People see evidence that disagrees with them as weaker, because ultimately, they’re asking themselves fundamentally different questions when evaluating that evidence, depending on whether they want to believe what it suggests or not, according to psychologist Tom Gilovich.
Tag: 03.13.17
How The San Francisco Symphony Turned An Unglamorous Space Into The Hottest Venue In Town
“Today the hottest ticket in San Francisco classical music is around the corner at SoundBox, a new performance venue, launched by the Symphony in 2014, that has turned a decidedly unglamorous, acoustically dreadful building into a place designed to attract an entirely new audience to the symphony. At SoundBox, the 500-person audience sits on low-slung ottomans and benches—or simply stands. You can get fancy cocktails and snacks like bacon caramel popcorn at the bar, any time. Looking for a printed program? Nope—just look at the SoundBox site on your phone.”
Stafford Arima Named Artistic Director Of Theatre Calgary
He has ambitions for Theatre Calgary to be a destination theatre – for companies countrywide and worldwide, and for playwrights. “For it to be a place that authors will want to come to and try out their new works or develop their plays or their musicals and put it on a map on a global level. Because there is an energy and a pulse that is undeniable.”
U.S. Museums Wrestle With How To Respond (Or Not) To Political Turmoil
Art and history museums alike are taking a variety of approaches, including wait-and-see. Graham Bowley provides a run-down.
Yo-Yo And Esa-Pekka Sittin’ Around And Talkin’ About Their New Concerto
Zachary Woolfe has a conversation with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and composer/conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen about the new concerto the latter has written for the former.
Ballet Begins, However Slowly, To Address Its Diversity Problem
Says Dance/USA executive director Amy Fitterer, “I’m feeling every encouraged in the past two years because the conversation has gone from trying to convince people that there is a problem, (to) now we’re finding the directors are really on board.” (includes video)
How The Newly-Discovered Story By F. Scott Fitzgerald Fell Through The Cracks, And How It Was Found Again
A conversation between New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman and Margaret Daniel, the editor of ‘I’d Die for You’ and Other Lost Stories.
Totenberg Strad, Stolen And Long Missing, Is Played In Concert For First Time In 37 Years
The Stradivarius violin that troubled music student Phil Johnson stole from violinist Roman Totenberg (yes, Nina’s father) in 1980 was recovered after Johnson died in 2012. After years of careful restoration, it was returned to performance by former Totenberg student Mira Wang on Monday night in New York. Geoff Edgers reports.
Christopher Gray, Architectural Historian And ‘Streetscapes’ Columnist For New York Times, Dead At 66
“Mr. Gray did not serve up conventional architectural assessments. Mentions of muntins and mullions were few and far between. Instead, his columns were narratives of creation, abandonment and restoration that lovingly highlighted quirky design and backstairs gossip from decades past.”
Actors Revolt Against New Director At One Of Poland’s Leading Theatres
Teatro Polski in Wrocław has always been considered one of the country’s most daring. But company members argue that the new artistic director, Cezary Morawski – installed by the nationalist Law and Justice Party’s government – is doing work that’s commercial, old-fashioned, and unambitious, tarnishing the theatre’s reputation at home and abroad. Staff has been fired, petitions have flown, and the national culture minister has been pulled into the dispute.