Category: issues

“These pricing practices are simply not fair. They draw us in on a false promise. Our rulings send a clear signal to advertisers: sort out your pricing so we all get a fair deal.”

Chloë Booker, founder of Platform33: “The idea came to me a few years ago, after trying to convince a friend to come to a classical orchestral concert with me. She didn’t want to commit her money and evening to something she knew nothing about and saw as pretentious, boring, and just not for her. Platform33 is designed to be the introductory step, where you see artists from completely different genres perform in intimate, unconventional venues.”

“The appointment by Russia’s culture minister of a businessman turned politician to run a state open-air museum in Karelia in the north of Russia has outraged opponents who fear that his inexperience and agenda to increase tourism will put the region’s heritage and eco-system at risk.”

“When completed, the $7 million complex will house the organization’s offices, studios, a restaurant/bar and an outdoor plaza. Its centerpiece will be a 240-seat theater. Says the organization’s chief, “We always knew it was unsustainable to pop up every year in a new space and still grow and serve our mission.”

“Major Internet providers will launch a system of Copyright Alerts to consumers this week, a system in which repeated users of pirated content could have their service slowed.”

“It is not a priori a teaching experience to get a kid to tell you that he sees a bird in a painting, though at least it shows the kid is actually seeing a painting in the first place. If basic exposure is the goal, the bar is set pretty low, but it is, at least, a starting point.”

Suddenly, there’s “a new belief — after years of emphasis on standardized testing — in the power of the arts. Today, more and more policymakers think it is the arts, after all, that can motivate kids, engage them and help them develop 21st-century skills.”

“The former director, Margarita Aguilar, filed a claim with New York State human rights officials this week about her concerns, citing instances when she was told to lose weight and dress better and an environment in which her ability to hire and fire employees was undercut.”

“The Banksy mural, depicting a boy hunched over a sewing machine making Union Jack bunting, disappeared from Whymark Avenue earlier this month.”

“Fashion houses in recent years started to sidestep the middleman by giving the public a front-row seat via webcam video. While that was more of a marketing tool at first, live streaming — and other ways to give consumers digital access to runway fashion — is now being seen as a research opportunity.”