Review: Pacific Symphony mixes pops and classical at Irvine Meadows. The Orange County Register, Aug. 10, 2015.
Reclaiming ‘Bolero’
‘Bolero’ generates heat with machine-like precision. The Orange County Register, Aug. 7, 2015.
Hershy Kay/Gottschalk: ‘Cakewalk’ finale
Delightful Americana.
From the archive: On snobbery
First published July 14, 2002
Have you read Epstein’s “Snobbery: The American Version”? No? Well, dahling, you simply must!
A fairly typical, if exaggerated, display of snobbery there. The probing query that leaves off the author’s first name, implying that everyone (who is anyone) knows which Epstein is referred to. The mock astonishment upon finding out the interviewee’s ignorance.
Then the kicker: the recommendation that puts both parties in their place, the one superior with knowledge and up-to-dateness for having read the book, the other much lower for being in the ignorant position of having to be told what to read.
One picks up Joseph Epstein’s new book with a burning question of one’s own: Am I a snob? The short answer is, yes, you are. But rest assured, everyone is to some degree, at least in the way Epstein defines the term. “The essence of snobbery,” he writes, elaborating on Virginia Woolf’s definition, “is arranging to make yourself feel superior at the expense of other people.” By that measure, even if you’ve only looked at someone else’s potbelly and thanked God yours wasn’t as large, you’re a snob.
The economic impact of the arts redux
Podcast: Music Festivals Increasingly Promote Their Value to Tourism and Economy. WQXR, July 31, 2015.
(Editor’s note: I was interviewed by Naomi Lewin on the WQXR radio show “Conducting Business.” The link to the segment I speak in is above. The segment was inspired by this article.)
Dudamel, L.A. Phil perform Mendelssohn at the Bowl
Review: Dudamel, L.A. Phil tap Mendelssohn’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at the Bowl. The Orange County Register, July 29, 2015.
photo: Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Review: Pacific Symphony at Irvine Meadows
Review: Alejandro Gutierrez says goodbye to Pacific Symphony at Irvine Meadows. The Orange County Register, July 26, 2015.
The economic impact of the arts
Interesting way to look at it. I had never really thought much about it before.
Nonprofit arts can be good for O.C.’s business. The Orange County Register, July 26, 2015.
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