Stimulate the economy! See a performance!
As recent conversations debating the spiralling economy, consumer confidence, and stimulus packages swirl around, art and culture fades into the background as pressing issues take center stage. But in a recent Perspectives piece on KQED, my good friend Marc Vogl astutely reminds us that culture is a vital and important part of the economy.
To listen, click KQED Perspectives 2/11/09.
Posted under Artistic Director | Comments: 1
Posted by Laura
July 29, 2010, 12:22 am
I am a performer, coach and a native of Mill Valley.The comments I will write here are to induce reflection, not invoke defensiveness.
I saw a play at MTC not long ago.
I also took classes a long time ago at MTC. A good physical space at MTC.
Why such a sweet little town; Mill Valley with an amazing Mt.Tamalpais, mascot; has slowly but sufficiently slipped itself into a negative category with the Native People ?? Some say MONEY has come in and…….
I do not believe that prosperity has anything to do with an insufficient ability to communicate and connect as human beings. It has to do with a deep inferiority, one that money could indeed assist in hiding from the masses, but not alone create.
The little town of Mill Valley somehow has been carrying the load of many a lost and empty souls. Like the island of misfit toys! The Marin theatre company tries to appease to this orphan and in doing so, the MTC has no edge of its own, a cloudy superior air lingers in the lobby and along the walls that somehow manages to pass through as ART. ART needs soul.
I looked for it.