Landscape architecture students exhibit work

Arizona Daily Wildcat

The third annual architecture student exhibit and competition gets under way today.

Approximately 20 students from the College of Landscape Architecture will display their work for the next two weeks for the competition, located in the Centrum of the Architecture building.

Jurists will judge entries based on a number of criteria. Winners will be awarded cash prizes provided by members of the profession of architecture and from the community.

The purpose of the event is to generate awareness and conversation about landscape architecture among students and professionals.

For more information about this free event, call 621-1004

Art buzzes at the UA Museum of Art

Arizona Daily Wildcat

What's that sound? It seems to be getting closer and louder. That's right, it's Artbuzz coming to the UA Museum of Art Thursday.

Artbuzz offers 30 minutes of noontime selected music, dance, storytelling, gallery talks and videos to enhance the enjoyment of exhibitions at the UA Museum of Art.

This week's Artbuzz features "Lithography in 19th Century Mexico: The Contribution of Printed Images to National Culture." It is a celebration of the Museum's homecoming exhibition, "De Soto and Mexico: The Second Part," now on display through May 5.

"De Soto and Mexico" showcases a handful of stunning 20th century color lithographs by Tucson native and master printer Ernest F. de Soto. His work will be featured with other renowned Mexican artists.

What kinds of images were made 200 years earlier in Mexico? Stacie Widdifield, UA associate professor of art history, travels back 200 years to explore Mexico in the 19th century. For more information, call 621-7567.

David Crosby decries Britney Spears

David Crosby musician

Associated Press

Veteran rocker David Crosby isn't universally impressed with what he calls the "shiny and new" in the music world.

Crosby, 60, took a break from his "Tour of America" with longtime band mates Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young to assess the music scene.

"There's some good people out there, but there's a lot of fluff (too)," Crosby said. "Things like 'N Sync and Britney (Spears). These people are about as deep as a birdbath."

Crosby also said there seems to be a prejudice against old-timers by the media, even though his band, which formed in 1968, got a good review from Rolling Stone after its show in New York.

"They really don't even like having people like us still around," Crosby said. "They want to sell the newest product."