So, why is the financial health of so many American classical music institutions unstable?
Tag: 02.05.12
How Nietzsche Turned Me Christian
Giles Fraser: “As a good communist, atheism had always been my unexamined default position. And because Nietzsche was so passionate an atheist, I had my defences down to his unusually intense religiosity and elliptical desire for salvation. Which, I suppose, is how the question of God crept under my intellectual radar.”
It’s Ten Years Since UK Museums Made Museum Entry Free
“Supporters of free entry point to its success in terms of increasing attendance. Across the UK visits have increased by 51% since 2000, statistics collected by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport reveal.”
Meanwhile, Netflix Is Morphing Into A TV-Streaming Company
“More than 60% of the 2 billion-plus hours of video streamed by Netflix subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2011 originated on the small screen.” So the company is quickly adding content to its streaming library, including old, now-cancelled programs as well as a made-for-Netflix series.
The Famous Bosnian Film Director Who Turned Serbian
Emir Kusturica, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes twice, for When Father Was Away On Business and Underground, renounced his Muslim roots in 1995, at the end of the Bosnian War, and was baptized Serbian Orthodox. (He hasn’t returned to Sarajevo since.) He now lives part-time in Paris and part-time in a recreated 17th-century Serbian town where he has founded an international film festival.
How Charlotte Gainsbourg Feels About Her Work (It Ain’t Pretty)
“The first time I performed live, I did a terrible show in Paris. It was a nightmare and I thought I’d never do it again. No, even my agent told me how dreadful it was. … I’m not a professional actress like Meryl Streep: she knows where she’s going. I never know where I’m going! If I’m good in a scene, it’s a miracle.”
Study: Social Media More Addicting Than Smoking Or Alcohol
“Thankfully, the study showed we’re all not slaves to vice and distraction, as the need for sleep and leisure topped the list. However, next on the list of ‘self-control failure rates’ was checking in with social media, email and work — ahead of the urge to have a Camel Light, while sipping on that glass of 12-year single malt scotch.”
Where Clybourne Park Diverges From A Raisin In The Sun
“Where the dramatic urgency of Raisin and the first act of Clybourne” – both set in the same African-American neighborhood – “is driven by blacks and whites fighting to do the right (or wrong) thing in 1959, by 2009 the crises of action have been replaced by a comedy of manners. The issue is no longer what we should do but what we should say and how we should say it.”
Benjamin Zander Talks About His Dismissal From New England Conservatory
A few weeks after he was fired from his positions with NEC’s youth orchestras for having engaged a former child sex offender as videographer, the widely-loved conductor and teacher talks about the lead-up to the controversy, its aftermath, and his own errors in judgment.
Spinoza, Godfather Of The First Amendment
“He was an eloquent proponent of a secular, democratic society, and was the strongest advocate for freedom and tolerance in the early modern period.”