“The most obvious changes are in the company leadership and staff. There has been an almost complete turnover — from a new board president and new executive director to new teachers at the company school. The board has become better organized and more functional, with a more clearly defined and helpful relationship with the company.”
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Should London Try To Outdo New York’s High Line With Its Forested Floating Bridge Design?
“In six months, the public cost had gone from minimal to £60m, with limited transparency, on the basis of wavering cost estimates. These facts were not made available at the time of the public consultation on the project in November 2013.”
Yes, Heidegger Believed In The Nazi Cause (For A Time). Now What Do We Do With Him?
“One reason to take the Notebooks seriously, therefore, is to understand how a figure who inspired such a wide following could have held such views — and what this might mean for his legacy. This is a question of intellectual history and influence. While it is important, there remains an even deeper one: whether there is anything left for us to think about in reading Heidegger.”
A Dancer Who Works In Sneakers (And Dances Right Through Many Pairs Of Them Per Year)
“Most of my shoes last two and a half weeks. I wear a lot of Jordans because they feel really good and are comfortable when I’m dancing and they have just enough toe support.”
One Problem For The Locked-Out Atlanta Symphony Musicians: Size
“You can’t (cut) this orchestra any further. Either you try to maintain it and grow it back in the direction from where we came, or it’s over — it’s not the same orchestra any more.”
The Legal Fight Over A Cambodian Statue Turns Personal, And Nasty
“Each side filed papers accusing the other of acting unethically” – and the government accused a federal prosecutor turned Sotheby’s lawyer of providing false information to her former colleagues.