Improvised Trio at The Stissing Center Delivers the Wow!

Nathan Meltzer, Sophia Zhou, Sterling Elliot by Kevin T McEneaney Sterling Elliot has the press nomenclature (as a 2021 Avery Fisher Grant winner) of being a rising star, however, that…

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Trio Seoul Stuns Audience at Bard College

Jinjoo Cho, Kyu Yeon Kim, Brannon Cho by Kevin T McEneaney As culmination of the Hudson Valley Chamber Music Series at Bard’s Olin Hall, Trio Seoul, who has won over…

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Worshipping Algorithms

by Kevin T McEneaney To be merely human is now passé. Long ago, we invented deity who invisibly regulated life. Then we invented exalted heroes who were half-deity and half-human.…

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Watering the lawn

Summer means attention to lawn care.  Mid-summer drought leads to frequent repositioning of garden hoses to ensure a green lawn.  Water bills skyrocket.  Is this mindless? Just how much water…

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Flight

by Kevin T McEneaney Butterflies adopt a royal schedule— they don’t rise from sleep until 10 am, when most humans are working hard at jobs. Then butterflies flit about at…

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Natalie Zhu & Company at Music Mountain

Che-Hung Chen, J Freivogel, Natalie Zhu, Rachel Henderson Freivogel Pianist Natalie Zhu, recent recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and other numerous awards, displayed her dexterous fingers in four…

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The Amazing Isidore Quartet at Bard, Olin Hall

From left: Phoenix Avalon, Adrian Steele, Joshua McClendon, Devin Moore by Kevin T McEneaney The Isidore Quartet, named after famed violinist Isidore Cohen of the Julliard Quartet, they offered a…

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Fiddler on the Roof in Rhinebeck

Front row: Howie Riggs as Lazar Wolf, Joseph Beem, Jr as Tevye, Mark Grunblatt as Rabbi by Kevin T McEneaney The 1964 classic Fiddler on the Roof at The Center…

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Arial Surprise

by Kevin T McEneaney With widest spectrum of color among all birds, they are the smallest birds, excelling in hues of blue, green, purple. Smaller hummingbirds beat gossamer wings at…

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