by Kevin T McEneaney Transcendence was a secular ideal with humanists in the last century, but currently it appears to be folly. Today, transcendence is limited to religious meditation, poetry,…
by Bill Schlesinger A few years ago, while buying some fish for dinner, I shied away from wild salmon in favor of farm-raised. It sounded like a good way to…
by Kevin T McEneaney Terrence Wilson, an acclaimed pianist of great vigor and sound who has toured the globe’s great musical halls, made his debut at The Stissing Center last…
by Kevin T McEneaney A dozen talented musicians performed an eclectic, uninterrupted two-hour concert presenting thirty-six short Baroque pieces on the Harmony of the Spheres theme at Saint Joseph Church…
by Kevin T McEneaney When did you last speak to a small beetle? Was it hiding under dandelion? You should speak to a beetle once a year since they account…
by Kevin T McEneaney Why are lilacs blooming in August? They did not bloom as they should have in Spring… * Anomalies can be disconcerting… Such little surprises in the…
by Kevin T McEneaney As winners of the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award, the Baldouret Quartet delivered an impressive and eclectic concert in Millbrook, NY. They opened with String…
The Northern Dutchess Symphony at The Stissing Center this past Friday opened with Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060 (1736)by J.S. Bach. The orchestra captured the exuberant…
by Kevin T McEneaney The good news is that the Berkshire Opera Festival is in its vigorous tenth year of bringing quality opera to the Mahaiwe venue in Great Barrington.…
by Kevin T McEneaney Inscape, upscape, downscape, universalscape, living cosmic lens to glorious creation where we are encased uniquely, the sun and planetary system surrounded by a ring of fire…