By Dan Lehner and Pete Matthews Night two of the 2018 Winter Jazzfest Marathon began in the intimate fifth floor theater at The New School, where a crack team of […]
Winter Jazzfest: Saturday Night Marathon Read Post »
By Dan Lehner and Pete Matthews New York is nothing if not a land of contrasts, so it was jarring if not totally surprising to slog through a warmer-than-usual rain
Winter Jazzfest 2018: Friday Night Marathon Read Post »
For all those who think electronic music started with Frankie Knuckles in Chicago, or the Belleville Three in Detroit, a tutorial of sorts was provided by the Lincoln Center Festival
In 1932, artist and sculptor Alexander Calder devised Small Sphere and Heavy Sphere, Calder's first hanging mobile and one of the first works that sought to blend visual and performance art
Christian Marclay and Okkyung Lee Perform Alexander Calder at the Whitney Museum Read Post »
Photo: Stephanie Berger The 22nd edition of the Lincoln Center Festival kicked off last week, bringing it's usual surfeit of starry theater and ballet companies to the various houses of
LENOX, MA – I've been going to Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's longtime home in the Berkshires, almost every summer now for the past two-and-a-half decades. Those that have been to
A Berkshires Bounty: Opening Weekend at Tanglewood Read Post »
Now that the remnants of tropical storm Cindy seem to have sailed out to sea, the remainder of the weekend looks ripe for spending some quality time outdoors. And, I
Preview: Rite of Summer Music Festival Performs John Cage on Governor’s Island Read Post »
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) You have to admire the courage of a composer of one-act operas. They probably have a better chance of winning Powerball or
Fresh Squeezed Opera Presents “Scopes” and “Prix-Fixe” Read Post »
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) After an American premiere at Nashville Opera earlier this year, the provocative trio of one-act operas, Three Way, with music by Robert
“Three Way,” a Trio of One-Act Operas about Sex and Love, at BAM Read Post »
