BACKFive Black History Month events to get involved with this week
To celebrate and reflect on Black History Month, a variety of organisations are hosting creative events across London this week, see our top picks below.
Monday 19 October, 7pm: LAKAY – A writing and performance workshop series exploring home, identity and belonging (Barking and Dagenham)
Tuesday 20 October, 6-9pm: ONLINE EVENT – Exploring The Legacies: Dame Jocelyn Barrow And Other Inspirational British African Women
Wednesday 21 October, 6-9pm: Intersectionality: LGBT+ and Race & Ethnicity Diversity Forum
Thursday 22 October, 6-8pm: Pen to Print Presents: Sharna Jackson – Make your own murder mystery
Friday 23 October 6-8.30pm: Back to the Future: How our journey began
Couvre-feu: tensions entre Castex et Bachelot
Antoine Pecqueur s’intéresse ce matin à l’impact du couvre-feu sur le secteur culturel et sa gestion par l’exécutif. Face à Jean Castex, Roselyne Bachelot n’a pas réussi à épargner les salles et cinémas du couvre-feu, démontrant ainsi que le ministère de la culture n’est pas un ministère régalien.
L’adage dit que gouverner, c’est prévoir. Ces derniers jours, on a plutôt eu la démonstration inverse.Tout commence mercredi dernier quand Emmanuel Macron annonce le couvre-feu à partir de 21h à Paris et dans huit métropoles.
Le président se veut concret et explique que pour une personne qui a besoin de 30 minutes de transport, il devra partir à 20h30 pour rentrer chez lui. C’est le branle-bas de combat immédiat chez tous les directeurs de structures culturelles qui se lancent dans les reprogrammations, en avançant l’heure des spectacles, ou bien en changeant les programmes pour privilégier des formes plus courtes.
Curfew: tensions between Castex and Bachelot
This morning Antoine Pecqueur looks at the impact of curfew on the cultural sector and its management by the executive. Faced with Jean Castex, Roselyne Bachelot did not succeed in sparing cinemas and theatres from the curfew, thus demonstrating that the Ministry of Culture is not a regalian ministry. The adage says that to govern is to foresee.
In recent days, the opposite has been demonstrated. It all began last Wednesday when Emmanuel Macron announced the curfew starting at 9 pm in Paris and in eight metropolises. The president wants to be concrete and explains that for a person who needs 30 minutes of transportation, he will have to leave at 8:30 pm to go home.
It is an immediate battleground for all the directors of cultural structures who are launching into reprogramming, bringing forward the time of shows, or changing programmes to favour shorter forms.
Opus Klassik schmüeckt sich mit Stars und Unbekannten
Berlin. Im Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt wird mit der Moderation von Thomas Gottschalk in einem Gala-Fernsehkonzert der Opus Klassik verliehen, das ZDF strahlt die Aufnahme wenige Stunden später aus.
Wir erinnern uns: Der Opus Klassik ist der neue Name für den Echo Klassik, der durch antisemitische Entgleisungen seines Zwillingspreises Echo Pop vor zweieinhalb Jahren gemeinsam mit dem Echo Pop in Verruf geriet. Viel Geld der Musikindustrie hing offenbar am Echo Klassik, deshalb war ans Aufgeben nicht zu denken.
Es gab nur eine oberflächliche Namensänderung. Die aufkeimende Diskussion über andere Fragwürdigkeiten dieses Preises, etwa die einseitig kommerzielle Orientierung, wurde im Keim erstickt.
Opus Klassik adorns itself with stars and strangers
Berlin. In the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt, with the moderation of Thomas Gottschalk, the Opus Klassik will be presented in a gala television concert, the ZDF will broadcast the recording a few hours later.
We remember: The Opus Klassik is the new name for the Echo Klassik, which, along with the Echo Pop, fell into disrepute two and a half years ago due to the anti-Semitic derailments of its twin prize, Echo Pop.
A lot of the music industry’s money was apparently attached to the Echo Klassik, so giving up was out of the question. There was only a superficial name change. The burgeoning discussion about other questions on the topic of this award, such as the one-sided commercial orientation, was nipped in the bud.