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The twenty-five record albums that changed my life (2)
Various forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call “The Twenty-Five ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-16
Snapshot: Yeats reads “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
W.B. Yeats reads “The Lake Isle of Innisfree.” This reading was originally recorded by the BBC on October 28, 1936: (This is the latest ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-16
Almanac: Yeats on old age
There’s not a woman turns her face Upon a broken tree, And yet the beauties that I loved Are in my memory; I spit into ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-16
Mission Creep??!!
A colleague recently shared that when they advocate for community engagement in their organization they get pushback about “mission creep.” Mission creep??!! If connecting ... read more
AJBlog: Engaging MattersPublished 2019-10-15
The twenty-five record albums that changed my life (1)
Various forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call “The Twenty-Five ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-15
Lookback: Barack Obama and modern art
From 2009: Much has been written in recent days, most of it silly and some of it ignorant, about the modern art that Barack and ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-15
Almanac: Mary Renault on the transformative power of hatred
“In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul.” Mary Renault, The Mask ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-15
Books that made me
Clive James recently filled out the Guardian’s “Books That Made Me” questionnaire. I was so struck by his answers—as well as the questions themselves—that I ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-14
Cell phones and Slave Play
The thirty-ninth episode of Three on the Aisle, the twice-monthly podcast in which Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I talk about theater in America, is ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-14
Just because: Janet Baker sings Berlioz
Janet Baker sings Berlioz’s “Le spectre de la rose” (from Nuits d’été) with Herbert Blomstedt and the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1972: (This is ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-14
Almanac: Mary Renault on human possibility
“It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly.” Mary Renault, The Persian Boy ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-10-14
Hannah Svensson And Friends
One of the highlights of the 2019 Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival was a concert by Hannah Svensson. Now, Ms. Svensson’s new album, Places And Dreams, ... read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2019-10-13
Is Porgy a “Stereotype”? — Take Three
Kevin Deas Kevin Deas, the exceptional bass-baritone who is the anonymous “Porgy” of my previous blog, has written to me at greater length about singing ... read more
AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2019-10-13
A Matter of Attribution & Legacy
The LA2-Keith Haring Story . . . Angel Ortiz Filmed and edited by Brian Neff and Alicia Angel. “The art world has disfigured the ... read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2019-10-13
Is Porgy a “Stereotype”? — Take Two
Sidney Poitier as Porgy Of the interesting emails I received in response to my American Scholar review of Porgy and Bess, the most informative was ... read more
AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2019-10-11