Well established as a poet “but far from being a household name,” Gross, a creative writing professor, “won the prize for The Water Table – a themed collection that is metaphysical and political and religious, but has at its heart the subject of water.”
Tag: 01.18.10
What Happens When A City Can’t Afford Its Orchestra?
“Or, more realistically (since the Cleveland Orchestra is not actually likely to pack up, like a baseball franchise, and move to another city), how many modifications can an orchestra make before it loses its identity?”
S.F. Architecture Smackdown: De Young Vs. Academy
Architecture “must be judged by how it functions … not merely by how it looks or sounds or feels. And that’s why I’m not totally seduced by the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park – at least not in comparison to the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum across the way.”
Colorado Theatres Grapple With Smoking Ban
After the Colorado Supreme Court last month upheld a ban on onstage smoking, two Denver theatre companies decided to “pursue a legal case, hoping to win an audience with the U.S. Supreme Court.” In the meantime, they say the prohibition is affecting their art.
University Puts Pittsburgh’s Only NPR Affiliate Up For Sale
“Duquesne University, which owns WDUQ, wants to sell the station and channel the assets into education.” In addition to carrying NPR programs, the station is “home to the city’s only daily jazz format.”
Avatar Earnings May Break Records, But Attendance Hasn’t
“Eleven years ago, of course, ticket prices were a lot cheaper — the most recent estimated average ticket price was $7.46, compared with $4.69 in 1998. And most people are seeing ‘Avatar’ in 3-D, where ticket prices are several dollars higher. The result: Far fewer people have seen ‘Avatar’ than ‘Titanic’ so far.”
The Issues Behind The Cleveland Orchestra Strike
“Orchestra leadership wants the players to take a pay cut to address urgent financial problems. The musicians say that would be the beginning of the end of the premier ensemble, making it harder to attract and retain top talent.”
Striking Cleveland Orchestra Players Demonstrate
“About 50 members of the striking Cleveland Orchestra stood in the cold in their formal concertwear on the front steps of Severance Hall during a press conference today.”
Why The Late Night Talk Shows Are Failing
“In its glory days, “The Tonight Show” served as a search engine on culture, letting us know which politician had made a gaffe, which corporate evildoer had been caught doing evil and which starlet had experienced a wardrobe malfunction. Now the search engine is the search engine…”
Why Are Professors Perceived As Liberal?
“Conjure up the classic image of a humanities or social sciences professor, the fields where the imbalance is greatest: tweed jacket, pipe, nerdy, longwinded, secular — and liberal. Even though that may be an outdated stereotype, it influences younger people’s ideas about what they want to be when they grow up.”