 which was somewhat at odds with the comedy showcase it was hosting – that said it may have been th particular comic on stage during my visit that the theatre didn’t care for.
I didn’t brave the line to get in to see The Globe.
The Funky Sole Groove-a-thon was in full swing by that time. Not only was I not wearing my dancing shoes, I was also starting to feel a pretty strong buzz from the clouds of “recreational” burning bush I was inadvertantly walking through.
The Orpheum took me back to prohibition and the days of the speakeasy.
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It opened in 1926 with an opulent art deco theatre above ground and a relaxed lounge and bar below. Definitely the sort of place that Scott Fitzgerald would frequent. This venue was hosting an interesting blend of audio-visual artistry in hommage to the emergence of VJs and how moving images have influenced the music world.
The United Artists Theatre in the Ace Hotel is historically important for oh so many reasons.
For the purposes of the event it was offering up a live electronic and experimental music program featuring video art instalations. Though it sounded tempting my head was already reeling with sensory overload so I didn’t go in. I definitely plan to pay it a visit in the near future without all the hoopla, just to feel the energy of the space and commune with the theatre’s original champions.
The event itself was good fun with a variety of bands, street performers, visual artists, vendors and info kiosks. There was even a Virtual Reality Zone which sadly was also sporting lines longer than my tired feet were able to endure. There was no shortage of food trucks with an astounding array of street cuisine. One particularly marvelous installation on the street was the earth harp, it was mesmerizing. This 200ft harp was strung from the top of the 12 story Beaux Art State Theatre tower on the corner of 7th and Broadway down to the north east corner of the intersection where its inventor William Close made haunting music on the extraordinary instrument.
All in all Night on Broadway made for a most enjoyable evening. I look forward to a stellar 10 year anniversary and will definitely attend prepared with dancing shoes on!
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California schools get hit again
California Gov. Jerry Brown says the state will take another $100 million from public colleges and universities in the state. What's left to cut?
Kai Ryssdal: Here's another story about which you can fairly say, we've been here before. The state of California is looking at another round of budget cuts. Turns out a rosy forecast of state revenues last summer was just a couple billion dollars too rosy. Higher education once again finds itself on the chopping block. California's two public university systems are each going to have to trim another $100 million from their budgets.
Though the size of the cuts may be all California --that is, big -- the situation is everywhere. And, as usual, students and their families will likely end up paying the price. From the Marketplace Education Desk at WYPR, Amy Scott reports.
Amy Scott: Tuition at California's public universities already jumped about 20 percent this year. That's helped fuel campus protests, like the one at U.C. Davis where students were doused with pepper spray.
U.C. Davis protests: Shame on you!
Steve Boilard is with the Legislative Analyst's Office in Sacramento. He says Cal State and the University of California don't plan to raise tuition again.
Steve Boilard: But they have suggested that if these cuts are not restored for next year, they would then seek tuition as a way to replace that funding.
The latest cuts will hit community college students, though. They'll pay an extra $10 per credit next year -- almost 30 percent more.
And what's happening in California is playing out all over the country. Twenty-eight states have cut higher education funding this fiscal year. Many schools have leaned on students to make up for it.
Joni Finney: The easiest thing to do is increase tuition.
That's Joni Finney, a professor of higher education at the University of Pennsylvania. She says tuition is rising while family income is falling. Students who do manage to get to college find that classes they need have been cut, so it takes longer to graduate.
Finney: The big impact is that a generation of students will probably be less educated than the generation before.
Universities are making up some of the difference with more financial aid. Just today, U.C. Berkeley announced a new program to help middle-class families pay for college.
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