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Almanac Today's entry: Dante on beginnings....
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Almanac Today's entry: Benjamin Disraeli on biography....
Almanac Today's entry: Robert E. Lee on war....
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Almanac Today's entry: Henry Adams on politics and hatred....
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Case Law Does it make sense to find and listen to all the previous recordings of a piece? Or can we dare not to listen to the recorded legacy of the past?...
Almanac Today's entry: Julian Barnes on literary biography....
Arts Education: A Social Justice Issue Music, art, and dance are all languages. Favoring math and verbal language over them discriminates against children for whom an artistic language is their "first language"...
Oh, the power(lessness), the absolute power(lessness) Finally, a 'top 20' list in the arts we can all aspire to be on....
Almanac Today's entry: Edmund Burke on posterity....
Choreographer Karole Armitage uses Africans as props; Taiwanese dance and music troupe brings ancient debauchery to life...
Mr. Brendel, thank you ... an unseen hand has kept its hold over a player and his listeners alike for decades ... Through a long and magnificent career, Mr. Brendel has brought us to an understanding, and a love...
Almanac Today's entry: Arthur Schopenhauer on going to the theater....
Reform! Reform? Health care reform is everywhere. Education, finance, and immigration are coming next. Whose talking arts reform?...
Almanac Today's entry: Peter De Vries on atheism....
Musings On The "Portfolio Career" On the semantics of freelancing as an arts industry worker...