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Louis Rosen under the aegis of the 92Y Tonight we address “The Bristol Sessions.” Though hillbilly music was first recorded in 1923, myth calls out July/August 1927 as the “big bang” of country music and Bristol, Tennessee as the location. Talent Scout/Record Producer Ralph Peer, having left Okeh Records, was
“When you start to wonder, you start to think, and there isn’t enough thinking going on.” (Performer/Historian Todd Robbins) At 24, Monday Night Magic is the city’s longest running Off-Broadway magic show. Except in Nevada and at private events, the art seemed to otherwise fade (though never disappear) from popular
Louis Rosen under the aegis of the 92Y. “What IS American Roots Music,” our host begins. “Even 40 years ago, it probably wouldn’t have been referred to as such. Is `Yankee Doodle’ American Roots Music – that goes back to Revolutionary? What about Stephen Foster who wrote for that unique
Based, in part, on a Smithsonian Associates Lecture by documentary filmmakers Paul Glenshaw and Darroch Greer. Introduced by Black American Soldiers during and following World War I, jazz became the epitome of cultural bond between France and the United States. Racial discrimination was illegal. The French welcomed the music and
Produced by Chicago’s estimable Steppenwolf Company of which the playwright is a longtime member. I Night Safari Gary is the tour guide at an animal preserve featuring creatures from half a dozen countries. “Good evening everybody…seat belts fastened…under no circumstance should you exit the people mover before completion of the
Sanctuary City: a city whose municipal laws tend to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation or prosecution, despite federal immigration law. 2001. When G. (Sharlene Cruz) bangs on B’s (Jasai Chase-Owens) Newark fire escape window in the middle of the night, he lets her in without questions. The teenage friends know
There’s no question that Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) represent The Golden Age of Musicals. Though 1943’s Oklahoma! introduced songs carrying plot forward, character development, and Agnes de Mille’s) ballet to Broadway; though lyrics with social conscience voiced subject matter greatly untouched by peers; though perpetually revived
Tatort, German for “crime scene,” makes the U.S. Law & Order franchise seem like a lightweight. The German police procedural debuted in 1970 and has run continuously since then with more than 30 feature-length episodes each year. No surprise that Tatort is German TV’s longest running drama. Five of the
Louis Rosen under the aegis of the 92Y Tonight we address “The Bristol Sessions.” Though hillbilly music was first recorded in 1923, myth calls out July/August 1927 as the “big bang” of country music and Bristol, Tennessee as the location. Talent Scout/Record Producer Ralph Peer, having left Okeh Records, was contracted to the Victor Talking Machine Company to travel down south and record artists in the genre he’d actually named= hillbilly. (RCA and Victor would
“When you start to wonder, you start to think, and there isn’t enough thinking going on.” (Performer/Historian Todd Robbins) At 24, Monday Night Magic is the city’s longest running Off-Broadway magic show. Except in Nevada and at private events, the art seemed to otherwise fade (though never disappear) from popular culture, then tenuously resurfaced with more theatrical shows. All the while, Monday Night Magic’s flame burned steadily at various Manhattan locations. The venerable show shut
Louis Rosen under the aegis of the 92Y. “What IS American Roots Music,” our host begins. “Even 40 years ago, it probably wouldn’t have been referred to as such. Is `Yankee Doodle’ American Roots Music – that goes back to Revolutionary? What about Stephen Foster who wrote for that unique form of American entertainment, the minstrel show? The idea of folk music emerged in 18th Century Europe referring to music of peasants…” Rosen posits that,
Based, in part, on a Smithsonian Associates Lecture by documentary filmmakers Paul Glenshaw and Darroch Greer. Introduced by Black American Soldiers during and following World War I, jazz became the epitome of cultural bond between France and the United States. Racial discrimination was illegal. The French welcomed the music and its purveyors in a way that segregated America did not. One of the first proto-jazz artists (bandleader, composer, arranger) to arrive In Paris was James
Produced by Chicago’s estimable Steppenwolf Company of which the playwright is a longtime member. I Night Safari Gary is the tour guide at an animal preserve featuring creatures from half a dozen countries. “Good evening everybody…seat belts fastened…under no circumstance should you exit the people mover before completion of the tour…You seem like a fun group…” Each curious animal (all real) is viewed and described. We see photos. As the tour progresses, Gary increasingly veers
Sanctuary City: a city whose municipal laws tend to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation or prosecution, despite federal immigration law. 2001. When G. (Sharlene Cruz) bangs on B’s (Jasai Chase-Owens) Newark fire escape window in the middle of the night, he lets her in without questions. The teenage friends know one another from high school and are bound by similar untenable circumstances. B. and his mother have overstayed their visas by ten years, limiting any
There’s no question that Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) represent The Golden Age of Musicals. Though 1943’s Oklahoma! introduced songs carrying plot forward, character development, and Agnes de Mille’s) ballet to Broadway; though lyrics with social conscience voiced subject matter greatly untouched by peers; though perpetually revived due to universal appeal, the work is thought of as set in time. Ever surprising, vocalist Meg Flather successfully disputes this with a beautifully crafted
Tatort, German for “crime scene,” makes the U.S. Law & Order franchise seem like a lightweight. The German police procedural debuted in 1970 and has run continuously since then with more than 30 feature-length episodes each year. No surprise that Tatort is German TV’s longest running drama. Five of the seasons are available to stream on MHz Choice. I have watched two of the series. In Tatort: Borowski, Axel Milberg plays the Kiel detective Klaus
