“Its charter is not to show you only those things you already know you like or to confirm you in your beliefs, but rather to open you up to new things, to enlarge your mind, which means possibly to change it. Its underlying purpose is to make us smarter, better citizens, and that this is worth $1.35 a year seems to me well beyond dispute.”
Tag: 02.16.11
China Limits Depictions Of Smoking In Movies, On TV
“The order from the country’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television — viewed Tuesday on its website –orders producers to minimize plot lines and scenes involving tobacco and show smoking only when necessary for artistic purposes or character development.”
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Tries Out Mozart-and-Merlot Format
The “staunchly traditional organization with a loyal but conservative following” is one of the most recent – and, perhaps, most staid – classical institutions to experiment with performing for an audience seated informally at tables and consuming beverages. So far, “Late Night Rose” is a hit.