New York City’s famed Juilliard School — one of the richest musical environments in the world — just got quite a bit richer with an exceptional gift honoring its centennial year. Yesterday, Juilliard’s chairman Bruce Kovner announced he has donated his collection of rare music manuscripts by such cornerstones of …
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Eggheads And Artsies: Scary Monsters And Super Creeps
At school the only thing that could guarantee isolation even quicker than intelligence was having any interest, or inclination towards, the arts.
Read More »Movie Review: Unknown White Male
Philosophical questions, and the fragility of life and identity is pondered in an intriguing but at times inaccessible documentary.
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Oh-so-amusing things have been happening in the New York City schools.
Read More »The Meaning Of Lists
Some lessons take longer to learn then others, but I think I've finally understood the meaning of lists.
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Polly Hewson offers personal asides about Franklin - "he never eats beef; it makes his back itch" - as you drop in on the life of the house.
Read More »Grandfather Memories
My grandfather would have been 106 today and has been dead for twenty-one years. I still miss him.
Read More »Our Story Is Not History For Everybody
Colonial attitudes have proven unwieldy in the past and have caused nothing but trouble; don't you think it's time we tried something different?
Read More »The World of Haves and Have-Nots
If you've got it, wear it, steal it, spy on it, and scan it. But don't expect to heat it.
Read More »Canadian Election 2006: The Native Vote
Can Phil Fontaine and the Assembly of First Nations deliver sixty-three seats?
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