“According to the College Board, the average costs for books and supplies for private, four-year colleges in New England, for the 2008-9 academic year was $965.00. Nationally, for that same time period, the average cost for books and supplies was $1,054.00.”
Tag: 06.15.09
Orange County Museum Sale Of Art Sparks Criticism
“The Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach has quietly sold 18 of its 20 California Impressionist paintings to an undisclosed private collector, sparking criticism from two local museum directors who say the secrecy violated the public interest by preventing them from bidding to keep the works in collections open to the public.”
What Bruce Nauman’s Venice Biennale Win Means For Philadelphia
“To see Philadelphia’s win in Venice in isolation, however, is to miss a larger institutional narrative. The museum hopes the Nauman show will build the breadth of its contemporary art collection and, in tandem, help raise money for new contemporary art galleries in Frank Gehry’s expansion and the reworking of the Art Museum’s main building back home on Fairmount.”
Once Mighty Virgin Records Closes Out Its Last North American Stores
“It was the final day of business for the Virgin Megastore chain in North America, which at its peak had 23 locations but by Sunday was down to two: the 57,000-square-foot, two-level New York outlet, and a smaller Hollywood shop that was also set to close. In Union Square posters trumpeted 90 percent discounts and offered the sale of “all furniture and equipment.”
New Movie Studio Launches
DF Indie Studios, a venture to be based in New York and set to be introduced on Monday, will focus on films with budgets of up to $10 million. “There is going to be a dearth of quality product in the marketplace because financing has dried up for so many people, and that means we can move into that open spot.”
The Musicological Significance Of American Idol
“A conductor friend of mine recently busted out the following conversation starter over lunch: In a hundred years, American Idol may be the most significant locus of study in the field of performance practice.”
Up Next: Invisibility Cloaks
“So called ‘carpet cloaks’ are the first technology to succeed in hiding objects by deflecting light across a range of wavelengths. Invisibility cloaks work by deflecting light waves so the light that reaches the eye shows no trace of the hidden object.”