Pianist Hunter Noak brings music to the outdoors. His nonprofit, IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild, unites the general public with both nature and classical music. Instead of playing in a concert hall, Noak brings his nine-foot Steinway grand piano to an outdoor landscape. Attendees listen to his performance through wireless headphones that…
Pianist Combines Music With Nature in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
June 1, 2023
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A Musical for Any Mood: ‘Rhythm on the River’ From 1940
Is there a movie which you always enjoy watching, no matter what your mood is? “Rhythm on the River” from 1940 is such a movie, a little-known gem which belongs in every classic movie lover’s collection. This movie stars Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Basil Rathbone, and Oscar Levant. This is only the second movie that…
Antonio Canova: Master of Marble, Lover of Clay
Many of us can imagine how an artist composes a picture on paper, but how a sculptor converts a lump of stone into a sculpture of beauty remains one of life’s enigmas. We can see or read the steps in the sculpting process, but the sculptor’s skill still enchants us. Sculptor Antonio Canova created the…
Poetry: A.E. Housman’s ‘To an Athlete Dying Young’
To the young and healthy, death can often seem a courteous entity, one that will patiently await the completion of life’s narrative before interrupting with its final word. Published in 1896, A.E. Housman’s “To An Athlete Dying Young” confronts us with the tragedy of death as it comes, not to the sick or elderly, but…
TV Series Review: ‘Chimerica’: What Happened to ‘Tank Man’?
June 4th represents the anniversary of the CCP’s massacre of democracy protesters on and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Thirty-four years after the 1989 mass killings, the world still does not know the identity of the man dubbed “Tank Man,” who stood in front of a column of tanks, then leaving the scene of the…
Book Review: ‘Norman Rockwell’s Models: In and Out of the Studio’
During the middle of the 20th century, Norman Rockwell became America’s artist. He captured the best of what America represented: freedom, friendship, and family, these typically encapsulated with a sense of patriotism. Yes, it was Rockwell who captured all that with his artistic realism, but the depth to which he captured that reality depended heavily…
Book Review: ‘The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder’
Author David Grann is no stranger to writing engrossing and compelling historical narratives. His previous title, “The Lost City of Z,” was made into a 2016 film telling the tale of British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for an Amazonian civilization. “Killers of The Flower Moon” is scheduled for film release in October of…
IN-DEPTH: Imagine If John Lennon Had Lived Past 1980
May 31, 2023
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There is a scene from the 2019 film “Yesterday” where protagonist Jack is overcome with joy at seeing a former Beatle member alive and well in a seaside cottage. Modern music history is replete with such “what ifs.” What if The Beatles had never broken up? What if John Lennon was not gunned down in…
Creative Arts Is Being Held Ransom by The Voice
May 30, 2023
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Commentary In Australia, the federal government seeks to amend the Constitution to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament—a vague, race-based advisory body that would make representations to Australian parliamentarians in the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Voice is the first hurdle towards fully implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a radical and…
Creative Arts Held to Ransom by the Indigenous Voice to Parliament
May 30, 2023
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Commentary In Australia, the federal government seeks to amend the Constitution to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament—a vague, race-based advisory body that would make representations to Australian parliamentarians in the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Voice is the first hurdle towards fully implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a radical and…
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