“Talento Bilingüe de Houston outlined a confusing staff scramble with the enforced calm of a flight attendant explaining that the wings have come off- including phrases like ‘as we know change in organizational structure is important in order to adapt.'”
Tag: 11.18.12
Can A City Without Starchitects Have An Impact On Design?
San Francisco says yes.
In Pakistan, Honoring The Oldest Profession With Paint
“Hussain, 62, is a controversial figure in Pakistan, not only for his paintings of sex workers but also because of works that proffer scathing commentary on Pakistan’s inclination toward a more and more religiously strict and intolerant society.”
Hey, Rural Life: Cities Called. They Want You Back.
“Everywhere you look, the countryside has crept into cities and towns – the way we shop, eat, read, dress, decorate our homes, spend our time. Street food is sold out of revamped agricultural trucks, or from village-delivery style bicycles. City-dwellers are booking into a growing number of courses on rural life; urban bees and chickens are commonplace (though do keep up: ducks are where it’s at now).”
Bugs Bunny Can Save Classical Music, Right?
An invitation to a dialogue around classical music – start your letters ASAP.
Philip Roth Wasn’t Kidding About His Retirement
“Nearby was an iPhone he had bought recently. ‘Why?’ he said. ‘Because I’m free. Every morning I study a chapter in ‘iPhone for Dummies,’ and now I’m proficient. I haven’t read a word for two months. I pull this thing out and play with it.'”
Time To Take A Bow, Says One Of Australia’s Best Dancers
Rachel Rawlins goes out as the white swan.
William Turnbull, 90, Sculptor Who Encapsulated The Postwar Generation
“From the typical modernist immersion in tribal art and idols to minimalism, he experienced and expressed it all, yet he absorbed the influences and remade them, so that the work he produced could never be mistaken for anything but his. He was one of the most authoritative, expressive and subtle artists of his generation.”
Seduced By The Glowing Light Of The Kindle
And letting go of the guilt over killing bookstores.
We All Love Apps, But Can Their Makers Survive?
“They did not actually have jobs at Apple. It was freelance work that came with nothing in the way of a regular income, health insurance or retirement plan. Instead, the Grimeses tried to prepare by willingly, even eagerly, throwing overboard just about everything they could.”