Reading and Roaming
THEATER: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC Death of a Salesman (Broadway, Winter Garden Theatre) Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, was written in 1948 and has been presented in theaters and on television and as a film many times since. I vividly recall seeing Lee J. Cobb in the title role with Mildred Dunnock as his wife Linda in the …
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TULIP TIME Spring in Manhattan usually means a surfeit of tulips. This year is no exception. Despite rain and wind which have beaten down some blooms, we still discovered colorful arrays here and there. In Central Park, in the Jefferson Market Garden, and in the occasional street-side bed. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA Our midweek outing was a …
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RECENT VIEWING FRENCH DETECTIVES TRIUMPH AGAIN Astrid Season 5 (PBS Masterpiece) Season 5 of Astrid has been available for some months now. I started watching it a while ago and only finished it this week. It’s a satisfyingly rich season with the usual array of quirky and weird murder cases, but what makes it special is the tight friendship between …
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MUSIC IN THE PARK Each spring, Chamber Music Raleigh holds one of its concerts in a public park. Last Sunday, we spent a most pleasant two hours in Ritter Park in Cary listening to the American Brass Quintet. The weather was warm, not hot, and metal picnic tables under a canopy provided seating, shading us from the sun. …
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