Beautiful Clean Coal

by Bill Schlesinger “We have ended the war on beautiful clean coal,” Donald S. Trump, State of the Union 2018. So, it is recorded for history, Donald Trump’s misunderstandings of…

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Windborne Vocal Sculpting at The Stissing Center

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday evening at The Stissing Center in Pine Plains, Windborne put all attendees into the spirit of the Christmas season with sumptuous harmonies that ravished…

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It’s all in the music…

by Kevin T McEneaney Like snowflakes dithering in windy breeze, Christmas mythologies descend on us as they accumulated over time, during two thousand years of stories, songs. - Christmas fables…

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Smithfield Church Chamber Orchestra in Amenia

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday Matt Finley, trumpeter, arranger, and director led the Church Chamber Orchestra of fourteen musicians in the annual Christmas Concert and Tea sponsored by the…

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The secret of life itself

by Kevin T McEneaney Do you take the air we breathe for granted? Prochlorococcus means small green berry, but it’s not a berry, yet it may be the most populous…

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Sherman Chamber Thanksgiving Jazz Ensemble

by Kevin T McEneaney The Sherman Chamber Ensemble is not your ordinary ensemble: while it specializes in classical music, it is equally adept at various jazz genres. The sextet that…

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How we evolved

by Kevin T McEneaney All life relies on cooperation, whether intimate or more social forms. Cooperating defines history; it will project the future of mankind. - Through cooperation we invented…

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Ammonia as a fuel

by Bill Schlesinger It is not often that environmental scientists get to weigh-in on a new technology before it is implemented.  Usually we end up complaining about the aftermath.  But,…

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Hudson Valley Chamber Musicians sans strings

by Kevin T McEneaney One of the pleasures of attending a small concert is that one often hears short minor works of interest, which was the case Saturday afternoon at…

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NY Philharmonic at Trinity-Pawling School

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Friday night at the newly renovated All-Saints Chapel on campus, The New York Philharmonic Quartet delivered a performance that may have exceeded their reputation. After…

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