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Bach’s Goldberg Variationzzzzzzzzzzzz (by Stacey Harwood)
Of Jerome Robbins's 90-minute ballet to J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations, New York Times dance critic Clive Barnes wrote: Jerome Robbins's new ballet, seen for the first time in its final version at the New…
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The Complete Works of Frank Zappa — an American composer (1940-1993) (Part 3) [by Lewis R. Saul]
RELEASES #28-40 (1979-1984) 28. Joe's Garage Act I (LP, Zappa SRZ-1-1603, September 3, 1979)29. Joe's Garage Acts II & III (2LP, Zappa SRZ-2-1502, November 19, 1979) Originally, three discs covering two separate releases. The…
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Billy Collins Pinch Hits for Garrison Keillor, and See What Happens
Billy Collins, guest editor of The Best American Poetry 2006, will be filling in as guest host of The Writer's Almanac from June through August. Garrison Keillor, the regular host, is devoting the summer…
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The Origin of Father’s Day (A Day Late, But That’s Part of It)
Billy Collins explains the origin of Father's Day:<<<Today is Father's Day, a holiday in this country that goes back to a Sunday morning in May of 1909, when a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd…
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This Just In – Popsickle Brooklyn Announces All Star Lineup for Saturday, June 22
Popsickle is Brooklyn's literary arts festival. Now in its fourth year, the fest aims to unite Brooklyn's array of reading series and mags into one day-long literary megareading. It's happening this year at LaunchPad.…
