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When Cynthia Liccese-Torres first picked up a viola in third grade, it was a true Goldilocks moment. Her elementary school had held a musical open house where she could see and hear various string instruments.
August Arts
The worry lines beside his eyes gave him away.
August Arts
August means vacation (or staycation). These three books can help us unwind and understand the Grand Ole Opry and MTV, and how music is intertwined with American history.
August Arts
Nova Y. Payton’s first exposure to musical legend Aretha Franklin was as a child, when her mother would sing along to Franklin’s songs on the record player. The first song she remembers hearing was Franklin’s powerful 1967 cover of Otis Reddings’ “Respect.”
August Arts
Raymond Carver used to tell his students at Syracuse University, “Make sure you’re never boring. Get right to the emotional truth. Cut everything else out except the heart,” former student Caroline Bock recalls. “That was one of his favorite quotes.”
July Arts
American audiences have long been drawn to comedies about high schools — from the 1940s radio and 1950s TV show “Our Miss Brooks” to Archie comics to the 1970s sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter.”
July Arts
Major historical events like war or military service make a lasting impact on family identity, values and traditions, often reverberating across multiple generations.
July Arts
You know what they say about death and taxes, and they’re right. But two other things are inevitable for we graybeards of today.
July Arts
Both by design and by accident, error and ignorance have skewed our understanding of America’s past. On our nation’s 250th anniversary, these books correct distortions, dispel myths and fill in gaps.
July Arts
In Signature Theatre’s current production of Pippin, the actors are so near that you can feel a breeze when they execute their death-defying choreography.
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