#mediadiet

In 2015 I wanted to keep track of what media I consumed, and it turned into a better exercise than just navel-gazing: it let me see what I actually do rather than just what I say I do and it helped me focus some of my interests and guide my behavior, which I think resulted in spending my time more purposefully. I was inspired by Stephen Soderbergh’s similar list of activities he posted at the end of 2014, but I kept track of a broader array of material: films, television programs, music (full albums or full pieces of classical music, not just songs), museum and gallery exhibits, plays, dance concerts, podcasts, and a few other activities. I omitted most children’s shows (Paw Patrol, Octonauts, etc.), picture books, and talk shows like The Daily Show. In the end here’s what I came up with:

1/04 – FILM: Mary and Max, Adam Elliot

1/05 - BOOK: The Great Brain, John D. Fitzgerald            BOOK: An Experiment in Criticism, C.S. Lewis

1/06 - EXHIBIT: “ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s-60s,” “V.S. Gaitonde:                      Painting as Process, Painting as Life,” “Wang Jianwei: Time Temple,”             “Thannhauser Collection,” “Kandinsky Before Abstraction, 1901-1911,”            Guggenheim Museum

1/07 - MUSIC: Songs of Innocence, U2            MUSIC: Mass in B minor, Johann Sebastian Bach            FILM: Auteur in Space: Tarkovsky, Solaris, and the Unknown, ::kogonada

1/08 - FILM: DP/30: A Most Violent Year/Selma, Bradford Young, David Poland            MUSIC: Beast, Pearl and the Beard            MUSIC: Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley

1/09 - EXHIBIT: “What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones,” Museum            of the Moving Image            PODCAST: Meet the Composer, “Marcos Balter: Failure Is an Option,”            Nadia Sirota and Q2 Music

1/10 - MAGAZINE: National Geographic, January 2015            DANCE: “16th Contemporary Dance Showcase: Japan + East Asia,”            Shang-Chi Sun, I-Fen Tung, Kaori Seki, Nobuyuki Hanabusa / enra,            Mikiko Kawamura, at the Japan Society

1/11 - FILM: We Used to Be Friends, Benjamin Roberts            TELEVISION: The Legend of Korra, 2 episodes, Bryan Konietzko &            Michael DiMartino

1/13 - PODCAST: Engaging Gospel Doctrine, “The Law of Tithing and the Law            of the Fast,” Jared Anderson and the Open Stories Foundation

1/15 - FILM: Goodbye to Language, Jean-Luc Godard

1/16 - MUSIC: Songs of Aboriginal Australia and Torries Strait, various artists            MUSIC: Orion, Philip Glass            TELEVISION: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Peter Hastings

1/17 - MAGAZINE: Kidscreen, Hot 50 2014            RADIO: A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor

1/19 - FILM: Paddington, Paul King

1/22 - PODCAST: Meet the Composer, “John Luther Adams: Bad Decisions and            Finding Home,” Nadia Sirota and Q2 Music            MUSIC: For Ruth Crawford, Christian Wolff

1/23 - ARTICLES: Gospel Topics, lds.org

1/28 - MUSIC: The Mission, Ennio Morricone

1/29 - MUSIC: Second Symphony, Charles Ives

1/30 - EXHIBIT: “’Somebody Come and Play’: 45 Years of Sesame Street            Helping Kids Grow Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder,” New York Public            Library for the Performing Arts

1/31 - DANCE: Parsons Dance at the Joyce Theater

2/1 - TELEVISION: The Legend of Korra, 2 episodes, Bryan Konietzko & Michael          DiMartino

2/4 - BOOK: Muslim Women’s Quest for Gender Justice: Destabilising Marriage          and the Family through Muslim Women’s Rights Activism in the City of          Lucknow, North India, Mengia Hong          BOOK: Beluga Days: Tracking a White Whale’s Truths, Nancy Lord

2/5 - FILM: Every Frame a Painting: Drive (2011) - The Quadrant System, Tony          Zhou

2/6 - FILM: Brother Bear, Aaron Blaise & Robert Walker

2/8 - TELEVISION: The Legend of Korra, Bryan Konietzko & Michael DiMartino          FILM: Brother Bear 2, Ben Gluck

2/13 - FILM: The Sorcerer and the White Snake, Ching Siu-Tung

2/14 - MUSIC: St. Matthew Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach

2/15 - MUSIC: Chinese Piano Music, Li Fan

2/17 - TELEVISION: The Legend of Korra, 3 episodes, Bryan Konietzko &            Michael DiMartino

2/18 - EXHIBIT: “Pixelated: Sum of its Pieces,” Children’s Museum of Art

2/19 - FILM: Song of the Sea, Tomm Moore

2/20 - FILM: Conversations Inside the Criterion Collection: Following,            Christopher Nolan            FILM: Understanding Composition, Andrew Price            FILM: Understanding Color, Andrew Price            FILM: Stitch! The Movie, Tony Craig & Bobs Gannaway

2/21 - RADIO: A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor

2/24 - FILM: Power/Rangers, Joseph Kahn

2/25 - FILM: Last Tango in Paris, Bernardo Bertolucci            TELEVISION: Orphan Black, Graeme Manson & John Fawcett

2/26 - FILM: Joss Whedon: On Filmmaking, BAFTA Productions            BOOK: A Bear Called Paddington, Michael Bond            TELEVISION: Orphan Black, 2 episodes, Graeme Manson & John            Fawcett

2/27 - TELEVISION: Orphan Black, 2 episodes, Graeme Manson & John            Fawcett

2/28 - FILM: The Blair Witch Project, Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez

3/2 - EXHIBIT: “Tullio Lombardo’s Adam: A Masterpiece Restored,” “Warriors          and Mothers: Epic Mbembe Art,” “Ennion: Master of Roman Glass,”           “Bazm and Razm: Feast and Fight in Persian Art,” “The Plains Indians:          Artists of Earth and Sky,” Metropolitan Museum of Art          TELEVISION: Orphan Black, 2 episodes, Graeme Manson & John Fawcett

3/3 - TELEVISION: Orphan Black, 3 episodes, Graeme Manson & John Fawcett

3/4 - PODCAST: Mormon Mental Health Podcast, “Mental Health Benefits &          Risks of Religion - Part 1: Chelsea Shields Strayer,” Natasha Helfer Parker          and the Mormon Mental Health Association

3/5 - BOOK: The Story of Babar the Little Elephant, Jean de Brunhoff          BOOK: Babar the King, Jean de Brunhoff          FILM: Chariots of Fur, Chuck Jones          MAGAZINE: National Geographic, February 2015

3/6 - BOOK: The Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual, Matt          Besser, Ian Roberts, & Matt Walsh

3/7 - PLAY: The Little Mermaid Junior, Doug Wright, Howard Ashman, Glenn          Slater, Alan Menken, & Hans Christian Andersen, PS 334 The Anderson          School

3/9 - PODCAST: Mormon Mental Health Podcast, “Mental Health Benefits &          Risks of Religion - Part 2: Chelsea Shields Strayer,” Natasha Helfer Parker          and the Mormon Mental Health Association          MUSIC: CCBC TV Music Forum concert, GQ the Girls Quartet

3/10 - FILM: Lust, Caution, Ang Lee            PODCAST: The Treatment, “Rose McGowan: Dawn,” Elvis Mitchell and            KCRW            PODCAST: The Treatment, “Scott McCloud: The Sculptor,” Elvis Mitchell            and KCRW

