Reading and Roaming
UNUSUAL INSTRUMENT For many of us, our first response when you mention an accordion is an oompah band or the Lawrence Welk show and Myron Floren. This week we had the distinct and unexpected pleasure of hearing a young Chinese woman demonstrate her virtuosity playing classical accordion. Her accordion is both heavy and elaborate. It weighs 45 pounds …
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AUTISM ON THE PAGE, STAGE AND SCREEN This week the island book club read and discussed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. The selection was prompted in part by the play being presented locally at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota. It has been so popular that the run has been extended …
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RECENT READING: Of Early Medicine and Botanical Gardens American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic by Victoria Johnson. David Hosack was a citizen of the world, a man with wide ranging interests and connections who deserves to be better known. A physician by training, he was also a botanist who linked his interest in plants with …
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WED. JAN. 30 Today, our last full day, was packed with economics, history, visual art and dance. Lourdes, dean of economics at the University of Havana, was our morning speaker here at the hotel. Like all the other individuals who have shared their insights with us, she was both spirited and informative. The Cubans we’ve encountered up …
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