Table manners

Do you recall when you first used a fork? That four-pronged instrument of the table! For centuries, the fork had but three prongs that could be recruited as a weapon,…

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Baroque Highlights at Trinity in Lakeville

by Kevin T McEneaney This past Sunday at Trinity Episcopal Church, Crescendo, under the direction of Christine Gevert, produced a program under the title Gallant Fire,” centering the playlist around…

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Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective in Hudson

This past Sunday at the Hudson Opera House, in the Clarion Concert Series, the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective from England performed a program focused on Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and two English…

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Empty Nest

by Neil Donnelly He was older, yet she bullied him, never liked others giving him attention. * Kept him from sharing their sleeping quarters, yet, when he died, she would…

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Pete Anderson Trio at Smithfield Church

by Kevin T McEneaney On a golden autumn afternoon surrounded by blue sky and leaves boasting red, orange, yellow, and brown, the Pete Anderson Trio performed a program of favorite…

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THE FASTEST PRIEST ALIVE

Poem and photo by Neil Donnelly In the 1950’s it seemed to go on for hours and every seat was filled as they thundered down at us from the pulpit against…

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We’re All Runners in the Afterlife 

by William Keller Spring morning, running alone, I hear footsteps close behind me, turn around, see an empty trail, which gives me a feeling both weird and familiar from the…

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China Now: Chasing Dreams at Bard Sosnoff

by Kevin T McEneaney The China Now Music Festival, led by conductor Jindong Cai, is an annual production presented by the US-China Music Institute at Bard College Conservatory in collaboration…

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The Limeliters at The Stissing Center

by Kevin T McEneaney Have you ever been to The Grace Note? That’s the basement East Village-like nightclub/cabaret setting for intimate music that hosted the current incarnation of the long-lived…

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We’ve been hacked

by Kevin T McEneaney Is it possible that humanity may undergo reverse evolution? * We have AI machines smarter than us. Will AI machines rule over us? Some of these…

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