3/11 - FILM: The Rink, Charlie Chaplin            EXHIBIT: “Hans Hofmann: Selected Paintings,” “Wolfgang Tillmans: Book            for Architects,” “Captain Linnaeus Tripe: Photographer of India and            Burma, 1852-1860,” “Paper Chase: Two Decades of Collected Drawings            and Prints,” “Painting Music in the Age of Caravaggio,” “Korea: 100            Years of Collecting at the Met,” “Innovation and Spectacle: Chinese            Ritual Bronzes,” “Discovering Japanese Art: American Collectors and the            Met,” “The Art of the Chinese Album,” Metropolitan Museum of Art

3/12 - FILM: The World According to George, Christopher Noey, Metropolitan            Museum of Art            MUSIC: Sapphire Night, Hildegard von Bingen, Patricia Van Ness

3/13 - FILM: The Floorwalker, Charlie Chaplin            FILM: Minka: A Farmhouse in Japan, Davina Pardo            FILM: The Journey of a 9/11 Tree, Scott Elliott            FILM: The Fireman, Charlie Chaplin            FILM: The Adventurer, Charlie Chaplin            TELEVISION: Scandal, Shonda Rhimes

3/14 - PODCAST: The Treatment, “Damien Chazelle & J.K. Simmons:            Whiplash,” Elvis Mitchell and KCRW            FILM: Whale Rider, Niki Caro            FILM: RoboCop, José Padilha

3/15 - FILM: Lambert the Sheepish Lion, Jack Hannah

3/16 - MUSIC: Trumpet concert in E-flat major, Franz Joseph Haydn           MUSIC: Violin concerto in D major, Op. 77, Johannes Brahms

3/17 - MUSIC: Chieftans 7, the Chieftans            PODCAST: A Thoughtful Faith, “Troubling the Church by Repudiating            Polygamy: Kirk and Lindsay van Allen,” Gina Colvin and the Open Stories            Foundation

3/19 - TELEVISION: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Tina Fey & Robert Carlock

3/21 - FILM: Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, Tom Ellery & Bradley            Raymond

3/22 - MUSIC: Oboe concerto in C major, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3/23 - MUSIC: Harpsichord concerto in D minor, Johann Sebastian Bach            MAGAZINE: Kidscreen, February/March 2015            FILM: It’s Such a Beautiful Day, Don Hertzfeldt

3/24 - MUSIC: Abbey Road, Beatles            MUSIC: Achtung Baby, U2

3/25 - PODCAST: Mormon Artist, “Christian Vuissa,” Katherine Morris

3/26 - FILM: Every Frame a Painting: Akira Kurosawa: Composing Movement,            Tony Zhou            FILM: Nobody Walks, Ry Russo-Young            MUSIC: African Fantasy, Trilok Gurtu            MUSIC: Afterglow, Sarah McLachlan

3/27 - MAGAZINE: National Geographic, April 2015            EXHIBIT: “Björk,” “The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an            Atemporal World,” “Jean Dubuffet: Soul of the Underground,” “Modern            Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection, 1909-1949,” “Scenes            for a New Heritage: Contemporary Art from the Collection,” “Cut to            Swipe,” Museum of Modern Art

3/28 - MUSIC: Shaka Zulu, Ladysmith Black Mambazo            FILM: The Secret of NIMH, Don Bluth

3/30 - FILM: Man from Reno, Dave Boyle 

3/31 - FILM: In the Cut, Jane Campion            PODCAST: Mormon Matters, “The Passion (Final Week of Jesus’s Life):            Eric Huntsman and Julie Smith,” Dan Wotherspoon and the Open Stories            Foundation

4/3 - FILM: Bully for Bugs, Chuck Jones          FILM: Hare-Way to the Stars, Chuck Jones

4/5 - TELEVISION: Mad Men, Matthew Weiner

4/6 - BOOK: Magyk, Angie Sage

4/8 - EXHIBIT: Hall of Biodiversity, North American Forests, Warburg Hall of         New York State Environment, African Peoples, American Museum of         Natural History         EXHIBIT: Central Park Zoo         TELEVISION: The Good Wife, Robert King & Michelle King

4/9 - EXHIBIT: “The Orchid Show: Chandeliers,” New York Botanical Garden          FILM: Barbarella, Roger Vadim          TELEVISION: Archer, 2 episodes, Adam Reed

4/11 - FILM: A Harlem Mother, Ivana Todorovic            MUSIC: St. John Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach            BOOK: Steps to the Sun: A Historical Novel Based on the Life of Joseph            Godfrey, Linden Fielding            PODCAST: Mormon Matters, “An Easter Primer: Jared Anderson, Zina            Petersen, and Kristine Haglund,” Dan Wotherspoon and the Open            Stories Foundation            MUSIC: Agnus Dei 2: Music to Soothe the Soul, Tomaso Albinoni,            Johannes Brahms, Frank Martin, William Byrd, Gabriel Fauré, George            Bizet, Franz Schubert, Antonio Lotti, Claudio Monteverdi, Anton            Bruckner, Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach            TELEVISION: Daredevil, 2 episodes, Drew Goddard

4/12 - TELEVISION: Mad Men, Matthew Weiner            TELEVISION: Daredevil, Drew Goddard

4/13 - MUSIC: Raga Rageshree, Kishori Amonkar            TELEVISION: Daredevil, 2 episodes, Drew Goddard

4/14 - EXHIBIT: “Sensory Stories: An Exhibition of New Narrative Experiences,”             “Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men,” Museum of the Moving Image            TELEVISION: Daredevil, 2 episodes, Drew Goddard

4/15 - EXHIBIT: “A Certain Slant of Light: Spencer Finch at the Morgan,”             “Piranesi and the Temples of Paestum,” “Hebrew Illumination for Our            Time: The Art of Barbara Wolff,” “Embracing Modernism: Ten Years of            Drawings Acquisitions,” “Lincoln Speaks: Words That Transformed a            Nation,” Morgan Library and Museum            TELEVISION: Daredevil, 2 episodes, Drew Goddard

4/16 - TELEVISION: Daredevil, 2 episodes, Drew Goddard            MUSIC: Beast, Pearl and the Beard

4/17 - TELEVISION: Daredevil, 2 episodes, Drew Goddard

4/18 - PLAY: Ghosts, Henrik Ibsen, Brooklyn Academy of Music

4/20 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “The Archbishop of Canterbury on            Poet Vernon Watkins,” Rowan Williams and BBC3           TELEVISION: The Good Wife, Robert King & Michelle King

4/22 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Europe - The Art of Austerity,”            Michael Goldfarb and BBC3            MUSIC: All for You, Diana Krall            TELEVISION: Mad Men, Matthew Weiner

4/23 - FILM: Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick            FILM: New York: Order and Disorder (1825-1865), Ric Burns

4/24 - EXHIBIT: “Hie to Kolob,” Jason Metcalf, Martos Gallery            EXHIBIT: “Selected Works,” Sebastião Salgado, Sundaram Tagore            Gallery            EXHIBIT: “Quiet,” Lucy Mackenzie, Nancy Hoffman Gallery            EXHIBIT: Current holdings (Damien Hirst, Russell Young, Tom            Wesselmann, Shepard Fairey, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, etc.),            Taglialatellia Gallery            EXHIBIT: Current holdings (Ewerdt Hilgemann, Stanley Casselman, etc.),             “Five Photographers” (Christopher Beane, Eduardo del Valle and Marta            Gómez, Gianfranco Gorgoni, David Mitchell), Jim Kempner Fine Art            EXHIBIT: “New Paintings,” Larry Poons, Danese/Corey            EXHIBIT: “The Landscape,” Suzanne Caporael, Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe            EXHIBIT: “Dissolving Margins” (Jonathan Borofsky, Sam Durant, Matias            Faldbakken, Emily Feather, Liz Glynn, etc.), Paula Cooper Gallery            EXHIBIT: “Hybrid Solitary...Semi-Social Quintet...On Cosmic Webs...”,            Tomás Saraceno, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

