Sacramento Philharmonic’s sold out presentation of “Brubeck Ansel Adams: America” on Saturday night set a new standard for classical music. By commissioning an original composition by one of the premier jazz and classical father-son duos in the world set to a backdrop of images by one of the most famous nature photographers of all time, Sacramento’s orchestra raised the stature of the city and exposed a new audience to the possibilities of classical music. The April 11 Sacramento debut of a wide-ranging classical piece composed by the legendary Dave and Chris Brubeck was a tribute to the love of the west shared by Dave and the late photographer Ansel Adams. Both men spent relatively isola

 Shared Office Space Equals Greater Networking Potential As the definition of work has changed, so has the destination. Entrepreneurs not content to serve a sentence isolated at home or ready to take on the overhead of an office staff are joining forces in new coworking spaces where they can network with other creative types while sharing resources. The growing trend is visible at 3rdward in New York City where desk space starts at $300 per month with access to a digital media lab, wood shop and dance studio. It also pops it’s well-groomed head up at Conjunctured in Austin, Texas, where a team of four technologists share space and ideas with creative entrepreneurs in a remodeled old house