To give us some perspective on this day: Beethoven in 1825, very late in his life, wrote the third movement, molto adagio, of his string quartet opus 132, offering thanks for being alive.
Michael Sigman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
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.
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy
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).
Patricia Zohn | Posted 12.02.2009 | Entertainment
He is a beacon, someone who inspires, who can cut through borders.
Marissa Bronfman | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Alex Henry | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living
What might happen if the entire world tried switching from coffee to tea for, say, a week?
Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
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.
Sheldon Filger | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
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, ...
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Marianne Schnall | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media
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.
Marianne Schnall | Posted 04.19.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Ashley Van Buren | Posted 04.10.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 01.22.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Samara O'Shea | Posted 12.19.2008 | Style
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.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.16.2008 | Entertainment
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.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 11.26.2009 | Entertainment