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Library of Congress names new entries for National Recording Registry
Pop & HissThe Library of Congress has named 25 new entries for its National Recording Registry, honoring historically significant sound recordings. Recordings by Donna Summer, Dolly Parton, Leonard Bernstein and others are joining the registry.... -
In 'Maestro,' Felder matures into the role of Bernstein
![THEATER REVIEW: "Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein" at the Royal George Theatre ★★★ ... Hershey Felder's latest show "Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein" is the best of his self-composed entertainments to date.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-11/66019750-11093034.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: "Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein\" at the Royal George Theatre ★★★ ... Hershey Felder's latest show \"Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein\" is the best of his self-composed entertainments to date.")
A regular visitor to Chicago with a loyal audience he has carefully cultivated over several years, the pianist-showman Hershey Felder has performed solo shows at the Royal George Theatre about George Gershwin, Frederic Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven. In...Tags: George Gershwin, Fritz Reiner, Entertainment, Music, Arts and Culture
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Tribune literary awards go to Sondheim, Franzen, Wilkerson
!["Writing" seems an inadequate word to describe what Stephen Sondheim has done, yet it is the breadth, impact and influence of his writing that have won him the 2011 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/63765951-07150417-187105.JPG ""Writing\" seems an inadequate word to describe what Stephen Sondheim has done, yet it is the breadth, impact and influence of his writing that have won him the 2011 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement.")
Tribune reporter"Writing" seems an inadequate word to describe what Stephen Sondheim has done, yet it is the breadth, impact and influence of his writing that have won him the 2011 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement. The 81-year-old composer and...Tags: Broadway Theater, Chicago Tribune, Poetry, Fine Arts, Journalism
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American Masters does Carson to biographical perfection - except for that masculinity thing
The Baltimore SunFrom Norman Rockwell and Leonard Bernstein to Baltimore's Cab Calloway, no one does biography like "American Masters" on PBS. I've been reviewing these superb productions for all of the 26 seasons that "American Masters" has been on the air, and have...Tags: PBS (tv network), Peter Jones, Music, Biography (genre), Dick Cavett
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Harbor View brings Copland to life
Anybody who doesn't know who Aaron Copland is should have been at Harbor View Elementary School on Friday. Students from kindergarten to sixth grade at the Newport Beach campus paid tribute to the influential American composer through a performance...
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A taste of Hungary's history in Budapest's sumptuous coffeehouses
BUDAPEST, Hungary —American coffeehouses are prized for their quick service and fast Internet — ideal for people on the go. But a century ago, European cafes were places to linger amid Gilded Age opulence. Nowhere was this more so than in...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Religious Conflicts, Hungary, Walnuts, Budapest (Hungary)
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Local dancer returns with New York City Ballet
Off stage, Dana Jacobson stands a stunning 5 feet 9 inches tall, with arms and legs that go on forever. When she dances, she stretches her arabesques and lengthens her high-flying leaps to look even taller, at least 7 feet from the tips of her toes to the...
Tags: Suzanne Farrell, George Balanchine, Music, Entertainment Events, Dance
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MSO's upcoming concert explores connections between Christian music and the concert hall
katec@herald-mail.com“Sacred Structures,” the fourth Masterworks concert of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra’s 30th anniversary season, explores the connections between early Christian music and the music of the concert hall, Music Director Elizabeth...Tags: Washington, DC, Ceremonies, Music, Carnegie Hall, Ottorino Respighi
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Crescenta Valley High School student Sarah Worden performs with Glendale Youth Orchestra
The Glendale Youth Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Brad Keimach, will perform at 7 p.m. on March 11 at the Alex Theatre. Fifteen-year-old Crescenta Valley High School student Sarah Worden performs a violin solo. The program includes Beethoven:...Tags: Music, High School Sports, Schools, Politics, Skype
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Classically Trained: Symphony to take on Tchaikovsky, Chopin
A trip through any of Tchaikovsky's later symphonies is a trip indeed. The Russian composer goes from the tragic to the triumphant, from the reverent to the dejected and doleful. Listening to them is an exercise of the mind into the glories of a past...Tags: Music, Politics, Concerts, Music, Entertainment
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Neil Berg bringing Broadway Holiday to Pasquerilla
Daily American CorrespondentDirect from New York, five musical theater's best singers will perform in Neil Berg's Broadway Holiday at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, at the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. This is the number one...Tags: Broadway Theater, Cole Porter, Music, Entertainment Events, Salsa (genre)
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Theater Review: Westside Christmas story is a gas
“When you’re a kid, you’re a kid all the way….”
“West Side Story” meets Ralphie and his Red Ryder BB gun in “A Christmas Westside Story,” the latest pop culture mash-up from the deliriously daft...Tags: Music, Music Theater, Entertainment Events, Celebrities, Marlon Brando
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