"In Our Culture of Pandering, former U.S. Senator Paul Simon interrogates the arenas of politics, media, religion, and education to decry the compromising practices that confuse public service with profit making and popularity as he calls needed attention to leadership failures that undercut the best interests of the nation to appease a powerful elite." "Lest we grow complacent and our nation static, Simon urges us to demand more from the political...

The Muppets make a return to the big screen with a soundtrack that features performances from stars Jason Segel and Amy Adams as well as Muppet reinterpretations of such songs as Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit and Cee Lo Green's Forget You.

Aurora have chosen an American-themed program which takes a musical journey across the country, with Aaron Copland's bucolic Appalachian Spring, Charles Ives' shimmering The Houstatonic at Stockbridge from his Three Places in New England, and John Adams' monumental, irrepressibly kinetic Chamber Symphony.