4/25 - RADIO: A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor

4/27 - TELEVISION: Mad Men, Matthew Weiner            TELEVISION: Archer, 2 episodes, Adam Reed

4/29 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Wesker at 80,” Matthew Sweet            and BBC3

4/30 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Phoenix Rising: The Story of            Coventry Cathedral,” Giles Fraser and BBC3

5/1 - TELEVISION: Archer, 2 episodes, Adam Reed

5/2 - PLAY: Hamlet, William Shakespeare, Classic Stage Company

5/3 - TELEVISION: Archer, Adam Reed

5/4 - TELEVISION: Mysteries and Scandals, “Orson Welles”          TELEVISION: Mad Men, Matthew Weiner          TELEVISION: Archer, Adam Reed

5/5 - TELEVISION: Archer, 2 episodes, Adam Reed

5/6 - EXHIBITION: “Public Eye: 175 Years of Sharing Photography,” “William          Meyers: Outer Boroughs,” New York Public Library Stephen A.          Schwarzman Building          TELEVISION: Archer, 3 episodes, Adam Reed

5/7 - MUSIC: Harold in Italy, Hector Berlioz          MUSIC: Headhunters, Herbie Hancock

5/9 - RADIO: A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor

5/11 - EXHIBIT: “Thannhauser Collection,” “Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian:            Infinite Possibility. Mirror Works and Drawings 1974-2014,” “A Year With            Children 2015,” “The Hugo Boss Prize 2014: Paul Chan, Nonprojections            for New Lovers,” Guggenheim Museum           TELEVISION: Mad Men, Matthew Weiner

5/12 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Andrew Graham Yooll examines            Argentine identity,” Andrew Graham Yooll and BBC3            TELEVISION: Archer, 2 episodes, Adam Reed

5/13 - MUSIC: Portrait, Anonymous 4            TELEVISION: Archer, 3 episodes, Adam Reed

5/14 - MAGAZINE: National Geographic, May 2015            TELEVISION: Archer, 2 episodes, Adam Reed

5/15 - MUSIC (CONCERT): Wayne Shorter, Jazz at Lincoln Center            TELEVISION: Archer, 4 episodes, Adam Reed

5/17 - TELEVISION: Mad Men, Matthew Weiner

5/18 - EXHIBIT: “Fatal Attraction: Piotr Uklanski Photographs,” Fatal Attraction:            Piotr Uklanski Selects from the Met Collection,” “China: Through the            Looking Glass,” Metropolitan Museum of Art            TELEVISION: Don’t Trust the B--- in Apartment 23, 2 episodes,            Nahnatchka Khan

5/19 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Geneticist Steve Jones            investigates the science of crowds,” Steve Jones and BBC3            BOOK: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien

5/20 - FILM: Young Mr. Lincoln, John Ford

5/21 - EXHIBIT: “2015 Triennial: Surround Audience,” New Museum

5/22 - FILM: Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, Tsui Hark

5/23 - EXHIBIT: “Sculpture in the Age of Donatello,” Museum of Biblical Art            MUSIC (CONCERT): East Winds Ensemble (shakuhachi and koto), Isham            Park

5/25 - EXHIBIT: Central Park Zoo            PODCAST: Mormon Stories, “Gina Colvin -- Kiwi Mormon and            Fearless/Faithful Mormon Heretic,” John Dehlin and the Open Stories            Foundation

  5/28 - MUSIC: Pyramid, Modern Jazz Quartet              FILM: Pather Panchali, Satyajit Ray

5/29 - TELEVISION: Veep, 2 episodes, Armando Iannucci            PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Andy Warhol’s Factory Friends,”            Paul Morley and BBC3            MUSIC: All That You Can’t Leave Behind, U2

6/1 - EXHIBIT: “America Is Hard to See,” Whitney Museum of American Art          MUSIC: American Ballet Theatre Volume 1, Arnold Schoenberg, Peter          Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Max Bruch

6/2 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “George Reynolds - Writer and          Contemporary of Dickens,” Laurence Scott and BBC3          PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Tristram Hunt on Economist          Robert Malthus,” Tristram Hunt and BBC3          PODCAST: Mormon Matters, “LDS Film: Present, Future, Roles, Tensions,”          Dan Wotherspoon and the Open Stories Foundation          TELEVISION: Veep, Armando Iannucci

6/3 - FILM: Microcosmos, Claude Nuridsany & Marie Pèrennou          FILM: Don’t Give Up the Sheep, Chuck Jones          BOOK: The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power, D. Michael Quinn          TELEVISION: Veep, Armando Iannucci

6/4 - TELEVISION: Veep, 2 episodes, Armando Iannucci

6/5 - PODCAST: Mormon Stories, “Rock Waterman (and Connie) Reports on his          Mormon Excommunication,” John Dehlin and the Open Stories          Foundation          TELEVISION: Veep, 2 episodes, Armando Iannucci

6/6 - MUSIC (CONCERT): Taikoza (Taiko drum ensemble), Isham Park          PLAY: Hamlet, William Shakespeare, Inwood Shakespeare Festival

6/8 - MUSIC (CONCERT): The Great Organ: Midday Monday, St. John the          Divine          FILM: Batman Returns, Tim Burton

6/9 - FILM: The Gruffalo, Max Lang & Jakob Schuh

6/10 - FILM: Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller            MUSIC: Concert for George, Royal Albert Hall 2002

6/12 - EXHIBIT: “H {N}Y P N{N} OSIS,” Philippe Parreno, Park Avenue Armory            MAGAZINE: National Geographic, June 2015            MUSIC: Obliquity Series, Trust in Love (Adriana Alba)

6/13 - MUSICAL REVUE: Shrek the Musical, Broadway Performing Arts Center

6/14 - EXHIBIT: Open studio, Chelsea Steinberg Gay

6/15 - MUSIC: “Traveller,” concert at the Festival Les Nuits de Fourviere, Lyons,            2012, Anoushka Shankar

6/16 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Historian Tristram Hunt on            England and Ireland in the 1840′s,” Tristram Hunt and BBC3

6/18 - EXHIBIT: “A Passion for Jade: The Heber Bishop Collection,”             “Sumptuous: East Asian Lacquer, 14th-29th Century,” “Painting with            Thread: Chinese Tapestry and Embroidery, 12th-19th Century,”             “Cranach’s Saint Maurice,” “With a Rhythmic Instinction to Be Able to            Travel Beyond Existing Forces of Life Purple, Rule #3” Philippe Parreno,             “Scenes from the Life of St. Martin: Franco-Flemish Embroidery from the            Met Collection,” “Maurice Prendergast: Boston Public Garden            Watercolors,” “Hungarian Treasure: Silver from the Nicolas M. Salgo            Collection,” “Robert Motherwell: Lyric Suite,” “Pierre Huyghe Human            Mask,” Metropolitan Museum of Art

6/19 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Historian Tristram Hunt on Anti-            Imperialism,” Tristram Hunt and BBC3            MUSIC: Erik Satie: The Essential Collection

6/20 - EXHIBIT: Blooming Arts Festival, part of the Uptown Arts Stroll            FILM: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Kenneth Branagh

