Interim director named The Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, a collaborative of 26 arts, science and cultural institutions, announced the appointment of Paige Simpson as interim executive director. Following 10 years of service, current executive director David Lang will assume a new leadership role at The ManKind Project USA. Simpson joined the partnership in 2007 and is the founding director of the Balboa Park Learning Institute, one of the partnership’s flagship programs. Simpson’s career spans more than 15 years working with local, state and national museums on the east coast and in England. The Pontiac remembered The Automotive Museum’s “Pontiac … the Rise and Fall of an American Icon” exhibit runs until Sept. 25. It features Pontiacs that defined the maker in terms of styling and performance. The exhibit addresses the decline of the brand over time as Pontiac lost its place as an industry leader. Pontiac closed its doors in 2009. The Pontiac story is not unlike that of any other manufacturer in the industrialized America of the 20th century. Beauty and performance faded and were replaced with conservative design and adequate performance. Efforts were then made to bring back the excitement by reintroducing popular models, but these efforts fell short. On display: 1932 Pontiac Six Sedan, 1941 Super Streamliner Torpedo, 1952 Catalina, 1955 Star Chief Safari Wagon, 1959 Bonneville, 1962 Tempest, 1962 Grand Prix 2-door hard top sports coupe, 1964 Tempest LeMans GTO, 1968 Firebird, 1969 GTO Judge, 1977 Ventura and a 2009 Solstice GXP Coupe. Winter season complete Executive producer Lou Spisto announced that the world premiere of the musical “A Room with a View,” adopted from the E.M. Forster novel by Marc Acito with music by Jeffrey Stock, will complete the Old Globe’s 2011-12 winter season. The Globe’s winter season also features the world-premiere musicals “Some Lovers” by music legend Burt Bacharach and Tony Award winner Steven Sater and “Nobody Loves You” by Gaby Alter and Itamar Moses, as well as the West Coast premiere of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s “The Scottsboro Boys,” recently nominated for 12 Tony Awards.