Reading and Roaming
TULIPS AND MANHATTANS After our abbreviated visit in December, we’re back in Manhattan for several weeks. Being here this time of year is a tradition, and we always anticipate the colorful tulips along Park Avenue, in Jefferson Garden, and in small beds encircling sidewalk trees. Despite cold and extremely windy weather, there were tulips in bloom, and …
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I faithfully read several newspapers every morning. The war and devastation in Ukraine are heartbreaking. I am also upset and angered by the power-grabbing actions of our state governor. For diversion, I turn to solid TV drama and well-written literature. Here is what I’ve delved into most recently. MY NEW FAVORITE CRIME SERIES The Chelsea …
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DOCUDRAMA OF FALSE IDENTITY INVENTING ANNA (Netflix) Anna Delvey, Russian by birth, presented herself in New York as a German heiress with a large trust fund. Only 25, she grandly aspired to create a club cum art gallery called ADF, the Anna Delvey Foundation. Poised, confident, and brazen, she led the high life, courted the A-list of society, …
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SARASOTA ORCHESTRA MASTERWORKS CONCERT The Sarasota Orchestra was in fine form last evening under the baton of new music director Bramwell Tovey. Maestro Tovey is a Grammy award-winning conductor and principal conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra. The program included lesser-known works by Richard Strauss and Samuel Coleridge -Taylor plus a lovely violin concerto by Mendelssohn played by …
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