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  • Lyrical landscapes

    Lyrical landscapes

    January 20, 2021
    Her love of music inspired CAROL KRAUSS to invent a …
  • Where are the great books about high school football?

    Where are the great books about high school football?

    December 9, 2020
    The brief lament of a fan who has known the …
  • ALL HANDS / News & reflections: Jobim’s Waters

    ALL HANDS / News & reflections: Jobim’s Waters

    November 24, 2020
    AND THE WINNER IS . . . A nation's future …
  • MY GREAT TEACHER/ Beowulf with belly laughs

    MY GREAT TEACHER/ Beowulf with belly laughs

    November 24, 2020
    A smallish man in a shapeless grey suit, Mr. Lutz …
  • WONDER OF THE DAY / Against Geologies

    WONDER OF THE DAY / Against Geologies

    November 19, 2020
    A most delicious poem by David Sutton pits human love …
  • SUBLIME-A-TRON / Hazel Scott at 100

    SUBLIME-A-TRON / Hazel Scott at 100

    November 18, 2020
    With a radiance verging on radioactive, Hazel Scott (1920-1981) almost …
  • WONDER OF THE DAY / Hidden Watchers

    WONDER OF THE DAY / Hidden Watchers

    November 10, 2020
    In which Lindley Briggs, the grand dame of medallions, casts …
  • Europe in black and white

    Europe in black and white

    November 4, 2020
    BY STEVE NETSKY Nothing captures old-world cityscapes like a good …
  • SUBLIME-A-TRON / Stephanie Jones’s plucky Bach

    SUBLIME-A-TRON / Stephanie Jones’s plucky Bach

    October 28, 2020
    The Sublime-a-Tron wanted to ding the Australian guitarist for not …
  • SUBLIME-A-TRON / Carion’s romp on Ligeti

    SUBLIME-A-TRON / Carion’s romp on Ligeti

    October 28, 2020
    A brilliant little video that proves bassoonists can dance. Much …

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Street in Florence, Italy, with BAR sign in foreground and Palazzo Vecchio tower in background. Photo by Steve Netsky.
Stephanie Jones in profile, with pinkish hair and guitar
Bach with lots of pluck
Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays cello against dark backdrop
Healing the heartstrings
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Animated gif shows Beatrix Potter illustration of Peter Rabbit and other animals in vegetable garden, alternating with Catherine Grace photo of garden at Potter's Hill Top farm
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