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Clowning Glory

March 30, 2017

On view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the moment is an exhibition entitled “Seurat’s Circus Sideshow,” a collection …

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Trash and Treasure, Part II

March 9, 2017

It is possible, in a single week, to see both the sublime and the ridiculous in almost anything. Exhibit #1: …

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From Many, One

February 22, 2017

We have a new subway line in New York, the “Q”, which runs up the East Side of Manhattan and …

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A Political Lesson in the Prodigal Son

February 1, 2017

A revisit to New York City Ballet recently set me thinking about families, and forgiveness, and welcome. One of Balanchine’s …

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An Inauguration Day Letter to Hillary

January 16, 2017

Dear Mrs. Clinton: On this day when I find myself more alienated from my own country and government than ever …

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Camera Obscura: Christmas Edition

December 20, 2016

The golden voiced Cantori New York gave a choral concert on Sunday. Sitting there listening to their beautiful renditions of …

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There’s No Place Like Home

November 2, 2016

What is it that provides a sense of place? For some people it is their birthplace, an inexplicable but deep …

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Purposeful Enchantment

October 10, 2016

In a documentary about the late English ballerina Margot Fonteyn, her one-time partner Robert Helpmann said that she had a …

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An Acerbic Teacher

September 27, 2016

Last week we lost the playwright Edward Albee, best known for his caustic views of marriage and family relationships, his …

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The Weary Brow

September 14, 2016

At our first choral rehearsal of the season, our music director admonished us for eye rolling when requested to sing …

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