“[C]ognitive scientists have begun to see the basic metaphors that we use all the time not just as turns of phrase, but as keys to the structure of thought. By taking these everyday metaphors as literally as possible, psychologists are upending traditional ideas of how we learn, reason, and make sense of the world around us.”
Tag: 09.27.09
How We Saved LACMA’s Film Program
Debra Levine, co-founder of the grassroots group Save Film at LACMA, recounts the inside story of a campaign that “lived almost entirely in cyberspace” and “was at times surreal and at others as disciplined as a war game.”
Physically, Olympics Wouldn’t Much Alter Chicago
“In general, … Chicago is not floating plans for major infrastructure improvements, like those that transformed Barcelona for the 1992 Games. Nor is it proposing grand architectural statements, like the Bird’s Nest from the 2008 Games in Beijing.”
Why Writers Aren’t So Great At Speaking
“[S]peaking takes place in real time and depends in part on the person or persons we’re speaking to. Wonderful writers might therefore turn out to be only so-so conversationalists, and people capable of telling great stories waddle like ducks out of water when they attempt to write.”
92-Year-Old Pasadena Playhouse ‘Potentially In Peril’
Stephen Eich, a veteran of the Steppenwolf Theatre and the Geffen Playhouse, likened his first weeks as executive director of the Pasadena Playhouse to “lifting rocks and finding another problem under each one.” The theatre’s money troubles are worse than he’d expected.
Do New Music Directors Really Boost The Box Office?
Endowments are stretched, budgets are tight, and audiences are declining. “So orchestras hope that a new music director will bring in new life, new energy and — more to the point — new attendance.” But how to define the success of such a union?
Trump Tower Chicago: Not Vulgar, But Not Up To Par
“This shiny, glass-sheathed tower — the seventh tallest building in the world, the tallest in America since the 1974 completion of Sears Tower and the tallest structure its height-obsessed developer has ever built — meets the ground superbly and touches the sky weakly.”
Your College Class – On TV
“What is new about Harvard’s venture, more than five years in the making, is that it is the first time that public broadcasters can remember a regular college course’s being presented on television. What’s more, it is also a highly produced multimedia event, with high-definition video, interactive Webcasts, podcasts, a new book and a speaking tour.”
UK Tories Pledge More Money To Heritage
“Britain’s great heritage of castles and religious buildings stands to benefit by a boost of up to £40m under a Conservative government, the shadow culture secretary has revealed.”
Tate Modern To Stage Show Condemned As Racist
“Tate Modern is to recreate an exhibition universally condemned as racist by critics when it was in New York.”