Thursday Apr 5th, 2012

Eight fun Jazz tracks for new listeners

By Ted Gioia
Since 2001, April has been designated as Jazz Appreciation Month. This annual celebration was instigated by Dr. John Edward Hasse, Curator of American Music at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History and a lifelong jazz advocate. The event has gained momentum with each passing year, and has spurred jazz activities in all fifty states and forty countries. read more »

Tuesday May 22nd, 2012

The soul of a child, Hergé

Tuesday May 22nd, 2012

On hearing compositions for the first time

Bob Chilcott
Monday May 21st, 2012

Ruskin: the autobiographer without an audience?

For whom did did John Ruskin write Praeterita?
Saturday May 19th, 2012

Happy Birthday, Mr. President

The iconicity of Marilyn Monroe
Friday
May 18th, 2012

Laughing in the art museum

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Wednesday
May 16th, 2012

Happy Birthday, Christian Lacroix

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Tuesday
May 15th, 2012

Twelve Crucial Moments in Hip-Hop DJ History

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Friday
May 11th, 2012

Clair de supermoon

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Friday
May 11th, 2012

Happy Birthday, Irving Berlin

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Thursday
May 10th, 2012

The Money Games

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Wednesday
May 9th, 2012

The Beatles Get a Second Chance, 9 May 1962

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Tuesday
May 8th, 2012

Martha Graham Redivivus

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Monday
May 7th, 2012

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premieres

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Saturday
May 5th, 2012

Writing and recording with scrapbooks

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