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The Fear Of Magical Thinking

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: New Age, Cancer, Lovin' Spoonful, Meditation, Beethoven, Barbara Ehrenreich, Steinway, The Inner Life, Living News
Michael Sigman

When Ehrenreich observes, "It's a mistake to try to turn your anger and resentment and sadness or grief into something else," I'm with her all the way.

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So You're Thinking of Converting From Anglican to Catholic

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Communion, King-Henry-Viii, Rome, Horses, Racehorse-Names, Italy, Anglican Communion, Converting, Mac-Osx, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic Church, Apple Computers, Beethoven, Immortal Soul, Jesus, Pc, The Tudors, Peter Gallagher, The Pope, Mac, The Reformation, Roman Catholic Church, The New York Times, Microsoft, Catholic, Apple, Global Anglicanism, The Vatican, Jesus Christ, Autobiography, Anglican Church, Vatican City, Frank Mccourt, Archbishop of Canterbury, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

In converting to Catholicism, you are really just switching over your "files" (ideas/customs/most profound expressions of faith) to your "Mac" (Catholic) "hard drive" (brain/immortal soul).

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Bienvenido Gustavo!: Dudamel Begins at the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Patricia Zohn | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Queen, Pink Floyd, Frank Sinatra, Gustavo Dudamel, Pasion Vega, Classical Music, Armani, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Beethoven, Nea, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2009-10-02-dudapull.jpg He is a beacon, someone who inspires, who can cut through borders.

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A Magical Night of Music and Another Triumph for Toronto: The Grand Opening of The Royal Conservatory of Music's Koerner Hall

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Anton Kuerti, Classical Music Reviews, Toronto Mendelsson Choir, Beethoven’s Fifth, Music Education, Peter Simon, Acoustics, Michael Koerner, Music, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Culture, R. Murray Schafer, Classical Music, Beethoven, Jean-Philippe Tremblay, Young-Classical-Musicians, Radio, Globe and Mail, Artists of the Royal Conservatory, Glenn Gould, Koerner Hall, Emerging-Classical-Musicians, Arts Education, Grammy-Nominees, Telus, Entertainment News
Marissa Bronfman

Friday night's grand opening of The Royal Conservatory of Music's Koerner Hall proved that Toronto has truly become one of the world's top cities for the performing arts.

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Wake up and Smell the Tea

Alex Henry | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Paris, Earl Grey, Beethoven, Enlightenment, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Honest Tea, Coffee, Voltaire, Tea, Barack Obama, Kim Jong-Il, Brillat-Savarin, Schubert, Living News
Alex Henry

What might happen if the entire world tried switching from coffee to tea for, say, a week?

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After 100,000 Gather in Central Park: How a Former Rocker Came to Embrace Beethoven

Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Classical Music, Beethoven, Rock 'N Roll, Living News
Greg Mitchell

Classical music from centuries ago may be a relief, an antidote -- even for some, a necessity -- as we boomers navigate the overwhelming be-here-now world of Blackberries, iPhones and the Web.

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Michael Jackson Was No Beethoven

Sheldon Filger | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Media Coverage of Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Michael Jackson Memorial, Mozart, Frank Sinatra, Beethoven, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Entertainment News
Sheldon Filger

For the global mass media, and especially corporate media in the United States, the death of pop music icon, Michael Jackson, was an unheralded business opportunity.

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Pharmaceutical Drug Pushers Lead to National Overdose

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Children, Woody Allen, Clinical Depression, Mother's Little Helper, Human Condition, Medicine Cabinets, Prozac, Ambien, Medications, Overdose, Faulty Diagnoses, Larry King, Campbell Soup, Bi-Polar, Nike, Coke, Psychotropic Drugs, Law and Order, Newsweek, Monet, Lincoln, Lipitor, Depression, Billie Holiday, Adhd, George Orwell, The New York Times, World War 2, Diagnoses, Pharmacies, Erection, Rodney Dangerfield, Pharmaceutical Industry, Victor Hugo, Priapism, Add, Lunesta, Beethoven, Botox, The Marx Brothers, Viagra, Vioxx, Insomnia, Painkillers, Valium, Zanax, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

I only hope that some woman is lucky enough to be with a man who becomes afflicted with one side effect Viagra claims, a condition known as priapism, ...

