The Venice of the North
In case you wondered where I was for three weeks, this blog post explains it in part. Let me take you on a little trip…
In case you wondered where I was for three weeks, this blog post explains it in part. Let me take you on a little trip…
Music at Evergreen in the intimate Bakst Theatre at the Evergreen Museum & Library on North Charles Street opens its 70th season this Sunday with a recital by Taiwanese-American harpist Noël Wan. I spoke with Genya Hopkins, secretary of the Evergreen Foundation Board and Artistic Advisor for the music series.
Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein Anne Eekhout Translated by Laura Watkinson The Exchange John Grisham Worthy Jada Pinkett Smith Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon Michael Lewis
The 2023-2024 season of Shriver Hall Concert Series opens with Angela Hewitt, “the preeminent Bach pianist of our time” (The Guardian), playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations. I spoke with her via Zoom in London.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day falls on the second Monday in October each year, and this year we mark it on October 9th. Douglas Buchanan, Director of Music Ministries at St. David’s in Roland Park, spoke to me about the Recital & Evensong that Music at St. David’s is offering for the Commemoration of Indigenous Peoples […]
Phase Two In this garden, the snow will melt, evaporate, and begin its cycle all over again. — Lee Heineman Jann Rosen-Queralt is an interdisciplinary artist whose recent project is Heart Beating Beneath the Earth, a book of photographs and the writings they inspired.
Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800 is a ticketed exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art, featuring more than 200 objects across fine art, craft, and design, capturing women’s integral contributions to the evolution and production of art across 400 years. It was my pleasure to speak to […]
The Fraud Zadie Smith The Vaster Wilds Lauren Groff Land of Milk and Honey C Pam Zhang Elon Musk Walter Isaacson
The 2023 – 2024 season of the Music Series at St. David’s Roland Park begins on September 17th, with a bonus concert on Sunday 10th. Douglas Buchanan has special plans for his 10th season.
As the names suggest, the viola da gamba is the viol of the leg, whereas the viola da braccio is the viol of the arm. But, while the viola da braccio was the distant ancestor of the viola in a present-day string section, the viola da gamba was not the forebear of the cello. Rather, […]