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The Attacca Quartet plays John Adams
Emily Cary
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
When violinist Amy Schroeder and cellist Andrew Yee began thinking about a name for the quartet they founded at the Juilliard School of Music, they started with "a" in the musical dictionary. They did not search far before deciding on Attacca, which refers to the direction at the end of a...
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Garrison Keillor brings the latest news from Lake Wobegon
Emily Cary
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
The salesman pitching aluminum siding on the phone sounded strangely familiar, like a ripple echoing across storied waters. He was, in truth, the humorist, writer and radio personality Garrison Keillor best known for his monologues about a Brigadoon-like village that emerges from his mind when...
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Remembering the Monkees: Peter Tork on nostalgic tour
Emily Cary
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
Whenever "Hey, hey, we're the Monkees" reverberated from TV sets throughout American neighborhoods in 1966, excited youngsters settled themselves before the screen awaiting a half-hour of madcap episodes about four hopeful rock 'n' roll singers who lived in a Malibu beach house. Until it ended...
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Ute Lemper, chanteuse extraordinaire
Emily Cary
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Each time Ute Lemper commands the stage, she unleashes ghosts of the past. Her distinctive contralto voice resurrects an era long past as her poetic repertoire recounts tales of lost loves, survival and passionate dreams. Her concert, titled "Last Tango in Berlin," revisits the German cabaret...
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