When a dense mist-cloud envelopes the day with invisible prickle of raindrops that decorate one’s eyelashes and ears, one feels like one is walking in a dream without the clock…
by Bill Schlesinger In the mid-1800s, a German biologist, Carl Bergmann noticed a tendency for the individuals of bird and mammal species to be larger at higher latitudes, and he…
Joseph Eriole, Cora Colwell, Jess Boyd, Courtney Constantino-Baldeh, Michael Risio, Stephany Hitchcock, Wendy Urban-Mead by Kevin T McEneaney When was the last time that you attended and experienced a transformative…
by Kevin T McEneaney Creation: process of variation among life forms on this goodly planet where chemicals continually change and biological organisms swerve and adapt to the environment. The universe…
Areta Zhulla, Ronald Copes, Astrid Schween, Molly Carr by Kevin T McEneaney The Juilliard Quartet at the Howland Chamber Music Circle in Beacon, NY, in a program titled Extra Inspirations…
Concertmaster Eniko Samu and Dr. Leon Botstein with TON After Dr. Leon Botstein’s introductory remarks at the podium of a program of music in turn of the century Vienna, The…
The Poetry of Sex: From Sappho to Carol Ann Duffy by Brian Arkins. Peter Lang, 133 pages, 2023. Reviewed by Kevin T McEneaney The bibliography of this book has more…
by Neil Donnelly On Dublin’s Grafton Street I pass an old man, vainly trying to squeeze notes from a harmonica, an upturned empty hat as his feet. Something of that…
by Kevin T McEneaney Saturday afternoon at Smithfield Church in Amenia Kent Tritle, organist of the New York Philharmonic and the Oratorio Society of New York City, and Music Director…
by Bill Schlesinger Most seed catalogs tell amateur gardeners what to plant each spring by including a map of plant hardiness zones. Developed by the USDA, these maps show where…