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Something’s cooking on the Scenic Theatre stage this fall
PITTSFIELD — Say what you want. Say what you will. There’s something cooking on stage at Pittsfield’s Scenic Theatre this November, as the Pittsfield Players present James Valcq and Fred Alley’s musical adaptation of “The Spitfire Grill.”. Based on the acclaimed 1996 film of the...
Dartmouth
Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra fall concert features three visions of American classical music
On Oct. 30, the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, a student ensemble and the resident orchestra of the Hopkins Center for the Arts, performed their termly fall concert at Spaulding Auditorium. The show included a cello solo by DSO member William An ’27. In the form of an overture, concerto and symphony by George Gershwin, Samuel Barber and Antonín Dvořák, respectively, each composition embodied its own vision of American classical music in dialogue with different past and contemporary musical traditions.
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Chris Sweeney Takes Over as Temporary Library Director
The Rodgers Memorial Library Board of Trustees officially welcomed Chris Sweeney to his first meeting as Interim Director on October 21, following the official retirement of former Director Linda Pilla on September 25. “Chris Sweeney has been a long-time employee of the library. She’s more than capable of standing in...
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Stephen Colbert Is Ushered Out Of Harvard Talk As Hundreds Of Student Protesters Scream And Pull Fire Alarm
Stephen Colbert and cellist Yo-Yo Ma had their Harvard University event abruptly canceled Thursday after a fire alarm was pulled about 40 minutes into the program. Outside, hundreds of graduate student union protesters were shouting and chanting, protesting the university’s labor practices and criticizing the two for crossing their picket line. The fire department and Harvard determined there was no reason for the alarm, and the union denied having anything to do with it. The protesters say they're fighting for better pay, safe working conditions and protections for roughly 4,000 graduate workers. Colbert and Ma have not publicly commented.
Slipped Disc
Boston’s famous reject has died
The death has been made known of Danny Katzen, a hornist who is said to have auditioned 48 times for the second horn position in the Boston Symphony Orchestra before finally being given the job. Danny entered the orchestra in 1979 and played for 29 years, retiring in 2008. He performed in Leonard Bernstein’s final lifetime concert at Tanglewood and can also be heard on most of the Boston Pops’ celebrated recordings, as well as on the John Williams soundtrack of Schindler’s List.
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Boston mourns percussion king, 96
Principal timpanist for the Boston Pops and assistant percussionist of the Boston Symphony, Arthur Press was a commanding figure at Symphony Hall for 46 years (1956 to 1992), playing on more than 50 recordings. He died last week at a great age. From his obit:. “Arthur Press was in many...
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At 9, He Was Banned From Delta for Pulling a Prank. Now He’s the Voice of Boston’s Logan Airport
Somewhere over the Eastern Seaboard in the early 1990s, a 9-year-old boy flying alone discovered the flight attendant call button. He pressed it. A flight attendant appeared. He switched the light off. He pressed it again. “I did it probably like 15 times,” Chris Donisi tells TODAY.com. When the plane...