Top Posts From AJBlogs For 04.24.16

Where Have You Gone, Jackie Robinson?
Pianist Kathleen Supové is to perform “Achilles Dreams Of Ebbets Field” by Dylan Mattingly in a world premiere at the Di Menna Center for Classical Music in New York. The Brooklyn Dodgers will be… … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2016-04-24

Back to Reality: Torma on Michelangelo’s Art

“Colossal as his works were, he saw them still too much as garlands and sought some immoderation wherewith to botch them. He was so successful that he left everything unfinished. Never push things.” … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2016-04-24
Marching Forward, Sometimes on Tiptoe
The Martha Graham Dance Company performs at City Center Martha Graham’s Cave of the Heart. L to R: Leslie Ann Willliams, Ben Schultz embracing Charlotte Landreau, and Peiju Chien-Pott. Photo: Brigid Pierce Erick Hawkins once… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-04-23
An Experiment in Reading
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft is one of George Gissing’s novels. Click to turn the pages. No need to login. I know how to enlarge the type for legibility by adjusting the view size… … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2016-04-22
The greatest musician
So surprising that he’s gone. Or maybe not a surprise — he was so otherworldly. Don’t think I’ve ever known of another musician with such prodigious gifts. Wrote unforgettable hits, and also album tracks… … read more
AJBlog: SandowPublished 2016-04-22
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