For 40 years, the International Association of Jazz Education has worked to promote jazz instruction at middle schools, high schools and colleges around the world. This week, the IAJE announced it was...
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After nearly 20 years away from the stage, he's back on Broadway in The Country Girl, directed by Mike Nichols. His character: a washed-up actor with a love for the bottle and an uncertain gift.
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Every few months seems to bring another headline about a lost violin. This week, it was Philippe Quint, who lost his violin in New York City. David Sternbach, director of the Center for Arts and Welln...
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The English-Irish singer-songwriter stopped by the BPP studios to play "Skeleton Song," one of the arresting pop songs off her debut album, Made of Bricks.
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Three years ago, Kent Thompson became the artistic director of the Denver Center Theatre Company. Under his leadership, the company has become one of a handful of regional theaters around the country ...
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Gypsy's antiheroine is a woman boiling over with frustrated ambition, who channels all her energies into turning her daughters into stars — woe be to anyone who gets in her way. Jeff Lunden has an app...
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Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the film Young at Heart. It's a documentary about a choir made up of senior citizens who perform songs by rock, punk and soul mu...
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Esquire music critic Andy Langer discusses the week's new album releases, including albums from The Breeders, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Hayes Carll, Ike Reilly, and Man Man.
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Al Wittnebert, an elder statesman of the autograph business, says there is a code of honor in seeking famous signatures — and that it can be a lucrative way to make a living.
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For his Pulitzer-prize winning feature story, Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post convinced world-class violinist Joshua Bell to play beautiful music in a Metrorail station to gauge commuters' reac...
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