“In an exclusive interview with The Times, Erica Muhl, dean of the Roski School, reveals that for the fall semester set to begin in less than two months, only one incoming student is enrolled in the studio art MFA program’s class of 2017.”
Tag: 06.25.15
Building Collapses Under Weight Of Vinyl Record Collection
Too many vinyl records stored on the second floor of a San Diego building caused a collapse that damaged a popular thrift store. (picture here)
Welcome To The Orgy! How The Sex Movie Got Its Groove Back
“The fact that Fifty Shades of Grey is a phenomenon at all ‘just shows how mainstream it is, and it’s blasted the door wide open, saying sex is back in a big, big way. Now, sex has moved to the internet, and it’s on Girls, and that’s where people are getting it now. They’re not going to R-rated movies for titillation; you can get it on your phone. But that kind of subject matter is coming back in a big way.”
Amazon’s ‘Pay-Per-Page’ Plan Isn’t Just About Royalties – It Could Change The Way Writers Write
“The retail giant’s new way of calculating payments for Kindle book loans has worrying implications for how literature is read – and how it’s written.”
Haruki Murakami: The Moment I Became A Novelist
It happened at a baseball game …
An Episode Of Diaeresis: Why ‘The New Yorker’ Always Spells ‘Coöperate’ With Those Two Dots
“Here we learn how to pronounce it and how to use it, as well as how to avoid it, if desired.” One of the magazine’s copy editors, Mary Norris, explains the diaeresis in the latest episode of the podcast Comma Queen.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 06.25.15
Don’t Shoot the Player Piano
AJBlog: PostClassic Published 2015-06-25
Hailing Harold Holzer: Retirement Bash Today for Metropolitan Museum’s Public Affairs VP
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-06-25
Greg Reitan: Recording Where He Lives
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-06-25
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Helsinki’s Winning Guggenheim Design Highlights Museum’s Challenges
Hailed as “a wake-up call to architecture” that champions the idea of public space, the design by Paris-based architects Moreau Kusunoki was revealed in the Finnish capital, where the museum is intended to transform the city’s waterfront and become the third Guggenheim in Europe, after Venice and Bilbao.
Univision Cancels Relationship With Donald Trump’s Miss Universe Org Over Trump Remarks About Immigrants
“The network said Thursday it would pull the plug on the July 12 Miss USA telecast and has severed its business relationship with the Miss Universe Organization, which produces the Miss USA pageant, due to what it called “insulting remarks about Mexican immigrants” by Trump, a part owner of Miss Universe.”
After 67 Years Japan To Repeal No-Dancing Law
“The law was officially introduced after World War II, aiming to put an end to prostitution usually thought to have been taking place at venues where dancing occurred. It prohibits dancing anywhere without a special license – and even at a place that has one, you can only dance until midnight.”