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A Great Day for Classical Music: Richard Goode Records Beethoven's Piano Concertos

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Classical Music Reviews, Richard Goode, Beethoven, Piano Concerto, Entertainment News
Jesse Kornbluth

If you're in the mood to hear five of the greater piano concertos ever written --- and if my experience is any guide, it's a very easy mood to slip into --- then Richard Goode's your man.

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Jane Fonda on Joining the Blogosphere

Marianne Schnall | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Twitter, Jane Fonda, 33 Variations, Blogging, Aging, Women's Media Center, Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy, Robert Redford, Vday, The Jane Fonda Center at Emory University, Robin Morgan, Matisse, Gloria Steinem, My Life So Far, Sisterhood Is Global Institute, Lily Tomlin, Beethoven, Moises Kaufman, Media News
Marianne Schnall

Not content merely to speak to her Broadway audience eight times a week through a critically acclaimed performance, Jane Fonda is blogging daily and twittering nightly. She finds herself hooked on the instant feedback.

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Exclusive Interview with Jane Fonda: Back on Broadway

Marianne Schnall | Posted 04.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jane Fonda, Samantha Maathis, 33 Variations, Colin Hanks, Theater, Beethoven, Broadway Plays, Moises Kaufman, Entertainment News
Marianne Schnall

Jane Fonda: In a way, 33 Variations shows that even in the face of physical adversities and age, passionate commitment and inspiration do not have to wane.

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33 Variations: A Lyrical Inspiration

Ashley Van Buren | Posted 04.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Samantha Mathis, 33 Variations, Beethoven, Moises Kaufman, Zach Grenier, Don Amendolia, Theater, Jane Fonda, Colin Hanks, Susan Kellerman, Entertainment News
Ashley Van Buren

33 Variations evokes a glimmer of hope for future playwrights, and perhaps in these new playwrights' work we'll catch a similar turn of phrase, note, or heady emotion.

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The Greatest Concert Ever -- 200 Years Ago Today

Greg Mitchell | Posted 01.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Classical Music, Beethoven, Video, Bruce Springsteen, Greatest Concert Ever, Entertainment News
Greg Mitchell

On December 22, 1808, Beethoven himself rented a hall in Vienna and promoted the concert to end all concerts: the debut, over four hours, of three of the greatest works in the history of music.

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Beethoven and Lord Byron Need Carrie Bradshaw to Live On

Samara O'Shea | Posted 12.19.2008 | Style

Read More: Oscar Wilde, Love Letters, Sex and the City: The Movie, Beethoven, Anias Nin, Carrie Bradshaw, Ronald Regan, John Keats, Napoleon, Letter Writing Books, Hennry Miller, Lord Byron, Mozart, Style News
Samara O'Shea

On November 25th St. Martins Press will release a book that has already been published--from my quick count--at least five times. The sixth has the Carrie Bradshaw seal of approval.

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The Lords of The Fly

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Puccini, Carmen, John Gardner, Woody Allen, Ruxandra Donose, Theatre Du Chatelet, John Goldenthal, Across the Universe, The Fly, Nicholas & Alexandra, Howard Shore, Vincent Price, Beowulf, Deborah Drattell, William Friedkin, The Fly II, Jeff Goldblum, Madame Butterfly, Dante Ferretti, Batman Forever, George Langelaan, The Lion King, Ann Bogart, The Magic Flute, Return of the Fly, Lost in Space, Michael Collins, Opera, The Phantom of the Opera, Verdi, Playboy, Placido Domingo, David Cronenberg, Mozart, David Henry Hwang, La Boehme, Il Trittico, Beethoven, Julie Tamor, Daniel Okulitch, Heat, Geena Davis, Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, The Lord of the Rings, Grendel, Berlioz, Los Angeles Opera, Frida, Aida, Rasputin, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

The production contained some pre-requisites for the medium -- a tragic storyline that centered around love, sex and three principles, making it a theoretical candidate for an operatic treatment.

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