Young Architects’ Next Stars?

Gaston Nogues and Benjamin Ball have one this year’s “Young Architects Program competition, held annually by P.S. 1 in Queens and the Museum of Modern Art. The seven-year-old program, in which architects submit proposals to transform the P.S. 1 courtyard into an outdoor musical performance and party space, goes a long way toward advancing a budding reputation.”

Botched New Times Movie Reviews Anger Some

The director of Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum write an open letter to complain about New Times’ Seattle Weekly movie reviews after a review is truncated and its meaning distorted. “Without a film editor and consistent criticism written by local writers, the reviews often contain factual errors and obvious references to openings in other cities. This is a system that is no longer serving either the reader or the advertising base.”