Reading and Roaming
With Valentine’s Day almost here, it seems appropriate to focus on love and romance and lighter fare. Here are some notes on TV viewing, recent reading and a restaurant (new to us) that would fill the bill for a delicious meal. ON THE SMALL SCREEN: Love and Lust Everyone learns early on that Henry VIII had …
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MUSICAL NOTES Did you ever realize that many of Richard Rodgers’ wonderful songs are waltzes? At Music Monday, we were treated to conversation with Edward Alley (conductor) and Marcus DeLoach (baritone) along with DeLoach’s warm and luscious renditions of “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning,” “Some Enchanted Evening,” and other songs from Showboat and South Pacific. Kudos …
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HIGH NOTES Last weekend, friends introduced us to one more of the musical gems that grace our cultural landscape. In 2004, Toby Perlman, wife of famed violinist and conductor Itzhak Perlman, founded the Perlman Music Program/Suncoast. This residency program in Sarasota brings together more than 30 young performers (ages 12-24) for about two weeks of …
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More gorging on films and satisfying meals. We saw three more movies, the best being Hidden Figures, and returned to a recent restaurant find on W. 13th Street called Gradisca. Things to Come. While the Chief Penguin saw Neruda, I settled myself in for Isabelle Huppert in L’Avenir, The Future. I much prefer the French title for …
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