There's an invitation you can't refuse, right?Actually, Wozzeck is a truly great opera, and it remains surprisingly relevant, despite the fact that it was written in the 1920s, and the play on which it is based dates from 100 years before … [Read more...]
March 23-25th: HEAL Boston Conference: Health, Education, Arts, Liberation
Help us HEAL Boston and Raise $20,000 to donate to local Domestic Violence SheltersHEAL Boston: Health, Education, Arts, LiberationV-Day Boston 2007 ConferenceFriday, March 23rd: Vulvapalooza Benefit ConcertLocation: Spontaneous … [Read more...]
Boston Bashes 18+ Events
In a piece titled Further Civic Paranoia, the Weekly Dig writes:On Friday January 26th, the Mayor's Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing issued a directive to all venues operating underage events in the city of Boston. It states that … [Read more...]
Pause the Politics – Get Your Copland On!
[Cross-posting this because there's lots more Cambridge-area readers at BMG than up in Lowell...seriously, if you have the afternoon of Jan 14th free, do yourself a favor and head to Harvard for this concert.]I'm shilling for my husband's … [Read more...]
Shut up and sing
Virginia Buckingham goes to a Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young show at the Tweeter Center and is shocked, just shocked, that they would include an anti-war message!CSNY made their names and fortunes as anti-war crooners... But they shouldnt … [Read more...]
RIP Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, a world-renowned mezzo-soprano whose singing career began here in Boston, has died of cancer at age 52.I met Lieberson only once or twice, but I did have the privilege of singing in the chorus when she sang the role … [Read more...]
Best. Composer. Ever.
Today is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - January 27, 1756. By the time he died in 1791, only 35 years later, he had produced some of the best music ever composed by any human, and he had forever changed … [Read more...]