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George Segal at Green Gallery
On this Day, May 8, Back in 1962
By: - May 08th, 2020Rembering when George Segal first exhibited at Dick Bellamy's Green Street Gallery on May 8, 1962
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MASK MoCA Indeed
A Friend in Need
By: - May 08th, 2020MASS MoCA is in pain as are all of us. Joe Thompson appeals for our help. For now in North Adams its MASK MoCA.
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Opera Philadelphia Digital Festival
We Shall not Be Moved Reprised
By: - May 09th, 2020We Shall Not be Moved was a hit at the 2017 Opera Philadelphia Festival, a must-attend event held in Philadelphia in the fall. It is available on Facebook, Sunday, May 10 at 7pm.
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Al Hirschfeld On Line Exhibition
Socially Distant Theatre
By: - May 11th, 2020The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is proud to announce the first in a series of online exhibitions exploring the work of one of the most iconic artists of the last century. On May 11, the Foundation will open a special exhibition for these times: "SOCIALLY DISTANT THEATER: The Solo Show As Seen By Hirschfeld", a collection of 25 drawings, paintings, collages, and prints documenting a half century of one person shows. This special digital exhibit will be online for six weeks through June 20.
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MFA Pledges $500,000 for Diversity
Settlement Negotiated by Attorney General
By: - May 11th, 2020There were incidents of racism when a school group visited the Museum of Fine Arts on May 16, 2019. Attorney General Maura Healey has negotiated an agreement between the Museum of Fine Arts and Boston’s Helen Y. David Leadership Academy. The settlment comes with an apology as well as a commitment of $500,000 to address issues of racism
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Young Arts Foundation Presents Conrad Tao
Gifted Listener Tao at Home
By: - May 09th, 2020YoungArts brings us artist’s self-designed concerts from home. In the interior soundscape of his home, Conrad Tao presents his own compositions and Arnold Schoenberg’s among others. His electronic composition, sometimes mixed with the piano and at others alone, provides an extension into other sound universes. The outside world is omni-present through a window which extends the room into trees and skies.
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Victoria Bond at the Cutting Edge
Composer, Conductor and Musical Polymath
By: - May 10th, 2020Victoria Bond was born to be a musician. Her grandfather was a composer and conductor. Her father was an operatic bass, and her mother, a concert pianist. She found the piano herself. When her kindergarten teacher scolded her mother for pushing Bond too hard, her mother explained that she was trying to hold her back, but could not.
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Corona Cookbook; Yorkshire Pudding Beef
One or Two Times a Month
By: - May 12th, 2020The artist and arts administrator, Arthur DeBow, is a renowned home cook with many Facebook fans. This is a meal he prepares one or two times each month.
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Tanglewood Cancelled
Special Programming This Summer
By: - May 15th, 2020Tanglewood is cancelled for live performances but will continue on line.
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Ethiopia: Part Two
Simien Mountains, Gondar, Bahir Dar
By: - May 15th, 2020Simien Mountains, known as "Roof of Africa", is an ecological hot spot for endemic species such as the gelada monkeys. Gondar highlights the architectural glory of the once capital of Ethiopia for 200 years. Bahir Dar is located in the southern shore of Lake Tana, which harbors many islands home to ancient monastic churches with completely painted interiors related to Ethiopian Orthodox liturgy.
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Corona Cookbook: Rhubard Pudding Cake
It's Rhubard Season Yet Again
By: - May 12th, 2020It's rhubarb time. This is an old New England recipe that I have made a few changes to.
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Kirill Petrenko Reimagines Puccini's Suor Angelica
Young Artists in Berlin and Katarina Dalayman Star
By: - May 16th, 2020The second part of Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica, is given a deep and satisfying production. Kirill Petrenko, seeking a way to share insights and experiences with young artists, gives us an unexpected and beautifully produced opera. The singing is first-rate throughout. The production, which includes danced gesture and videos, suits the story.
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Corona Cookbook: Spicy African Peanut Delight
In Memory of Anthony Bourdain
By: - May 17th, 2020We had just watched Anthony Bourdain’s series, A Cook's Tour, while he visited Morocco: Casablanca, Fez, and finally the last town before reaching the desert, the Sahara. His meals there reminded us of the soup or stew that you are about to prepare – it’s most delicious!
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Corona Cookbook: Stuffed Squash
Leftover Filling Great with Pasta
By: - May 20th, 2020We have enjoyed amazing dinner parties with Liz and Brian Cunningham. Our loft neighbors and friends are hunkered down in Seattle until lord knows when. Knowing Liz they are dining well.
