Weekend reading: October 4 Edition

Around Ohio

• Columbus Underground offered a preview of The Sound of Screaming, our spooky October series of early horror films.
• Qamil Wright spoke to Matter about her work as cofounder of this weekend’s Ohio R&B Music Festival.
• Columbus-grown Twenty One Pilots surprised local fans by announcing they’d record their performances this weekend for an upcoming live album.
• Many of us may have watched Tuesday’s Vice Presidential debate, but it’s only the rare few like Columbus expat Andrew Choi who can claim to having watched it while sitting on a couch that used to belong to Ohio Senator and GOP VP nominee J.D. Vance.
• Signal Akron covered the launch of the tour for The Remember Balloons, a work by Ohio choreographer Dominic Moore-Dunson that adapts a children’s book about Alzheimer’s disease for the stage.
• Thursday, the Lincoln Theatre hosts a talk with photographer Lynn Goldsmith in connection with the release of her new book featuring images of Patti Smith.
• Next weekend brings Franklinton Fridays to the Franklinton Arts District.
• Saturday, Katherine Adkins opens a solo show at 700 Bryden.
• Saturday and Sunday, Columbus Dance Theatre offers the latest edition of Dancers Making Dances, which offers collaborations between dancer-choreographers and visual artists such as Emily Morgan and Rani Munoz.
• And the horror marathon Raise Some Hell pulls an all-nighter at Studio 35 Saturday.

Around the Globe

• Amid the too-many stories of unimaginable devastation caused by Hurricane Helene is this piece about the current fate of the Asheville, North Carolina arts district. And here’s another take on what Asheville faces from NBC News.
• In much better news, class act Dolly Parton donated over $1 million to Hurricane Helene relief.
• And more good news: Sing Sing supporting player J.J. Velazquez has been exonerated of a wrongful murder conviction.
• Unorthodocs ’24 selection No Other Land got a five-star review from The Guardian.
• A New Yorker piece on Eno, the Gary Hustwit doc we’re screening Monday with a visit from the filmmaker, focuses on the playfulness in the musician’s process.
• Daniel Day Lewis is coming out of retirement.
• Aubrey Plaza got the New York Times profile treatment.
• Everything old is new again as streaming providers embrace the TV channel.
• Why wait for some tips on Oscar betting season?
• Former Mickalene Thomas partner and muse Racquel Chevremont is popping up in the latest season of The Real Housewives of New York.
• Titus Kaphar discussed the paintings on display in his directorial debut, Exhibiting Forgiveness, with ARTnews.
• Indicted New York Mayor Eric Adams reportedly pressured The Brooklyn Museum to build a show around Chinese artist Sun Yat-Sen.
• An original Picasso was found in a cellar.
• The Turner Prize may be 40, but it’s still relevant.
• Parents thinking ahead for Halloween might want to consider these natural alternatives to store-bought holiday makeup.
• And for artists thinking long-term, here’s a piece on controlling your legacy after death.
• If you like their paintings, check out the palettes of artists including Piet Mondrian and Egon Schiele.
• Arts journalist Doug McLennan got into the challenges of measuring arts impact.
• Esquire covered the turmoil surrounding arts funding.
• A new report finds that 20 percent of nonprofit workers can’t afford basic living expenses.
• There’s also a new report on the effectiveness of guaranteed basic income for artists.
• Filmmaker and Finding Your Roots host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. talked to Frieze about his early experiences in museums.
• A new round of MacArthur Fellows has been announced, with recipients including Justin Vivian Bond, Tony Cokes, and Sterlin Harjo.
• Don’t let anyone tell you different: Listening to music is therapy.
• And looking at art in person lights up your brain way more than viewing a reproduction.
• Get ready for more creepy AI imagery on Meta platforms, this time with movement and sounds.
• If you can’t travel to San Francisco, you can listen to the sounds in its streets courtesy of an ever-growing Spotify playlist.
• The Brooklyn Rail covered the latest work from past Wex Artist Residency Award recipient Faye Driscoll.
• Choreographer Vusi Mdoyi is using dance to share South Africa’s stories.
• And there’s an effort to bring the music and dance of Sudan to refugees.
• MIT grad Yamilée Toussaint is using dance to teach kids about STEM.
• The National Book Award shortlist was released.
• Book bans are out; “soft bans” are in.
• Singer-songwriter-actor Kris Kristofferson passed away at 88. His extraordinary career includes many accolades and high points, including this iconic moment of kindness toward fellow artist Sinéad O’Connor.
• Japanese postwar photographer Eikoh Hosoe died at the age of 91.
• And it was announced this week that John Amos, the Black actor who was a powerful presence in 1970s television, passed away in August at the age of 84.