“The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra’s [third] International Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition has been won by [a] 31-year-old Latvian, Ainars Rubikis. … Since its launch only six years ago it has become one of Europe’s most important conducting competitions” … notably because the first winner was Gustavo Dudamel.
Tag: 03.05.10
Claim: Board Games Are Back
“Those who play insist that board games never really went away, but they acknowledge the comeback in popularity and categorize play as “classically social” in a world consumed with faceless social networking.”
How Do We Protect World Heritage Treasures?
“According to the non-governmental organization Heritage Watch, Angkor saw 7600 visitors in 1993; by 2006, the number was 1.6 million; by the time 2010 is up, the complex will likely draw 3 million. Tourists of course bring in money for the developing country, as well as help assure a certain degree of protection for cultural sites. But they also walk everywhere. They touch things.”
Report: How US College Grades Have Been Inflated
“Since the 1960s, the national mean G.P.A. at the institutions from which he’s collected grades has risen by about 0.1 each decade – other than in the 1970s, when G.P.A.s stagnated or fell slightly. In the 1950s, according to Rojstaczer’s data, the mean G.P.A. at U.S. colleges and universities was 2.52. By 2006-07, it was 3.11.”
Barnes & Noble To Test Bundling E-Books With Paper Books
“Under the plan, B&N will offer customers who buy a print edition at one of their stores the opportunity to buy the e-book at a discount. Prices will be worked out in discussions with publishers.”
Cablevision/Disney Dispute Puts ABC In The Crosshairs
“At issue are fees Walt Disney Co. wants Cablevision to pay to carry WABC. Cablevision says Disney is asking for $40 million annually for the right to retransmit the local television station’s signal. That would translate to about $1 per subscriber, per month. Disney has denied that isits asking price, but has not said what it is seeking.”
Products The Smart Phone Has Replaced
“I used to keep a tally of all the products that could have been sold separately but which have been cannibalised by the mobile: cameras, calculators, books, video cameras, music players, satellite navigation and so on. When the list reached 60, I gave up, because the arrival of the iPhone and iPod Touch made the list of extra products grow exponentially.”
Can Theatre Help Fight Political Extremism?
“Several theatre events in the capital at the moment address the rise of the BNP. But can these productions really further the debate around racism, or is this merely the liberal middle-class arts community trying to make itself feel current and politically engaged?”
Consensus Building? Vancouver Art Gallery Should Stay Put
“Moving the Vancouver Art Gallery would empty out the heart of the city, make no economic sense, and do nothing to improve the situation for art, say a chorus of advocates from arts and urban-planning circles.”
Columbus Symphony Musicians Take Pay Cut; Orchestra Will Combine Admin With Another Org
“The moves are intended to reduce expenses in the 2010-11 season to $7.5 million – down from $9 million this season – and help chip away at an estimated $500,000 deficit in the current fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31.”