6/21 - FILM: Throne of Blood, Akira Kurosawa            FILM: Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood, from Akira Kurosawa: It Is            Wonderful to Create, Yoshinari Okamoto

6/22 - MUSIC: American Storyteller, Jimmy Buffet            PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Dr. Adam Smith on the War of            the South in America,” Adam Smith and BBC3

6/23 - EXHIBIT: “Fata Morgana,” Teresita Fernández, Madison Square Park            EXHIBIT: “When the Curtain Never Comes Down,” American Folk Art            Museum            BOOK: The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, Julia            Cameron            PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Dr. Adam Smith on the War of            the North in America,” Adam Smith and BBC3

6/25 - EXHIBIT: “Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy,”             “Navigating the West: George Caleb Bingham and the River,” American            Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art

6/26 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Dr. Adam Smith on the Dividing            Lines of the American Civil War,” Adam Smith and BBC3

6/27 - DANCE: “Higher Ground Festival,” Uniqua Simmons, Liza Barskaya,            General Mischief Dance Theatre, Gentry Isaiah George, Daniel            Gwirtzman, Meghan Ginley, at the YM&YWHA of Washington Heights

6/30 - MUSIC: Canada Inuit Music 1, various artists

7/1 - BOOK: The Haunted Cove, Elizabeth Baldwin Hazelton          FILM: The Secret of Kells, Tomm Moore

7/2 - FILM: Elder: A Mormon Love Story, Genéa Gaudet          FILM: Celebrating the Forgotten Wives of Joseph Smith, Steve Olpin          PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Dr. Adam Smith on Britain in the          American Civil War,” Louise Welsh and BBC3

7/3 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Jacquetta Hawkes and the          Personal Past,” Christine Finn and BBC3          TELEVISION: Annedroids, 2 episodes, J.J. Johnson          MUSIC: James Taylor’s Greatest Hits (1976)

7/5 - BOOK: More About Paddington, Michael Bond          PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Piano Tales - A Social History of          the Piano,” Michael Goldfarb and BBC3          FILM: The Boxtrolls, Graham Annable & Anthony Stacchi          FILM: Batman, Leslie H. Martinson

7/6 - MUSIC: Song of the Sea, Bruno Coulais, Kila, & Nolwenn Leroy

7/7 - FILM: Inside Out, Peter Docter & Ronaldo Del Carmen

7/8 - MUSIC: Piano Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 (Sonata Pathetique), Ludwig van          Beethoven          EXHIBIT: “Water World: Immersive Dome Experience,” Spiders Alive!”,          American Museum of Natural History

7/10 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “The Essay: Anglo-Saxon Portraits           1: Vortigern,” Barry Cunliffe and BBC3           PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Tolstoy and Napoleon. 1 - On           Napoleon,” Rosamund Bartlett and BBC3           MUSIC: Jog, Anoushka Shankar           BOOK: The Book of Three, Lloyd Alexander           FILM: New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865-1898), Ric Burns           FILM: Bugs Bunny Rides Again, Friz Freleng           MUSIC: Répons de Matines pour la fete de Saint Bernard Dedit Dominus           Confessionem Sancto Suo, Ensemble Organum, Marcel Péres

7/11 - MUSIC: Ask Olsum -- Let There Be Love (Turkish), Latif Bolat

7/13 - EXHIBIT: Hall of Biodiversity, North American Forests, American Museum            of Natural History            EXHIBIT: Central Park Zoo

7/14 - BOOK: The History of Dance, Mary Clarke & Clement Crisp            EXHIBIT: Children’s Museum of Manhattan            FILM: Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean, Jean-Michel Cousteau

7/15 - EXHIBIT: Akeley Hall of African Mammals, New York City Birds, New York            State Mammals, Sanford Hall of North American Birds, Primates,            American Museum of Natural History            MAGAZINE: National Geographic, July 2015            MUSIC: Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley            FILM: The Terminator, James Cameron

7/16 - BOOK: The Black Cauldron, Lloyd Alexander           PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “A Brief History of Being Cold,”           Alexandra Harris and BBC3

7/17 - MUSIC: Amor Prohibido, Selena            MUSIC: Animaniacs            MUSIC (CONCERT): Listen Closely (chamber music), Dichter Pharmacy

7/18 - FILM: How to Train Your Dragon, Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders

7/19 - BOOK: The Castle of Llyr, Lloyd Alexander

7/20 - EXHIBIT: “Life at the Limits,” Akeley Hall of African Mammals, American            Museum of Natural History            BOOK: The Enormous Crocodile, Roald Dahl            FILM: There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson

7/21 - EXHIBIT: Asian Mammals, Stout Hall of Asian Peoples, Birds of the            World, African Peoples, American Museum of Natural History            FILM: Penguins of Madagascar, Eric Darnell & Simon J. Smith

7/22 - EXHIBIT: Asian Mammals, Stout Hall of Asian Peoples, Birds of the            World, Mexico and Central America, South American Peoples, “Life at            the Limits,” American Museum of Natural History            EXHIBIT: “Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy,”             “China: Through the Looking Glass,” Metropolitan Museum of Art            FILM: Hedgehog in the Fog, Yuri Norshteyn

7/23 - BOOK: Taran Wanderer, Lloyd Alexander

7/24 - EXHIBIT: Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs, Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs,            Hall of Primitive Mammals, Millstein Hall of Advanced Mammals, Spitzer            Hall of Human Origins, Ross Hall of Meteroites, Morgan Memorial Hall of            Gems, American Museum of Natural History

7/25 - EXHIBIT: American Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art

7/26 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Modernism Redux,” Will Self and            BBC3

7/27 - EXHIBIT: Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs, Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs,            Hall of Primitive Mammals, Millstein Hall of Advanced Mammals, Akeley            Hall of African Mammals, American Museum of Natural History

7/28 - EXHIBIT: Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, Cullman Hall of the Universe,             “Nature’s Fury: The Science of Natural Disasters,” American Museum of            Natural History

7/29 - EXHIBIT: Hayden Big Bang Theater, Cullman Hall of the Universe, Hall of            Saurischian Dinosaurs, American Museum of Natural History

7/30 - EXHIBIT: Akeley Hall of African Mammals, American Museum of Natural            History            PUPPET SHOW: Jack and the Beanstalk, Swedish Marionette Theatre            EXHIBIT: Central Park Zoo            EXHIBIT: “Dark Universe,” Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of            Natural History

7/31 - EXHIBIT: All galleries except paid exhibits, American Museum of Natural            History            MAGAZINE: National Geographic, August 2015

8/1 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Margaret are you Grieving? A          Cultural History of Weeping,” Thomas Dixon and BBC3

8/4 - EXHIBIT: “Moving Pictures: C.C.A. Christensen’s Mormon Panorama,”           “e.g. Nicholas Galanin: We Will Again Open This Container of Wisdom          That Has Been Left in Our Care,” Brigham Young University Museum of          Art

8/5 - BOOK: Reality Therapy: A New Approach to Psychiatry, William Glasser          FILM: Inside Out, Pete Docter & Ronaldo Del Carmen

8/6 - EXHIBIT: Farm Country, Thanksgiving Point

8/8 - BOOK: The High King, Lloyd Alexander

8/10 - EXHIBIT: Brigham Young University Museum of Paleontology            MUSIC: Portrait in Jazz, Bill Evans            MUSIC: At the Village Vanguard, Bill Evans Trio

8/11 - EXHIBIT: Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum

8/12 - EXHIBIT: Museum of Ancient Life, Thanksgiving Point

8/13 - FILM: Minions, Kyle Balda & Pierre Coffin            FILM: Horse Feathers, Norman McLeod

