“Middle-class Americans are fed up with paying more for less, fed up at being taken for granted, especially since their salaries remain stagnant and their jobs insecure. The people who run our tax-exempt cultural institutions ignore this anger at their peril.”
Tag: 08.15.10
Where’s The Beauty In Today’s Architecture
“If you want to make nine out of 10 architects squirm, ask them if they think about beauty when they’re designing, or whether beauty in architecture is profoundly important to them.”
Toy Story 3 Is New Animated Box Office Champ
“The third instalment of the Walt Disney/Pixar franchise raked in $920 million US in global sales as of Friday, outpacing Paramount/DreamWork’s Shrek 2, which took in $919.8 million US in 2004 when it came out.”
The Language Of Facebook As A Literary Style
“One predominant fictional argot of Facebook for teenagers would be breathlessness or emphatic speech. Their pages are peppered with “Okkkkayyyyy” and” HAHAHAHA. ” and “OMG!!!!!” You can find polite little girls cursing like sailors on Facebook. Everything is louder, more ardent, capitalized.”
The Biology Of Morality
“What if our moral judgments are driven instead by more visceral human considerations? And what if one of those is not divine commandment or inductive reasoning, but simply whether a situation, in some small way, makes us feel like throwing up?”
The Theatre Of Defining American Moments
“Shortly before he took over in 2007, the festival’s artistic director, Bill Rauch, announced a 10-year plan to commission 37 new plays — a nod to the number in Shakespeare’s canon — about critical moments in American history. Up to 15 will get full productions at the festival; others, it is hoped, will be produced elsewhere.”
Famous Choral Conductor Arrested At Newark Airport
“Paul Hillier had flown from his home in Denmark with his vocal ensemble to the United States for a scheduled performance Friday night at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival. “
Truce at the Aspen Festival Battleground
“Now, more than halfway through the festival’s 62nd season, music seems to have regained the upper hand. While passions remain high, the fighting has stopped.”