“The tree, named ‘Xmas 3’, is described as a “contemporary and artistic Christmas tree” by the Brussels city website.”
Tag: 12.04.12
L.A. MoCA Looks At Partnership With USC
“Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art and the University of Southern California are in talks about a possible partnership that would link the ambitious private university with the fiscally struggling downtown museum.”
Agreement Ends Spokane Symphony Strike
“The Spokane Symphony musicians and board of directors announced today they have reached an agreement settling a four-week strike. After a weekend of intense bargaining, the musicians voted Monday night to approve a two-year contract that includes an 11 percent pay cut and three weeks unpaid personal leave.”
How The New York Film Critics Circle Voting Went Down
Many of the ballots were surprisingly close – even to the participants. Salon‘s Andrew O’Hehir fills us in (as far as he’s allowed).
Miami City Ballet Receives Largest Grant In Its History
After a tumultuous year that saw both financial difficulties and the rancorous departure of founder Edward Villella, the company seems to have received a vote of confidence with a $5 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Literature Now Has Its Own Search Engine/Wikipedia/Geek Playpen
“Officially launched in August, Small Demons is the book world’s latest mind game and guilty pleasure … an encyclopedia and ‘Storyverse’ that catalogues names, places, songs, products and other categories for thousands of books.”
Economically-Distressed Athens Becomes Canvas For Artists
“As the financial crisis has transformed parts of the city for the worse – once-affluent areas now beset by crime and prostitution – it has also inspired a flourishing community of graffiti artists, brightening up the capital with their acerbic and colourful creations.”
Can Opera In Movie Theatres Replace The Real Thing?
“Opera broadcasts are to live opera as Walt Disney’s original fantasy of Epcot was to America; everything might be visually tidier, more convenient, more heightened in close-up, but it’s also hollow – a cartoonish reality.”
Report: German Publishers Getting Their Paper From Endangered Rainforests
“Nearly 30 percent of German children’s books use pulp from rainforest wood harvested in Sumatra and elsewhere in the region.”
NY City Public Library Readies For An Amputation
“No wonder the stacks seem like fair prey; they occupy 38% of the library’s gross area. The buzzwords are “outmoded” and “obsolete.” The fact is that they require substantial upgrading of climate control systems for proper preservation. But what no one seems to have noticed, or mentioned, is that the stacks are the structural support of the reading room. They literally hold it up.”