8/14 - MUSIC: The Carnival of the Animals, Camille Saint-Saëns

8/15 - FILM: Night at the Museum, Shawn Levy

8/17 - EXHIBIT: The Living Planet Aquarium

8/18 - FILM: Shaun the Sheep Movie, Mark Burton & Richard Starzak

8/20 - EXHIBIT: Museum of Peoples and Cultures, Brigham Young University            BOOK: Watership Down, Richard Adams

8/28 - FILM: Secret Agent, Peter Lindbergh            FILM: New York: The Power and the People (1898-1918), Ric Burns

8/29 - EXHIBIT: “China: Through the Looking Glass,” Metropolitan Museum of            Art

8/30 - MAGAZINE: National Geographic, September 2015            FILM: Jessi’s Girls, Al Adamson

8/31 - MUSIC: Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits

9/1 - BOOK: The Life of Our Lord, Charles Dickens          FILM: Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Kirk Wise & Gary Trousdale

9/2 - PODCAST: The Tim Ferriss Show, “The ‘Wizard’ of Hollywood, Robert          Rodriguez,” Tim Ferriss and Four Hour Work Week

9/3 - FILM: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jonathan Liebesman

9/4 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “The Idea of Sin (1 of 3),” Reverend          Richard Coles and BBC3          PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “The Idea of Sin (2 of 3),” Reverend          Richard Coles and BBC3          MUSIC: Back To Black, Amy Winehouse          MUSIC: Anthology: Down in Birdland, Manhattan Transfer

9/6 - FILM: Atlantis: Milo’s Return, Victor Cook, Toby Shelton, & Tad Stones

9/7 - EXHIBIT: New York Aquarium

9/8 - PODCAST: Meet the Composer, “Meredith Monk: Creation as Spiritual          Practice,” Nadia Sirota and Q2 Music

9/9 - FILM: Journey to Become, LDS Philanthropies          FILM: Invasion of the Lionfish parts 1 & 2, Kerrin Sheldon          TELEVISION: National Geographic Explorer, “Warlords of Ivory”

9/10 - EXHIBIT: “Pattern, Color, Light: Architectural Ornament in the Near East            (500-1000),” “Grand Illusions: Staged Photography from the Met            Collection,” “Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends,” “About Face:            Human Expression on Paper,” “Celebrating Sax: Instruments and            Innovation,” Metropolitan Museum of Art            MUSIC: Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits

9/11 - MUSIC: More Tribal, Folk, and Café Music of West Africa, the Library of            Congress Endangered Music Project, Arthur S. Alberts Collection            FILM: Duck! Rabbit, Duck!, Chuck Jones            FILM: Chicken Run, Nick Park & Peter Lord            PODCAST: Meet the Composer, “Kaija Saariaho: Ears Open,” Nadia            Sirota and Q2 Music

9/12 - FILM: Peace Officer, Scott Christopherson & Brad Barber

9/13 - MUSIC: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, Ludwig van Beethoven           MUSIC: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36, Ludwig van Beethoven

9/14 - MUSIC: Brandenburg concerto No. 1 in F major, Johann Sebastian Bach           MUSIC: Brandenburg concerto No. 5 in D major, Johann Sebastian Bach           TELEVISION: Vicious, Gary Janetti & Mark Ravenhill

9/15 - MUSIC: Clarinet sonata No. 1, Op. 120, Johannes Brahms           PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “The Idea of Sin (3 of 3),”           Reverend Richard Coles and BBC3

9/16 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Piano’s Music Boxes,” Tom           Service and BBC3           MUSIC: Piano sonata No. 13, Franz Schubert           TELEVISION: The Good Wife, Robert King & Michelle King

9/17 - EXHIBIT: “Discovering Japanese Art: American Collectors and the Met,”           “Collecting the Arts of Mexico,” “American Quilts and Folk Art,” “Fabergé           from the Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection,” “The Aftermath           of Conflict: Jo Ractliffe’s Photographs of Angola and South Africa,” “In           and Out of the Studio: Photographic Portraits from West Africa,”           Metropolitan Museum of Art           MUSIC: As I Am, Alicia Keys           MUSIC: Bali: Gamelon & Kecak, various artists

9/18 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Jan Morris, Travels Round My           House,” Anthony Sattin and BBC3           DANCE: Tree of Codes, Wayne McGregor with Olafur Eliasson &           Jamie xx, Park Avenue Armory

9/19 - FILM: Journey to Italy, Roberto Rossellini

9/20 - MUSIC (CONCERT): Listen Closely (string quartet), Isham Park

9/21 - MUSIC: 25th Hour, Terence Blanchard

9/22 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Wagner: Making a National           Hero,” Stephen Johnson and BBC3           FILM: New York: Cosmopolis (1918-1931), Ric Burns

9/24 - FILM: Rabbit Fire, Chuck Jones           TELEVISION: Scandal, Shonda Rhimes

9/25 - EXHIBIT: Mexico and South America, South American Peoples, Morgan           Memorial Hall of Gems, American Museum of Natural History

9/26 - EXHIBIT: “Kongo: Power & Majesty,” Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing #370,”           “Liturgical Textiles of the Post-Byzantine World,” “Arms and Armor:           Notable Acquisitions 2003-2014,” “Celebrating Sax: Instruments and           Innovation,” “Paintings by George Stubbs from the Yale Center for British           Art,” “Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection,”           “Reconstructions: Recent Photographs and Video from the Met           Collection,” Metropolitan Museum of Art           EXHIBIT: Stout Hall of Asian Peoples, Asian Mammals, American           Museum of Natural History           RADIO: A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor           FILM: The Outlaw, Howard Hughes (& Howard Hawks)

9/28 - MUSIC: 25th Hour, Terence Blanchard           PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Stirring Up a Revolution,” Tarek           Osman and BBC3           PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Significant Others 1,” Eva           Hoffman and BBC3           FILM: The Forbidden Room, Guy Maddin           BOOK: The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers           TELEVISION: Archer, Adam Reed

9/29 - MUSIC: Boats, Beaches, Bars, and Ballads, Jimmy Buffet           MUSIC: Bang on a Can Classics, Bang on a Can All-Stars; work by David           Lang, Julia Wolfe, Annie Gosfield, Evan Ziporyn, Lois V. Vierk, Nick           Didkosvsky, & Michael Gordon           FILM: Editing as Punctuation in Film, Max Tohline           FILM: Bergman’s Dreams, The Criterion Collection           MAGAZINE: National Geographic, October 2015           PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Significant Others 2,” Eva           Hoffman and BBC3

9/30 - MUSIC: Sonata for oboe and piano, Francis Poulenc           MUSIC: Trio for piano, oboe, and bassoon, Francis Poulenc           MUSIC: Barometer Soup, Jimmy Buffet           FILM: Cassavetes’ Spaces, Kevin B. Lee           MUSIC: O Magnum Mysterium, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

10/1 - MUSIC: First Book of Madrigals, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina;           performed by Concerto Italiano & Rinaldo Alessandrini           PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Sound of Cinema: Composing           for Hollywood,” Jonathan Coffey and BBC3           LECTURE: CMS Inside Chamber Music, “Fauré Piano Quintet No. 1 in D           minor, Op. 89,” Bruce Adolph and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln           Center

10/2 - BOOK: The Giver, Lois Lowry           PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Production Line Living,” A.L.           Kennedy and BBC3

10/3 - MUSIC: Banana Wind, Jimmy Buffet           FESTIVAL/EXHIBIT: Fall Apple Festival, Dyckman Farmhouse Museum

