Orson Welles: A Turbulent and Brilliant Life
Based, in part, on a Smithsonian Associates lecture by author/lecturer/film historian Max Alvarez. Max Alvarez opens his lecture with a [...]
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The Art of Elegance: Fashion in the 1930s
Based in part on a lecture by fashion historian Elizabeth Lay for Smithsonian Associates Elizabeth Lay will focus today’s lecture on [...]
The Met Opens Season with Cherubini’s Medea: Phenomenal Protagonist but Questionable “Mythic Power” Ending
The Metropolitan Opera kicked off its 2022-2023 season with a historic opening night. For the first time ever, Luigi Cherubini’s Medea [...]
Buried – The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche
On March 31, 1982, the unthinkable happened at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe, California. A massive avalanche inundated the [...]
Philip Officer: Let Me Sing and I’m Happy
Phillip Officer left New York with a one way ticket to Las Vegas in 2008 determined to reinvent himself. He’s circling back to music. [...]
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Comes Alive, More Than Ever
The flaps of the circus tent whipping from the winds coming over the Hudson River was a perfect, though most likely unintended, special [...]
While Waiting for Aaron Judge’s 61st Home Run, Watch the Film 61*
During one interview about his amazing home run season, Aaron Judge was asked if he knew much about the Yankee who holds the American [...]
American Classical Orchestra’s Superb Season-Opening Concert
On Thursday, September 22, American Classical Orchestra (ACO) opened its season with a stunning program featuring works by Ludwig van [...]
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