Klaus van den Berg
@kvdberg.bsky.social
Theatre Historian, Artist, and Critic advocating for urban spaces where performance and the arts enable meaningful public experiences
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seems counterintuitive
September 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
seems counterintuitive
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A Florida focused media report about the 2025 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey
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Nearly a third of Florida professors looking for work in another state • Florida Phoenix
Citing state policy on tenure, elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and the cost of living, Florida faculty laid out their frustrations in a recent survey. In a Faculty in the ...
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September 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A Florida focused media report about the 2025 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey
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Es Devlin’s 'Library of Light' at Salone del Mobile transforms Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera with a 59-ft rotating book sculpture that redirects sunlight through mirrors into the historic portico. 📸 Monica Spezia
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April 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Es Devlin’s 'Library of Light' at Salone del Mobile transforms Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera with a 59-ft rotating book sculpture that redirects sunlight through mirrors into the historic portico. 📸 Monica Spezia
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More at archinect.com/news/a...
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After extensively researching the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral, I found that this 26-minute documentary by NBC News provides a compelling and well-crafted overview of the project. Enjoy!
After extensively researching the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral, I found that this 26-minute documentary by NBC News provides a compelling and well-crafted overview of the project. Enjoy!
Out of the Ashes: The Comeback of Notre Dame
YouTube video by NBC News
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February 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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After extensively researching the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral, I found that this 26-minute documentary by NBC News provides a compelling and well-crafted overview of the project. Enjoy!
After extensively researching the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral, I found that this 26-minute documentary by NBC News provides a compelling and well-crafted overview of the project. Enjoy!
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DEVELOPING STORY: The Palisades Fire has reached the Getty Villa grounds, per the LAFD. Flames threaten structures, including homes by Richard Neutra and Cliff May. The fire is still continuing to grow. #PalisadesFire
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Pacific Palisades fire threatens Getty Villa and other landmarks
The fast-moving Palisades Fire has reached the grounds of the Getty Villa, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Flames were reported approaching structures late Tuesday afternoon. The museum,...
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January 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
DEVELOPING STORY: The Palisades Fire has reached the Getty Villa grounds, per the LAFD. Flames threaten structures, including homes by Richard Neutra and Cliff May. The fire is still continuing to grow. #PalisadesFire
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many good suggestions to become/remain an active citizen. Happy New Year!
READ: How can EVERYONE resolve to help improve their city? With #NewYearsEve approaching, heading into what will be an extra challenging year for our cities, re-read my “25 simple #NewYearsResolutions to improve your city” in @fastcompany.com. What would YOU add?
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January 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
many good suggestions to become/remain an active citizen. Happy New Year!
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Perfect analogy
"Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity." - Lewis Mumford in 1955.
We’ve known this for a LONG time, but we’ve put massive energy, money, space, and time into pretending we don’t know it. #TheTRUTHaboutTraffic
#InducedDemand #lawofcongestion
We’ve known this for a LONG time, but we’ve put massive energy, money, space, and time into pretending we don’t know it. #TheTRUTHaboutTraffic
#InducedDemand #lawofcongestion
December 6, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Perfect analogy
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Abandoning the humanities in a race to the bottom line is abandoning the intellectual & moral frameworks that help us navigate the world’s complexities. Its disciplines make us better—not sentimentally, but substantively—able to face its challenges. #academicsky #HE
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The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis | Humanities | The Guardian
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture
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December 7, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Abandoning the humanities in a race to the bottom line is abandoning the intellectual & moral frameworks that help us navigate the world’s complexities. Its disciplines make us better—not sentimentally, but substantively—able to face its challenges. #academicsky #HE
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An annual U.S. Thanksgiving reminder that you’re not “stuck in traffic,” you ARE traffic.
Happy #Thanksgiving.
Happy #Thanksgiving.
November 28, 2024 at 3:55 PM
An annual U.S. Thanksgiving reminder that you’re not “stuck in traffic,” you ARE traffic.
Happy #Thanksgiving.
Happy #Thanksgiving.
this view from Steele McKaye's unfinished Spectatorium (located just outside the Chicago's World's Fair in 1893) of the White City's domes, boulevards, and classically inspired buildings emphasizes the organizers' ambition to invoke it as a latter day Rome, Ahtens or London
November 29, 2024 at 11:27 PM
this view from Steele McKaye's unfinished Spectatorium (located just outside the Chicago's World's Fair in 1893) of the White City's domes, boulevards, and classically inspired buildings emphasizes the organizers' ambition to invoke it as a latter day Rome, Ahtens or London
a great place for concerts -- check out upcoming performance of Javanese Gamelan Ensemble (music and dance performance)
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November 22, 2024 at 6:10 PM
a great place for concerts -- check out upcoming performance of Javanese Gamelan Ensemble (music and dance performance)
music.emory.edu/news-events/...
music.emory.edu/news-events/...
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He means that he wants Trump to let airlines once again take your money without actually flying you anywhere.
November 20, 2024 at 6:47 PM
He means that he wants Trump to let airlines once again take your money without actually flying you anywhere.