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Scott Timberg on Creative Destruction

La Ciudad de las Ideas festival

November 11, 2014 by Scott Timberg

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YOUR humble blogger is just back from a few days in Puebla, Mexico, which hosted an annual ideas conference that included writer Piper Kerman, filmmaker Werner Herzog, tiger mom Amy Chua, and a host of musicians, neuroscientists, and magicians.

There was also an appearance by the Orquestra Esperanza Azteca, one of the many groups of kid orchestras inspired by El Sistema. (There is a new branch in LA, where I live.)

I’m still coming down from both jet lag and sensory overload — the conference, was, above all a major jolt of intellectual stimulation. (It was also a lot of fun to be in Mexico and to explore the old city of Puebla a bit.)260px-Mexico_Popocatepetl

I was part of the delegation of Zocalo Public Square, the Los Angeles-based group that puts on panels and speaker-driven events while running a very sharp journalistic website.

In any case, I will document this great trip — or at least offer a few glimpses — over the next few days.

Filed Under: El Sistema, mexico, music, science, Zocalo Public Square

Scott Timberg

I'm a longtime culture writer and editor based in Los Angeles; my book "CULTURE CRASH: The Killing of the Creative Class" came out in 2015. My stories have appeared in The New York Times, Salon and Los Angeles magazine, and I was an LA Times staff writer for six years. I'm also an enthusiastic if middling jazz and indie-rock guitarist. (Photo by Sara Scribner) Read More…

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