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Archive of posts filed under the Current Affairs category.

Ann: Leonardo Reviews online (May 2011)

Compression & Purity by Will Alexander Reviewed by Allan Graubard Interface Criticism: Aesthetics Beyond Buttons by Christian Ulrik Andersen & Soren Pold, Editors Reviewed by Ellen Pearlman The Filming of Modern Life. European Avant-Garde Film of the 1920s by Malcolm Turvey Reviewed by Jan Baetens

Working Best at Coffee Shops?

Why are many telecommuters most efficient in noisy public places with lots of distractions? by Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic Read More 04/15/11

Ann: Botanical Exhibtion at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia

Flowers to Pharmacy Exhibition This exhibition will showcase the unique botanical volumes that are part of the Pennsylvania Hospital Historic Library, including works by Linnaeus, Catesby, Bartram, and Barton. Come learn about medicine from the eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, see an inventory of the Pennsylvania Hospital Apothecary, and view original recipes written by medical [...]

Judge Rejects Google’s Deal to Digitize Books

A federal judge rejected Google’s $125 million class-action settlement with authors and publishers, delivering a blow to the company’s ambitious plan to build the world’s largest digital library and bookstore. Full article

About twenty of Madison Wisconsin’s bluegrass musicians, as the collective Pickers’ Local 608, gathered at Audio For The Arts on Sunday, March 6th 2011, to record their own version of There Is Power In A Union, with special featured guest banjo man Bill Evans.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Royal Ballet Opera

Alice on Her Toes, at a Rare Tea Party By ROSLYN SULCAS Published: March 1, 2011 LONDON — How do you make a full-length story ballet in 2011? Christopher Wheeldon must have asked himself that as he prepared “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” his much hyped new full-length work for the Royal Ballet, set to a [...]