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Weekend Reading: September 27 Edition

Sep 27, 2024

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Julia Reichert in Julia’s Stepping Stones, courtesy of Netflix

Around Columbus

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Ohio State’s new arts app, courtesy of The Ohio State University

Congrats to filmmaker Steven Bognar; Julia’s Stepping Stones, his final project with his late creative and life partner Julia Reichert was picked up by Netflix. But before it streams, the film will screen at the Wex October 19 as part of Unorthodocs.
If you’re going to Cartoon Crossroads Columbus this weekend, be sure to leave time Sunday for graphic novelist Jerry Craft.
Sunday night, Rambling House hosts a postcard party with ArtsVoteOhio.
Ohio State unveiled a new website and app to showcase the arts on its various campuses.
Ohio State’s Department of Art is looking for a new chair.
What’s the deal with those “intellectual diversity centers” in a new state higher education bill?
Healing Broken Circles is one of the recipients of grants from the new National Endowment for the Arts pilot program ArtsHERE.
This weekend sees the kickoff of a new outdoor reading space at Third Way Cafe focused on challenged and banned books, a passion project for artist Luka Weinberger.
If you’re curious but reticent about Ecstatic Dance Columbus, Columbus Monthly gave it a try.
The atmospheric photography of Helen Hoffelt, now on view at Dublin Arts Council, was featured in Columbus Underground.
Local pumpkin carvers are being spotlighted on a new show from Food Network.
Thursday, Columbus College of Art & Design opens Tracing Echoes, a show of work by faculty members Julie Abijanac and Kelly Males-Kosak.
The school is hosting a lecture with Amy and David Butler the same night.
Also Thursday, you can check out the new Columbus Glass Art Center.
Looking ahead, Friday’s the closing party for the current 934 Gallery show SOMEDAY.
Stonewall Columbus is having a Lavender Masquerade fundraiser Friday.
Next Friday and Saturday brings the 4th Annual Hasan Fest to Old First Presbyterian Church.
And Saturday is Community Pride at Mayme Moore Park.
Last but far from least, Saturday, Columbus Museum of Art will bring together its director, Brooke A. Minto, former Wex Chief Curator Kelly Kivland, and The Gund Director and Chief Curator Daisy Desrosiers for a free discussion about all the central Ohio exhibitions currently featuring work by Ming Smith.

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Rumours trailer, courtesy of Bleecker Street

A fun new trailer dropped for Rumours, the film we’ll be presenting with a visit from codirector Guy Maddin next Friday.
If you think Hollywood has a problem with choosing existing intellectual property over original content, you’ll appreciate this story that brings all the receipts.
Filmmaker Frank Darabont and actor Morgan Freeman discussed The Shawshank Redemption’s evolution from flop to modern classic on its 30th anniversary.
Animator Akihiko Yamashita looked back on Howl’s Moving Castle on the 20th anniversary of the Hayao Miyazaki film.
The amazing staying power of stop-motion animation was celebrated on the centennial of its invention.
With the critically acclaimed I Saw the TV Glow expanding its streaming profile, filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun had the opportunity to discuss the work of getting it made.
The Tribeca Film Festival will launch a “Creators Forum” for filmmakers ahead of its 2025 edition.
Dancer Jeroboam Bozeman talked about working with choreographer Rennie Harris and filmmaker Boaz Yakin on the new movie Once Again (For the Very First Time). (Harris’s work on a centennial tribute to drummer Max Roach will be on display at the Wex October 23.)
Choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker publicly apologized.
Arts Midwest offered tips for handling large creative projects with multiple partners.
The organization is also currently accepting applications for its National Leaders of Color fellowship.
Thirteen art fairs, including Art Basel and Frieze, are banding together to halve their carbon footprints.
Nan Goldin collaborated with Gucci and Blondie icon Debbie Harry on some yummy photos.
Notorious art vandal Vaclav Pisvejc took down an Ai Weiwei sculpture.
London’s Evening Standard is considering reviving its late art critic Brian Sewell via AI.
Artnet questioned the wisdom of Google’s Infinite Wonderland project.
Psyche pulled together research to consider how creativity may lie in the way the brain prioritizes information.
The Guardian shared a viral test for determining color perception.
A PEN America survey found that over 10,000 books were banned across the US from 2023 to 2024.
And book censorship in prisons remains a major problem.
The Intelligencer offered the skinny on the new book by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Cat Glover, the singer and dancer who lit up Prince’s film of Sign o’ the Times, passed away at the age of 60.
Jazz saxophonist and composer Benny Golson died at the age of 95.
And stage and screen great Maggie Smith passed at 89.