The finesse of slugs

by Kevin T McEneaney Slugs are peaceable creatures of the Earth. They are reported to move quite slowly. Never tell a child they are sluggish because they will take pride…

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Aeolus Quartet at Olin Hall, Bard College

by Kevin T McEneaney The Aeolus Quartet opened with String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421 (1783) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). This work is nicknamed "the second Haydn Quartet"…

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Festive singers

by Kevin T McEneaney Cicadas dwell in trees, eating their sap. There are well over 3,000 species and biologists are still counting them. They remain famous for their boasting songs,…

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The Parker Quartet at Olin Hall

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday, The Parker Quartet, currently in residence at Harvard University, performed an exciting program at Bard College, Olin Hall. They opened with String Quartet No.…

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Smithfield Church Pops Chamber Orchestra Swings

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday afternoon, the Bang Family Concert Series produced its 6th Annual Spring “Pops” Concert under the baton of Michelle Demko, who chose most of the…

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Baldouret Quartet at Lyall Church

by Kevin T McEneaney The Baldouret Quartet became a Quintet on Friday afternoon in a free concert sponsored by The Millbrook Music Salon. Sophia Zhou, the Artistic Director of the…

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In flight

by Kevin T McEneaney Poems resemble winding caterpillars plunging through high grass in unknown pastures where they encounter prickly obstacles that stimulates their growth to be transformed into a butterfly…

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The Concert Truck at Bennett Park

Susan Zhang and Sophia Zhou by Kevin T McEneaney A Memorial Day celebration at Bennett Park opened with the roving Concert Truck at 1 pm. Krista Thorne delivered a short…

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Gravitas

by Kevin T McEneaney Our gravity cannot hold off the sun which will consume every atom of Earth in its attempt to prolong its own life…. * The sun’s beneficence…

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Spring Concert at Lyall Church

by Kevin T McEneaney To celebrate 100th anniversary of Lyall Church this past Sunday, The Millbrook Community Festival Choir presented Foundations, under Music and Choral Director Daniel Michael Koch who…

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