“Turning off the fountains alone saves nearly 2,500 gallons a day. The Getty said it has reduced the amount of water it uses by 55% since the Getty Center opened in 1997.”
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Alumni Of USC’s MFA Program Send Letter In Support Of Students Who Resigned
“This was an extraordinary and painful action for these graduate students to have taken, and presents evidence of serious wrongdoing and extensive problems in the School. … We do not want to see this jewel of the University recklessly discarded.”
If You’re Ignorant About History, Start Reading Romances
“Regency historicals are filled with heroes disabled both physically and psychologically by the horrors of that battle, of heroines who lost brothers, husbands, fathers, and cousins, coping with a very different landscape than the one they were taught to navigate in.”
What Makes A Museum Great?
“The redesigned atrium of South London’s Imperial War Museum tells the story of 20th Century war through objects such as guns, vehicles and clothing. Permanent World War One galleries have opened as a reminder of the conflict’s size and devastation, including interactive displays on life in the trenches. The museum employs advisers on how to attract a young audience.”
The Guy Who Makes Netflix’ House Of Cards Has No Clue How Many People Have Watched It
“They have never given me any data whatsoever. All they say is, ‘Well, we’re doing well and we’d like another season.’ And that’s really all I need to know.”
Houston Ballet Cancels Performance When Crews Discover Serious Rain Damage
“Someone left open the exhaust flues at the very top of the Wortham stage, which let in all the rain. The wood stage floor buckled, the stage lamps were full of water, and the legs and some of the scenery got soaked.”
Tenure Is Going Down In Flames. Does It Matter?
“What I wonder is whether justice and tenure can exist side-by-side in discussions of academic labor. At best, they rest next to one another uneasily. At worst, tenure is now reliant upon the stratified academic workplace to exist.”
The History, In Pictures, Of The NYPhil’s Summer Concerts In The Parks
“In 1979, the Times investigated picnic habits among Central Park concertgoers, discovering cream of plum soup, pork loin à l’orange, lobster claws, and vichyssoise.”
Combat Gender And Racial Bias In Publishing By Reorganizing The Bookstop
“Since reading McDougall’s article, I have changed the way I approach my job, as have several of my colleagues at Foyles. I am reading more books in translation, more books by writers from different racial or cultural backgrounds to my own and vastly more books by women. As a result I have included more books in these categories as my staff picks, not to achieve quotas, but because they are bloody good books.”
Responding To The UK Election Results With Urgent Devised Theatre
“We’ve been looking at other models for making political theatre. We’ve found that devised theatre, collaboratively made over an intense period of four to five weeks, gives us a chance to react immediately to the changing tensions in the world around us.”