10/4 - FESTIVAL: Medieval Festival, Fort Tryon Park

10/5 - FILM: The Sessions, Ben Lewin           PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Albert Camus: Inside the           Outsider,” Andrew Hussey and BBC3

10/6 - MUSIC: Piano concerto No. 1, SZ. 83, Bela Bartók           PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Ken Adam Profile,” Matthew           Sweet and BBC3           PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “The Invisible Theatre,” Tom           Service and BBC3           MUSIC: A Love Supreme, John Coltrane

10/7 - PODCAST: Rational Faiths, “Ask a Mormon Sex Therapist Part 10,”            Jennifer Finlayson-Fife            MUSIC: Piano concerto No. 2 in G, SZ. 95, Bela Bartók            MUSIC: Piano concerto No. 3, SZ. 119, Bela Bartók

10/8 - FILM: Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest, Scott Heming, Andrei            Svislotski, & Jeff McGrath

10/9 - EXHIBIT: Asian Art, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Greek and Roman Art            (Cypriot art), Metropolitan Museum of Art            TELEVISION: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 2 episodes, Joss Whedon

10/10 - TELEVISION: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 2 episodes, Joss Whedon

10/12 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “December: Ideas of Germany,”              Anne McElvoy and BBC3

10/13 - MUSIC: Theremin concerto, Anis Fuleihan             PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Anything But Banal: The             Fascination of the Villain,” Paul Allen and BBC3             PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Somme,” Paul Farley and BBC3             MUSIC: Koto concerto, Daron Aric Hagen

10/14 - MUSIC: The Basement Tapes, Bob Dylan & The Band 10/15 - FILM: Sicario, Denis Villeneuve              MUSIC: 25th Hour, Terence Blanchard              TELEVISION: The Good Wife, Robert King & Michelle King

10/16 - EXHIBIT: “Treasures and Talismans: Rings from the Griffin Collection,”              all other galleries, The Cloisters              PODCAST: A Thoughtful Faith, “Carl Youngblood on Transhumanism              and Mormon Myth-Breaking,” James Patterson and the Open Stories              Foundation              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Shanghai World City Redux,”              Rana Mitter and BBC3

10/17 - PODCAST: Meet the Composer, “Ingram Marshall: A Connecticut              Hippie in California,” Nadia Sirota and Q2 Music

10/18 - MUSIC: Concerto no. 1 in B-flat major for accordion and orchestra,              Nikolai Chaikin

10/20 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Music and the Jews: I’ve Heard              There Was a Secret Chord (1/3),” Norman Lebrecht and BBC3              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Music and the Jews: There’s a              Place for Us (2/3),” Norman Lebrecht and BBC3              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Music and the Jews: It Ain’t              Necessarily So (3/3),” Norman Lebrecht and BBC3             TELEVISION: The Big Bang Theory, Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady 10/21 - FILM: The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien              EXHIBIT: “Forgiveness: The Third Annual Fall Creations Art Show,” Our              Savior’s Atonement Lutheran Church              FILM: To Scale: The Solar System, Alex Gorosh & Wylie Overstreet

10/22 - EXHIBIT (ONLINE): 10th International Art Competition: Tell Me the              Stories of Jesus, Church History Museum             PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Merchant Ivory,” Laurence Scott             and BBC3             LECTURE: CMS Inside Chamber Music, “Romanticism to Modernism:             Close Connections: Britten’s Quartet No. 1 in D major for Strings, Op.             25,” Bruce Adolph and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

10/23 - MUSIC: Battle of the Bands: Duke Ellington vs. Count Basie

10/24 - EXHIBIT: Bronx Zoo

10/25 - FILM: Orson Welles in Spain, Albert Maysles & David Maysles              FILM: Primary, Robert Drew              EXHIBIT: Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites,              Harry Frank Guggenheim Hall of Minerals, Milstein Hall of Ocean Life,              American Museum of Natural History

10/26 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Educating Isaac,” Nick              Baragwanath and BBC#             MUSIC: Be OK, Ingrid Michaelson             MUSIC: Serenade, Op. 41, Ludwig van Beethoven

10/27 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Dylan Thomas the Radio Poet,”              Rachel Trezise and BBC3              TELEVISION: Archer, Adam Reed

10/28 - MUSIC: The White Album, Beatles              MUSIC: Beatles for Sale, Beatles              MUSIC: Six National Airs & Variations, Op. 105, Ludwig van Beethoven              MUSIC: Allegro & Minuet in G, Ludwig van Beethoven              MUSIC: Trio Concertante in G, Ludwig van Beethoven

10/29 - MAGAZINE: National Geographic, November 2015             EXHIBIT: “Alice Live!,” New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

10/30 - MUSIC: The 365 Project, Emily Hope Price

10/31 - EXHIBIT: Asian Mammals, Stout Hall of Asian Peoples, Birds of the              World, African Peoples, Mexico and Central America, South American              Peoples, Akeley Hall of African Mammals, Primates, Eastern Woodlands              Indians, Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs, Hall of Primitive Mammals,             Milstein Hall of Advanced Mammals, Milstein Hall of Ocean Life,               American Museum of Natural History             FILM: Bewitched Bunny, Chuck Jones             FILM: Broom-Stick Bunny, Chuck Jones

11/1 - EXHIBIT: “Fashion and Virtue: Textile Patterns and the Print Revolution,            1520-1620,” Japanese Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art

11/2 - MUSIC: Song of the Sea, Bruno Coulais, Kila, & Nolwenn Leroy

11/3 - FILM: Hotel Transylvania 2, Genndy Tartakovsky

11/4 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Sonic Art Boom,” Dan Jones and            BBC3

11/5 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Dennis Potter,” Matthew Sweet            and BBC3

11/6 - MUSIC: 25th Hour, Terence Blanchard            FILM: Frozen Fever, Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee            FILM: Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas, Scott Heming, Cathy            Malkasian, & Jeff McGrath

11/8 - MUSIC: Requiem, John Rutter

11/9 - MUSIC: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, Ludwig van Beethoven            MUSIC: The Origin of Fire: Hildegard von Bingen, Anonymous 4            BOOK: The Story of King Arthur, Tom Crawford            FILM: Masters of the Universe, Gary Goddard

11/10 - EXHIBIT: “Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York’s Other Half,” “Saving              Place: 50 Years of New York City Landmarks,” “Affordable New York: A              Housing Legacy,” “Activist New York,” “The New York City Marathon:              The Great Race,” “Folk City: New York and the Folk Music Revival,”              Gilded New York, “Carl van Vechten: Photographing the Harlem              Renaissance and Beyond,” Museum of the City of New York              EXHIBIT: “Rodriguez Calero: Urban Martyrs and Latter Day Santos,”               “Cut n’ Mix: Contemporary Collage,” “¡PRESENTE! The Young Lords in              New York,” El Museo del Barrio              EXHIBIT: Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent              Collection, Musical Instruments, Metropolitan Museum of Art              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Bannockburn Begins,” Louise              Welsh and BBC3

11/12 - FILM: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones

11/13 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “How Did Scotland’s Artists Turn              Nationalist,” Stuart Kelly and BBC3              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “The Devastation of British Art,”              Diarmaid MacCulloch and BBC3

11/14 - EXHIBIT: Akeley Hall of African Mammals, “The Secret World Inside              You,” American Museum of Natural History

