In this 250th anniversary year of the United States, pianist Lara Downes is traveling the country collecting conversations with scholars, searching for our history through songs. Her latest stop is Ne...
04.16.2026 Wprl.org and 14 sitesIn this 250th anniversary year of the United States, pianist Lara Downes is traveling the country collecting conversations with scholars, searching for our history through songs. Her latest stop is Ne...
04.16.2026 Wfae.org and 9 sites
In the heart of Budapest stands a monument that represents the dangers of the “memory business. ” It isn’t the moving “Shoes on the Danube Bank” memorial; it is the disturbing one where a pure Angel G...
04.14.2026 Timesofisrael.com
By Joseph Horowitz If there is a through-line consolidating Ian Buruma’s account, it is the admonition: Do not rush to judgment. Stay Alive: Berlin 1939-45 by Ian Buruma. Penguin Press, 400 pages, $35...
04.16.2026 Artsfuse.org and 1 sitesIn this 250th anniversary year of the United States, pianist Lara Downes is traveling the country collecting conversations with scholars, searching for our history through songs. Her latest stop is New York, for a visit with linguist John McWhorter, a columnist for The New York Times and Columbia University professor. John McWhorter and I first bonded over our mutual enthusiasm for the music of Scott Joplin, who transformed the sound of America with his infectiously exuberant ragtime melodies. L...
04.16.2026 Kasu.orgIn this 250th anniversary year of the United States, pianist Lara Downes is traveling the country collecting conversations with scholars, searching for our history through songs. Her latest stop is Ne...
04.16.2026 Wnmufm.orgIn this 250th anniversary year of the United States, pianist Lara Downes is traveling the country collecting conversations with scholars, searching for our history through songs. Her latest stop is Ne...
04.16.2026 Wuft.orgIn this 250th anniversary year of the United States, pianist Lara Downes is traveling the country collecting conversations with scholars, searching for our history through songs. Her latest stop is Ne...
04.16.2026 Wcbe.org
The Artist Who Knew Almost Everyone Important and Made Pictures of Them Bryan Garner’s new book revisits the career of little-known artist Oskar Stoessel. By Paul Finkelman April 13, 2026 Law Biograph...
04.13.2026 Lareviewofbooks.org
La Monnaie/De Munt has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera Jeanine de Bique, Kseniia Proshina, Ismael Jordi and Airam Hernandez star in Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” with Florence Losseau, Travon D. Walker, and Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev. Valentina Peleggi...
04.11.2026 Operawire.com