Nov.
17
2023
BookNotes Review November 2023
My Name is Barbra Barbra Streisand To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul Tracy K. Smith The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789 Robert Darnton Day: A Novel Michael Cunningham
Judith Krummeck
Nov.
15
2023
Folger Theatre’s homecoming production is The Winter’s Tale
The Winter’s Tale by Shakespeare is considered one of his “problem” plays. Hadi Tabbal is making his Folger Theatre debut playing Leontes, and I spoke to him about working through some of the perceived problems within the play.
Nov.
13
2023
The Tacáks at Shriver with music inspired by the natural world
A program of Haydn, Beethoven, and the premier of a quartet by Nokuthula Ngwenyama—an American composer of Zimbabwean-Japanese heritage—will be offered by the Takács Quartet on Sunday, November 19th at 5:30 pm. I spoke by phone to the quartet’s violist, Richard O’Neill.
Nov.
03
2023
Glazed With War: honoring Veterans Day on BookNotes
On Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11 at 7 p.m., the Iranian-American poet, writer, and graphic designer, Pantea Amin Tofangchi, will launch her poetry collection, Glazed With War, published by Mason Jar Press. It will be my pleasure and privilege to be in conversation with Pantea at her launch and, by way of a sneak preview, […]
Nov.
02
2023
The Venice of the North
In case you wondered where I was for three weeks, this blog post explains it in part. Let me take you on a little trip…
Nov.
02
2023
Music at Evergreen turns 70!
Music at Evergreen in the intimate Bakst Theatre at the Evergreen Museum & Library on North Charles Street opens its 70th season this Sunday with a recital by Taiwanese-American harpist Noël Wan. I spoke with Genya Hopkins, secretary of the Evergreen Foundation Board and Artistic Advisor for the music series.
Oct.
20
2023
BookNotes Review October 2023
Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein Anne Eekhout Translated by Laura Watkinson The Exchange John Grisham Worthy Jada Pinkett Smith Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon Michael Lewis
Oct.
09
2023
Angela Hewitt opens Shriver Concerts with Bach’s Goldberg Variations
The 2023-2024 season of Shriver Hall Concert Series opens with Angela Hewitt, “the preeminent Bach pianist of our time” (The Guardian), playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations. I spoke with her via Zoom in London.
Oct.
08
2023
Music at St. David’s commemorates Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Indigenous Peoples’ Day falls on the second Monday in October each year, and this year we mark it on October 9th. Douglas Buchanan, Director of Music Ministries at St. David’s in Roland Park, spoke to me about the Recital & Evensong that Music at St. David’s is offering for the Commemoration of Indigenous Peoples […]
Oct.
06
2023
Artwork as a trigger for public awareness on BookNotes
Phase Two In this garden, the snow will melt, evaporate, and begin its cycle all over again. — Lee Heineman Jann Rosen-Queralt is an interdisciplinary artist whose recent project is Heart Beating Beneath the Earth, a book of photographs and the writings they inspired.