11/15 - TELEVISION: The Good Wife, Robert King & Michelle King

11/16 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Global Classical Music -- A New              World Symphony,” episode 1, Petroc Trelawny and BBC3              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Global Classical Music -- A              New World Symphony,” episode 2, Petroc Trelawny and BBC3

11/18 - TELEVISION: Jane the Virgin, 2 episodes, Jennie Snyder Uman based              on Perla Farías

11/19 - MUSIC: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, Ludwig van Beethoven              MUSIC: The Best of Cannonball Adderley              MUSIC: Violin concerto in D, Op. 61, Ludwig van Beethoven              MUSIC: Violin romance #1 in G, Op. 40, Ludwig van Beethoven

11/20 - FILM: Spectre, Sam Mendes              TELEVISION: Jane the Virgin, Jennie Snyder Uman based on Perla              Farías              TELEVISION: Jessica Jones, 3 episodes, Melissa Rosenberg

11/21 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Global Classical Music -- A New              World Symphony,” episode 3, Petroc Trelawny and BBC3              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Who Was Richard Strauss?,”              Tom Service and BBC3              TELEVISION: Jessica Jones, 2 episodes, Melissa Rosenberg

11/23 - TELEVISION: Jane the Virgin, Jennie Snyder Uman based on Perla              Farías              TELEVISION: Jessica Jones, 2 episodes, Melissa Rosenberg

11/24 - TELEVISION: Jessica Jones, 3 episodes, Melissa Rosenberg              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Enter the Dragon: Chinese              Theatre in the 21st Century,” Rana Mitter and BBC3              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Kitty Marion and The Poetry of              Science,” Fern Riddell, Gregory Tate, and BBC3              MUSIC: Violin romance #2 in F, Op. 50, Ludwig van Beethoven              MUSIC: Minuet in G, Ludwig van Beethoven

11/25 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “God and the Great War,” Frank              Cottrell Boyce and BBC3              TELEVISION: Jessica Jones, 3 episodes, Melissa Rosenberg

11/27 - EXHIBIT: Bronx Zoo              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “New Generation Thinkers”              (Freud in Asia; The History of the Foreign Language Phrase Book),              Christopher Harding, John Gallagher and BBC3              TELEVISION: Good Girls Revolt, Dana Calvo

11/28 - PODCAST: The Mythology Podcast, “Creation Stories,” Beau-Caprice              Vetch              PODCAST: The Mythology Podcast, “Mermaids,” Beau-Caprice Vetch              PODCAST: The Mythology Podcast, “Snakes,” Beau-Caprice Vetch

11/30 - MUSIC: The Gamelan Music of Bali, World Music Library

12/1 - FILM: Becoming Dr. Towers, Lomax Boyd            PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “In the Shadow of the Tower,”            Andrew Hussey and BBC3            PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “A Cultural History of the Plague,”            Laura Ashe and BBC3            PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “The Fundamentalist Queen,”            Samira Ahmed and BBC3

12/2 - MUSIC: Requiem, Op. 5, Hector Berlioz            MUSIC: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14, Hector Berlioz

12/3 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “The Supernatural North,” Eleanor            Rosamund Barraclough and BBC3            MUSIC: La Mort de Cleopatre, Hector Berlioz            FILM: Exit through the Gift Shop, Banksy

12/4 - MUSIC: Pakistan Sufi Music, Fareed Ayaz (Ustad Ghulam Fariduddin            Ayaz Al-Hussaini Qawwal) on the Traditional Music YouTube Channel            PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Matthew Sweet’s Palace of Great            War Varieties,” Matthew Sweet and BBC3

12/5 - EXHIBIT: Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems, American Museum of Natural            History            EXHIBIT: Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche, “Fashion and            Virtue: Textile Patterns and the Print Revolution, 1520-1620,” European            Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Modern and Contemporary Art,            Metropolitan Museum of Art            EXHIBIT: “Opulent Oceans,” American Museum of Natural History

12/6 - FESTIVAL: Ocean Locomotion, Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, American            Museum of Natural History

12/7 - MUSIC: Nevermind, Nirvana            MUSIC: The Best of 1990-2000, U2

12/8 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Thom Gunn - Appropriate            Measures,” Colm Toibin and BBC3

12/10 - MUSIC: Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington              FILM: Transumentary, Brian Kesler              FILM: The Year without a Santa Claus, Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.              MUSIC: Big Band Treasures, Live, Harlan Leonard, Cab Calloway, Duke              Ellington, Miles Davis, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmie Lunceford, James P.              Johnson, Claude Hopkins, Harry James, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw,              Boyd Raeburn, Dizzy Gillespie

12/11 - MUSIC: Best of Both Worlds, Miley Cyrus              MUSIC: Big Beautiful Dark and Scary, Bang on a Can              MUSIC: Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong              FILM: Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure, Kari              Juusonen & Jorgen Lerdam              MUSIC: The Billie Holiday Collection Vol. 2              MUSIC: The Billie Holiday Collection Vol. 4

12/12 - EXHIBIT: Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, Hall of Ornithischian              Dinosaurs, Hall of Primitive Mammals, Milstein Hall of Advanced              Mammals, American Museum of Natural History              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Andy Warhol’s Factory Friends,”              Paul Morley and BBC3              RADIO (LIVE PERFORMANCE): A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison              Keillor

12/13 - PLAY: The Tales of Beatrix Potter, Evan Guilford Blake, Pied Piper              Children’s Theatre

12/14 - MUSIC: 25th Hour, Terence Blanchard              FILM: Macbeth, Justin Kurzel

12/16 - MUSIC (CONCERT): Holiday Concert, PS/MS 278

12/17 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Beautiful Death,” Stephen              Johnson and BBC3              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Palace of Shame,” Chris              Bowlby and BBC3              TELEVISION: The Man in the High Castle, 2 episodes, Frank Spotnitz

12/18 - TELEVISION: Mozart in the Jungle, Roman Coppola, Jason              Schwartzman, and Alex Timers              MAGAZINE: National Geographic, December 2015              EXHIBIT: “How Cats Took Over the Internet,” “Walkers: Hollywood              Afterlives in Art and Artifact,” Behind the Screen, Museum of the              Moving Image              DANCE: Alvin Ailey Dance Theater at City Center

12/19 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Eric Ravilious: Chalk & Ice,”              Alexandra Harris and BBC3              DANCE: The Hard Nut, Mark Morris Dance Group              PLAY: The Tales of Beatrix Potter, Evan Guilford Blake, Pied Piper              Children’s Theatre              SCREENPLAY: Heart of Africa, Margaret Blair Young

12/20 - FILM: Mr. Krueger’s Christmas, Kieth Merrill              TELEVISION: The Big Bang Theory, 2 episodes, Chuck Lorre & Bill              Prady

12/22 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Cuba Clásica,” Andrew              McGregor and BBC3              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “The Day of the Locust,” Adam              Smith and BBC3              MUSIC: Time Remembered, Bill Evans Trio

12/23 - PLAY: A Christmas Carol, MOD Theatre Company              BOOK: The Battle of Life, Charles Dickens              TELEVISION: The Flash, 2 episodes, Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg,              and Geoff Johns

12/24 - FILM: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Chuck Jones              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “From Convent to Concert Hall,”              Kate Kennedy and BBC3              PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Memoirs of the Spacewoman,”              Matthew Sweet and BBC3

12/25 - BOOK: George’s Marvelous Medicine, Roald Dahl

12/26 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “Doing Goya Justice: The              Curator’s Story,” Xavier Bray and BBC3              FILM: Get Santa, Christopher Smith              MUSIC: Best of Preservation Hall Jazz Band

12/28 - EXHIBIT: Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche, “Kongo:              Power & Majesty,” “Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom,”               “Celebrating Sax: Instruments and Innovation,” Metropolitan Museum              of Art              FILM: Hotel Transylvania, Genndy Tartakovsky

12/29 - PODCAST: The Radio 3 Documentary, “A Secret Life: Uwe Johnson in               Sheerness,” Patrick Wright and BBC3              MUSIC: The Best of the Mamas & the Papas              FILM: Uncanny Valley, Federico Heller              MUSIC: Best of the Wailers, Bob Marley & The Wailers              FILM: The Mascot, Mark Middlewick              FILM: Boredom, Stephan Tempier              FILM: The Library Book, Travis Calbert

I just learned a new term on the AAP’s website for Media and Children. They recommend parents monitor their children’s “media diet”. Using a word like “diet”, which is typically reserved for food, seems a bit odd, but in a way it makes some sense. Media, like almost everything, can be healthy in moderation.

