the Game, From Choreography to Copyright

Dance Magazine: “Can you imagine if TikTok had been a thing during ‘Single Ladies’?” asks choreographer JaQuel Knight, with a chuckle. Go ahead and imagine it: thousands of TikTokers posting their own takes on Knight’s indelible choreography. The song setting streaming records as fans play it on repeat, trying to get the hand flip just so. A dance-driven #SingleLadiesChallenge, inevitably.

James Snyder: Harry Potter star fired from Cursed Child on Broadway after misconduct allegations

The Independent: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child actor James Snyder has been fired from the Broadway production following a misconduct complaint by a co-star. Snyder played Harry Potter in the Tony-winning spin-off, which picks up 19 years after JK Rowling’s last novel.

Tony Awards institutes unconscious bias training for voters

Broadway News: The news, sent to voters Friday, requires members to take a free, online training session led by inclusion strategist Vernā Myers. The course is meant to teach viewers how to identify unconscious or implicit bias in their own decision-making processes and how to correct it, according to the course description.

Super Bowl Offers To Pay Halftime Dancers In Exposure Bucks

Wonkette: The Super Bowl, traditionally, is a massive moneymaking venture for all involved. The NFL, the station that broadcasts it, the cities that host it, the players who play in it, the celebrities who appear in advertisements that play during it ... there's a lot of cash to go around.

Q’s With Tour & Production Manager Bill Reeves On The Great Return’s Challenges

Roadies Of Color United: At the end of the year, Pollstar caught up with veteran tour and production manager Bill Reeves, who’s worked on tours with Prince, Anita Baker, Maxwell, D’Angelo and Anthony Hamilton. Reeves well knows many of the challenges currently facing the live industry, including inflation, labor shortages, supply chain hold-ups and this constantly morphing pandemic. Here, Reeves, who also co-founded Roadies of Color, an organization focused on bringing greater diversity and equity to the live industry, discusses what he’s currently seeing out there, including constant COVID testing, a lack of backstage workers turning up for calls, no room service and why, after more than 40 years in the business, he has no intention of changing careers (unless, of course, he hits the numbers).

Pittsburgh's Enjoy Wrestling brings "Gay Wrestlemania" to the ring

Arts + Entertainment | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: “Wrestling is for Everyone” — that’s the credo Enjoy Wrestling lives by. That means delivering all the bombast, theatrics, and physicality for which the popular sport is known, all while representing what they describe as “a wide variety of races, genders, and sexual orientations.”

Talking to the director about this radical 'Oklahoma!'

Chicago Tribune: Many readers have written in with their thoughts about the radical touring production of the 2018 Broadway revival of “Oklahoma!,” playing at the CIBC Theater in Chicago through Sunday. As I wrote in my review, this version of the seminal Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical strays from the show’s reputation as a hearty work of Americana — anyone heading out to see it should know it mostly does not deliver a feel-good experience, especially in its most radical last few minutes.

Sound Designer Jessica Paz Talks About the Art Behind the Things You Hear in the Theater

TheaterMania: For every performer who steps into the spotlight as the curtain rises, there are hundreds of people working behind the scenes to make the magic of theater real. From dressers to spot-ops, house managers to stage door attendants, and everything in between, it truly takes a village to put on a show. This is the third in a series of articles designed to introduce you to the many unique theater professions you might not realize exist.

James Hong: An actor's guide to longevity

CBS News: A sitdown interview with James Hong can morph unexpectedly into an episode of "Dancing With the Character Actors." "Should we dance a little?" Hong suggested. "You have to think, 'This is a 92-year-old man,' too!" James Hong is no ordinary 92-year-old man. And while he can clearly cut the rug, what's truly astounding is a Hollywood career currently in its 68th year.

Geva Names Elizabeth Williamson Its New Artistic Director

AMERICAN THEATRE: Geva Theatre Center has announced that Elizabeth Williamson will serve as the company’s new artistic director beginning in June. Williamson will also serve as co-CEO alongside executive director Christopher Mannelli. The announcement culminates a national search process that began immediately following artistic director Mark Cuddy’s announcement last June of his upcoming retirement.