“Many Americans are completely unaware of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, even though it hands out more money than any other annual fiction prize in the world. Tomorrow’s winner will get 100,000 Euros, or roughly $157,000.”
Tag: 06.11.08
Art Students: Scholarships, Not Buildings
“Concerned that Art Center College of Design is putting too much money and energy into expanding its campus and promoting itself to outsiders — and not enough into scholarships and instruction — hundreds of students and alumni of the elite private college in Pasadena are petitioning its trustees to suspend plans for a $50-million building by Frank Gehry.”
Met Museum Narrows Its List Of Director Candidates
Each of the individuals whose names have been mentioned has both advantages and drawbacks as a future director for the Met.
Deborah Voigt Returns To The Scene Of The Little Black Dress
“Though Ms. Voigt’s position as one of today’s leading dramatic sopranos is as solid as ever, there have been varied reactions to her singing since her surgery, especially the colorings of her voice. Some opera buffs and critics detect a slight loss of warmth in her sound. Others counter that her voice has gained brightness and shimmer.”
John S. Zinsser Jr., 84
“Zinsser was associate editor, executive editor and later editor in chief of Reader’s Digest Condensed Books from 1951 to 1987. The series, which began in 1950 and ran 47 years under that name, provided subscribers with three to six shortened best sellers in anthologies that were, at first, published four times a year, and later every other month. It is now known as Reader’s Digest Select Editions.”