      My media diet is very inconsistent , and is mostly filled with a variety of sources from different templates to different languages. As a result of living in a Ecuadorian household , Spanish is a must at home : including Spanish broadcast news and news papers (Univisión 41 and El Diario ). Another source of news is usually NY1 , which is usually the quick morning news with not much detail but enough to keep me informed . 

     When waking up in the morning the first thing I turn on is NY1 and get informed along with the weather and on my way to school I usually buy a "El Diario" along with picking up "Metro NY" and read on my way to school and home. During week day afternoons and weekends my main source of news is Univision 41, which always gives me news about central and South America , along with the United States.

   Regarding social media, I've never been a "power house user" although with this class I hope to become one and learn exactly what that entails and how to do it correctly . Instagram is something I use on the regular mostly keep up with friends threw pictures .

If I was to come up with a metaphor to describe my media diet, I would say my media diet is junk food. It consists of a lot of social media usage and celebrity gossip news (the McDonalds and KFC of media). Most of my media diet consists of social media.

A lot of the news I consume are entertainment news and stories pertaining to my interest. Since Yahoo is my homepage on my laptop, I tend to browse through the news or articles they have on their slides. Most of these headlines aren’t particularly important or breaking news but if the headline catches my attention, I would skim through it. However, they do have important stories on current world and U.S. news so it is a good outlet for me to be informed on news.

The New York Times is probably the only newspaper I read. It is probably mainly because it is free for LIU students. I also watch the news on television sometimes. I like to watch NY1 because it is a good source for local news. I like to watch the networks news channels. I also like watching 20/20. Most of their story lines are sensational news but I find it interesting.

I would say about 70% of the news I consume is entertainment while the remaining 30% is world/local news. About 20% of the world/local news I consume is from reading the NY Times newspaper. About 30% of that news is from watching television. The remaining 50% is from social media and online news websites.

For entertainment news, I go on social media daily. I would say 50% of my entertainment news sources comes from social media while the other half comes from entertainment blogs and websites. I like to follow certain celebrities on twitter and follow their tweets. I also follow them on Instagram and look through the pictures they post. I've realized that social media is a major influence on my news consumption. A lot of the times I am informed on certain issues because it is currently a trending topic on my newsfeed or my friends share an article that caught my eye. Social networks help me stay inform on current news but sometimes I feel like my friends' perspective on an issue can influence the way I view the story as well. This is not necessarily a good thing, in my opinion. 

Overall, I would say 80% of my media dosage is consumed through my I-Phone or laptop. I am connected on many social media platforms on my phone so it is an easy access for me. The other 20% of my media consumption is though television and print. In this generation, with the advancement in digital technology, many people use their phones for everything. I am not surprised that print media is slowly dying out. Our attention spans are growing shorter and our news consumption correlates with the number of words we bother reading in a minute's time. We all rather consume chips, pizza, and all kinds of junk food than eating our greens. I can say I am guilty of this.

I usually get my news from looking at MSNBC or Fox news and ESPN. Social media has changed so much in the last decade where you can go and get any source of news at any time. What I Love about how social media has changed is it gives you the chance to stay up to date with what is going on in the world because if I have a certain author that I like to read and let say they I am busy in the morning and that author post their work at the same time you can look at that person work later in the day. I just feel social media will just keep getting better and better.

I have catalogued my media diet a handful of times in the past few years, and I must say it surprises me every time. Tastes change, available sources of news evolve, and I have seen my consumption habits evolve right along with them.

Here is where I get my news, new for 2014.

My primary source of news these days is Twitter. It has always been a big one for me, but the frequency with which I check my Twitter feeds and the frequency with which I click on the links I find there has made it by far my most reliable place for news.

Specifically I find myself drawn to social content shared by the Huffington Post, @AP, occasional Buzzfeed links and Politico.

More generally, I have spent a lot of time curating my Twitter experience, an important step in separating signal from noise on the increasingly noisy social network. I have lists for breaking news, buzzworthy/social news and science news that I keep organized on Tweetdeck and Hootsuite, and find myself checking all of them multiple times a day.

Facebook is another place where I find news - it does a great job of surfacing content that I will like, vetted by the people in my network, and Facebook learns the organizations whose links I click on. But I am simply not on Facebook as much as I am on Twitter, so I rely on it a bit less. For whatever reason Facebook takes me to a lot of Gawker, Daily Mail, Gizmodo and Deadspin articles.

Because social media - Twitter in particular - tends to have a short attention span (with the number of people I follow, my Twitter feeds only show me posts going back 5-10 minutes), I subscribe to a couple of email newsletters to check the top headlines, curated by the organizations sending them.

Every day, I read Mike Allen’s Playbook newsletter, from Politico, and use the New York Times’s daily newsletter as well as The Slatest from Slate to make sure I’ve read any big headlines that interest me. Mediabistro puts out a great daily newsletter about goings on in the media business, which I read every day, and Muckrack’s daily newsletter is a great place to make sure I didn’t miss anything buzzing on social networks the previous 24 hours.

Finally, I rely on mobile apps from trusted sources to check their top stories, several times a day. The New York Times and BBC apps are the ones I check most, but I use Flipboard and the BlinkFeed on my HTC One phone to scan a number of sources aggregated there.

An honorable mention goes to Circa, which I am not yet a power user of, but which I enjoy more and more every time I use it. Circa aggregates bite-size updates about big stories, and allows you to follow any you are specifically interested in, with Circa sending you a notice every time the story gets an update.

Overall, my media diet is pretty straightforward. In terms of platforms, I get 50% of my news on my phone (social media as well as news apps) and 50% on my computer (email newsletters and social media). Another way to break it down is 50% individual Twitter feeds, 25% email newsletters, 15% straight to a news organization’s app or website and 10% other aggregators.

But perhaps the most interesting metric I look at in my media diet is how much news I am getting directly from the organization that produced the content and how much I am getting filtered through my social network or news aggregators.

Because my Twitter feeds center on journalists and aggregators, with only a handful of original sources, the overall breakdown is around half and half. Email newsletters and official social accounts give me half of my news, straight from the organizations, and aggregators and news apps give me half of my news, curated by others.

What’s changed most for me since the last time I evaluated my media diet is my drastically reduced radio and podcast consumption. I used to listen to a lot of NPR and podcasts, and besides the occasional Brian Lehrer show, I now use my car stereo and my headphones to listen to music and audiobooks.

I must mention that, because I work in the news business, professional demands skew the picture if I include them. I watch a lot of CNN and News12 while I am in the office on Long Island, and check the Newsday site and app many times every hour, so at the end of the day those are technically my heaviest news sources.