Friday, May 9, 2014

Rocky Mountain highbrow


Marijuana, you’ll have heard, is legal in Colorado. People like to listen to music when they’re high, so I’m told. What’s the Colorado Symphony to do? (Other than Scriabin, ASAP.)

The Denver Post’s Ray Mark Rinaldi reports:

http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_25656494/colorado-symphony-cannabis-industry-find-harmony-concert-series#ixzz30IRySTDn

UPDATE 1: Second thoughts:

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_25723815/denver-asks-colorado-symphony-call-off-bring-your

UPDATE 2: Yet another twist:

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_25753862/colorado-symphony-cannabis-concerts-will-go-by-invitation

UPDATE 3: Joel Warner reports on the concert for Slate:
 
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/05/classically_cannabis_concert_review_colorado_symphony_orchestra_s_high_note.html

(Read the fine print: That’s a photo illustration.)