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The 'Inquirer's' killer bee
The Inquirer’s CEO wants to place a giant inflatable bee on the newspaper's landmark building. What will this marketing wizard think of next? Consider the possibilities.
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Dartmouth College trustee fight
Dartmouth College alumni are up in arms because the college has diluted their power to elect the school’s trustees. But where is it written that a school is best managed by its alumni, as opposed to, say, educators?
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Pavarotti and the magic of crowds
Pavarotti was often derided as a rock star, as an athlete rather than an artist, as the man who brought mass culture to opera and vice versa. I remember him as a man who made a miracle. I witnessed it myself.
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The media's manufactured controversies
A football upset, a restaurant's petty lawsuit against a dining critic— what do these contrived dramas share in common?
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Eschenbach in limbo
The Philadelphia Orchestra this year confronts the mother of all marketing challenges: How do you whip up enthusiasm for a music director who has already indicated he’d rather not be here?
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The Orchestra's conductor search process
Some people may wonder if the Philadelphia Orchestra’s cold-blooded corporate search process can work. I’m happy to report that such a process has indeed worked superbly in at least one situation with which I’m intimately familiar.
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The real Edith Piaf and "La Vie en Rose'
The new film about Edith Piaf movingly captures the French singer’s personal traumas. But it’s silent about her response to her country’s national trauma: the German occupation during World War II. Did Piaf pass or fail this ultimate human test?
La Vie en Rose. Film directed by Olivier Dahan, with Marion Cotillard. At the Ritz Five, 214 Walnut St. (215) 925-7900 or www.ritztheaters.com.
La Vie en Rose. Film directed by Olivier Dahan, with Marion Cotillard. At the Ritz Five, 214 Walnut St. (215) 925-7900 or www.ritztheaters.com.
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"It's a done deal!'
Why debate moving the Barnes Foundation? It’s a done deal! But so were slavery, segregation and the Soviet Union, once upon a time.
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A few words about critics
Contrary to what some readers believe, I pay our music critics to tell me what they think of concerts and musicians, not what everybody else thinks. And please don’t worry about scaring off Eschenbach: He’s a big boy who’s been through a lot worse than bad reviews.
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A few words about critics
Eschenbach, the critics and us
Contrary to what some readers believe, I pay our music critics to tell me what they think of concerts and musicians, not what everybody else thinks. If they merely reflect the general consensus, what value do they bring to the table (other than that of a mirror)? And please don’t worry about scaring off Eschenbach: He’s a big boy who’s been through a lot worse than bad reviews.
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