Paris’s Unlikely Revolutionary: Its Philharmonie
The Philharmonie de Paris has reached places and audiences where other concert halls in their temples have never been before — music is its language for social change
The Philharmonie de Paris has reached places and audiences where other concert halls in their temples have never been before — music is its language for social change
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“Libraries are more than repositories. They are sites of heritage and action.”
“As those spaces were filling up with people, it was evident that people wanted to see another type of comedy.”
“Religious property is actually working against our religious objectives.”
“Through my art, I am trying to transmit a positive message to other women to wage war with nonviolent alternatives.”
“A settler right winged Israeli and a Palestinian, right?”
“When hotels subcontract chambermaids, they pay them around forty percent less than the regular hourly salary.”
“While cycling, I realized that mostly only whites were using bikes.”
“It’s the result of the pressure that has been put on banks to clean up their portfolio.”
“There are lots of talents in the community. Let’s show everybody what we’ve got.”
“Well I thought, if you make a house pretty, that’s public art.”