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    Nov 1, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. 'A Late Quartet': Familiar music muffled by overfamiliar theatrics ★★ 1/2

    The rarefied world of classical music is the setting and the intimate "perfect square" of a string quartet the crucible for "A Late Quartet," a melodrama of love, lust, betrayal and Beethoven. It's a quiet film of tempestuous but predictable situations and emotions, a soap opera made watchable by its illustrious cast.
    The rarefied world of classical music is the setting and the intimate "perfect square" of a string quartet the crucible for "A Late Quartet," a melodrama of love, lust, betrayal and Beethoven. It's a quiet film of tempestuous but predictable situations...

    Tags: Entertainment, Parkinson's Disease, Music, Catherine Keener, Philip Seymour Hoffman

    2. Oct 24, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Viewing Bach through lens of history, culture

    Halfway through reading Paul Elie's "Reinventing Bach," I suddenly got dizzy. An earthquake? All-purpose angst? Or could it be that composer Johann Sebastian Bach was working as an agent of transcendence on me, as he did on this sincere author?
    Tribune Newspapers Critic
    Halfway through reading Paul Elie's "Reinventing Bach," I suddenly got dizzy. An earthquake? All-purpose angst? Or could it be that composer Johann Sebastian Bach was working as an agent of transcendence on me, as he did on this sincere author? The basic...

    Tags: Leonard Bernstein, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Music, Glenn Gould

    3. Sep 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Review: 'Reinventing Bach' by Paul Elie casts a wide net

    <strong>Reinventing Bach</strong>
    -------------------- Reinventing Bach Paul Elie Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 498 pp., $30.00 -------------------- Halfway through reading Paul Elie's "Reinventing Bach," I suddenly got dizzy. An earthquake? All-purpose angst? Or could it be that Bach...

    Tags: Cultural Development, Glenn Gould, Yo-Yo Ma, John Cage, Culture

    4. Dec 1, 2011 |Story| WGNTV-LTV

  4. Parents protest proposed school closures

    Parents whose children attend one of several Chicago Public Schools slated to close due to low-performance were speaking out Thursday.
    WGN News
    Parents whose children attend one of several Chicago Public Schools slated to close due to low-performance were speaking out Thursday. At Pablo Casals on Chicago’s West Side, where CPS has proposed a turnaround, parents rallied, saying the...

    Tags: Bronzeville, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago City Hall

    5. Mar 19, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. The 100 cellos of the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival

    Culture Monster
    Christopher Rouse's "Rhapturedux" for 100 cellos, the grand finale of the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival, infused Walt Disney Concert Hall with not only a massed cello sound but the very essence of the cello,...
    6. Jan 17, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Madrid to Barcelona in a flash

    When President Obama announced plans in April to spend $13 billion in federal stimulus funds on developing high-speed rail in America, he invoked the usual role models -- Japan, China and France -- as examples of fast-train culture.
    When President Obama announced plans in April to spend $13 billion in federal stimulus funds on developing high-speed rail in America, he invoked the usual role models -- Japan, China and France -- as examples of fast-train culture. He also praised...

    Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Transportation, Services and Shopping, Air Transportation, Health

    7. Jan 20, 2011 |Story| Herald Mail

  7. Ceremonies mark 50th anniversary of JFK's inauguration

    Fifty years ago Thursday, President John F. Kennedy told the world that &ldquo;the torch had been passed to a new generation of Americans&rdquo; whom he challenged to &ldquo;ask not what your country can do for you &mdash; ask what you can do for your country.&rdquo;
    The Associated Press
    Fifty years ago Thursday, President John F. Kennedy told the world that “the torch had been passed to a new generation of Americans” whom he challenged to “ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your...

    Tags: Richard Dreyfuss, Politics, The Associated Press, Yo-Yo Ma, Television

    8. May 15, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. PASSINGS: Bernard Greenhouse

    Bernard Greenhouse Cellist, founding member of Beaux Arts Trio Bernard Greenhouse, 95, an acclaimed cellist and founding member of the prominent chamber music group Beaux Arts Trio, died Friday at his Massachusetts home on Cape Cod, his family said. At...

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Entertainment, U.S. Navy, Los Angeles Times, Arts and Culture

    9. Mar 14, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Album review: New York Dolls' 'Dancing Backward in High Heels'

    Pop & Hiss
    Could there be a more fitting image and cultural icon for New York’s great glam-punk band to invoke than Ginger Rogers? Borrowing the dancer’s famous line about her challenges with partner Fred Astaire for the title to their fifth studio......
    10. Feb 14, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Jasper Johns is first studio artist in 34 years to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

    Culture Monster
    Obama to confer 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday; arts honorees are Yo-Yo Ma and Jasper Johns, the first visual artist to win since 1977....
    11. Jun 4, 2010 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  11. Port of Call Spotlight: San Juan, Puerto Rico

    The capital of Puerto Rico, the city of San Juan Bautista, is like a big pirate trunk filled to the brim with treasures for cruise passengers. Founded by the legendary explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, who arrived with 300 settlers in 1519 and who served as the first governor of Puerto Rico, San Juan is a classic walled city with centuries of history.
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    The capital of Puerto Rico, the city of San Juan Bautista, is like a big pirate trunk filled to the brim with treasures for cruise passengers. Founded by the legendary explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, who arrived with 300 settlers in 1519 and who served as...

    Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Puerto Rico, Children

    12. May 16, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Music review: Rohan de Saram at the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall

    Culture Monster
    Cellist Rohan de Saram, born in Britain to Sri Lankan parents, may be best known for his tenure as a member of the Arditti Quartet between 1979 and 2005. But before he became part of that elite group specializing in......
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