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Robert S. Cox UMass Archivist at 61
Built on Activism and Papers from W.E.B. Du Bois to Ellsberg
By: - May 21st, 2020Robert S. Cox, head of Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) at the UMass Amherst Libraries for the past 16 years, died May 11 after an extended illness. He was 61 years old.
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Nina Stemme and Alan Gilbert from Sweden
Live streaming Debussy, Wagner and Schubert
By: - May 21st, 2020Live streaming from Sweden, where Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, artists sit six feet apart in an empty hall. Sweden, unlike many neighboring European countries, has not imposed quarantine on its population. Instead the government has called on citizens to "take responsibility" and follow the recommendations of the health authorities. "We are not doing business as usual in Sweden," said health minister Lena Hallengren. People over the age of 70 and those deemed "at risk" are encouraged to stay at home, and high schools and universities, which have been closed since mid-March, are being encouraged to offer distance learning courses. The concert halls have opened, to artists, not audiences.
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LES Festival of the Arts at Theater for the New City
Pot Pouri of Events Provide Rich Tasting
By: - May 23rd, 2020Theater for the New City has currently scheduled over 150 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and film makers for its 25th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, which will be mounted virtually for the first time May 22 to 24, 2020. All events and performances will be seen on the theater's website, www.theaterforthenewcity.net. Events will stream for three days, from 6:00 PM Friday, May 22 to 11:59 PM Sunday, May 24. Attendees will be able to select disciplines and artists from the website's online timetable and index.
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Corona Cookbook: Frittata
Easy and Versatile
By: - May 25th, 2020Frittata is a standard tapas item in Spanish bars. It's super easy and versatile to do at home. The basic ingredients are eggs, onion and potato. Beyond that anything goes. We cooked with peas, kalamata olive and capers. There are lots of other options. In an iron skillet there was enough for two meals.
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Corona Cookbook: Ramping Up
Narrow Season Inspires Invention
By: - May 28th, 2020Wine, food and travel writer Philip S. Kampe has been forraging for ramps. The onion family wild relative is unique and inspiring. The abundant harvest this season has been a mother of invention.
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Opera Philadelphia Digital Festival 2
Lembit Beecher's Sky on Swings Reconsidered
By: - May 27th, 2020Can new opera on inmportant contemporary subjects draw in new audiences? Opera Philadelphia's We Shall Not be Moved and Sky on Swings argue yes emphatically. Sky on Swings tackles Alzheimer's. Each member of the creative team reported long conversations following the announcement that they were involved with an Alzheimer's opera.
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Ella Sings at Theater for the New City
Zooming Theater Can be a Pleasure
By: - May 31st, 2020The Theater for the New City, executive director Crystal Field presents a unique on-line production of Ella the Ungovernable by David McDonald, directed by Melania Levitsky. Gracefully bridging the space between a full production and a reading, the actors bring the story to life.
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Corona Cookbook: Shaker Lemon Pie
Easy as Pie
By: - Jun 02nd, 2020Jennifer Trainer Thompson is director of Hancock Shaker Village. She is the author of numerous cookbooks. Here she shares a Shaker recipe for traditional lemon pie
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Larry Kramer at 84
Writer/activist Fought for Response to AIDS Crisis.
By: - Jun 02nd, 2020Larry Kramer died recently at age 84. The activist and playwright tried to bring attention to the AIDS crisis after perceiving indifference among government officials and others. Kramer penned a largely autobiographical play, The Normal Heart. The late, fiery Kramer also founded the Gay Man's Health Crisis. It was the world’s first and leading provider of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy.
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Urban Arias Live Streams Independence Eve
Racism Sung Through a Century's Lens
By: - Jun 04th, 2020Prescient or just plain lucky, the streaming of Independence Eve occurred in the midst of a new pandemic of racism in America. The opera premiered in Arlington, Virginia in 2017. A triptych of duets between a white man and black man, who end up as 10 years olds in 2063, is a fresh look at the persistence of racial issues. Urban Arias continues to stream on Facebook.
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Hancock Shaker Village
A Pledge
By: - Jun 05th, 2020Since the late 18th century, the Shakers have embraced individuals of all racial and cultural backgrounds as equals – including black, brown, and indigenous. We are a museum, not Shakers – but as a museum and in keeping with the historic Shaker values of equality and justice, we are appalled by what we see before our eyes across America.
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