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Renee Fleming, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and me
A night to remember, Philadelphia-style
Several disparate strands of my long life as a journalist, an arts maven and a Philadelphian all came together serendipitously last Thursday. I'd like to share this remarkable experience with you.
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The Inquirer and the arts
Death by focus groups
The Inquirer's news hole is shrinking— again— and so the Inquirer is cutting its arts coverage— again. Methinks someone over there is paying too much attention to focus groups.
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Why I attend reunions
How to get a girl (and other lessons I learned at my high school reunions)
Why do people attend reunions? Piecing together the riddles of the past helps me cope with the present and future. Consider seven insights I've gleaned (for better or worse) from reunions of my Class of '60 at the Fieldston School in New York.
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Romney at Bain: The case he can't make
Sympathy for Romney (and vultures, too)
Why does Mitt Romney change the subject whenever anyone mentions his successes as chief executive of Bain Capital or as governor of Massachusett? What does it say about a presidential candidate who needs Dan Rottenberg to defend him?
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The "anti-colonial' epithet
Who you calling ‘anti-colonial'?
A conservative polemicist equates “anti-colonialism” with "anti-Americanism.” Has anyone told George Washington?
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Spinoza's problem, then and now (1st comment)
Spinoza's right to be wrong (and mine, and yours)
Spinoza was excommunicated in 17th-Century Amsterdam for infecting his community with ideas that he hadn't fully thought out. Something similar happened in the 20th Century to my rabbi in New York. Come to think of it, it also happened to me in Philadelphia, last year.
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A fascist "Singin' in the Rain'
Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Mussolini—perfect together?
Everyone loves Singin' in the Rain, right? Me too. But the “Moses Supposes” number has bothered me for 60 years— not for its dancing, but for its subliminally fascist message.
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Prince Harry's excellent adventure
When Harry met Curtis
Britain's Prince Harry got in trouble last week when he spent his three-day break at the Curtis Institute of Music. Big mistake. Why didn't he just head for a sedate place like Juilliard instead?
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The trouble with cultural boards
It's only money
Why are cultural organizations spending hundreds of millions on new concert halls and museums in a depressed economy? Better ask: Why are you so uptight about spending big money on the arts?
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Reactions: Dance reviews, Joyce Carol Oates, envy of the rich
A child's garden of envy
Joyce Carol Oates envies Emily Dickinson. Robert Zaller envies the rich and powerful. As for me, I envy anyone who can write clearly and interestingly about dance.
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