The Invisible Birds

by Bill Schlesinger The number of species in a given area, what is often called alpha diversity or species richness, sounds like it would be easy to measure.  Make a…

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The Iceman Cometh, Lands with a Bang in Rhinebeck

by Kevin T. McEneaney Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh (1939) has been revived at The Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck. The play was likely inspired by Maxim Gorky’s The…

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First Funeral

by Neil Donnelly Uncle Eddie, large head, black hair, who until that moment, in an open box in a house on Cider Avenue, Belfast, looking healthy on that cold black…

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Clarion: Young Artists Deliver Astonishing Performances

by Kevin T. McEneaney Last Sunday the Clarion Concert directed by Eugenia Zuckerman presented an extraordinary concert at Saint James Place in Great Barrington. Tenor Daniel McGrew, who possesses an…

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Matt Finley & Rio Jazz Swings at Smithfield Church

Matt Finley, Lou Pappas, Larry Ham, and Jeff Siegel by Kevin T McEneaney Cool jazz had its roots in saxophone Prez Lester Young and especially trumpeter Miles Davis’ short-lived nonet…

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Knowing

photo by Bill Keller by Bill Keller I can’t get lost — this trail runs straight. I go a few miles out and back.No intersections, choosing routes,just the Yes of gravel underfoot. I sometimes dream another…

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A Requiem for Roundup?

by Bill Schlesinger Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the United States with applications ranging between 250 and 300 million pounds per year during the past 10 years,…

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Sybarite5 Electrifies the air at The Stissing Center

Suliman Tekalli, Sami Merdinian, Louis Levitt, Laura Andrade, Caeli Smith by Kevin T. McEneaney Five young talented musicians lit up the stage last Sunday at The Stissing Center. This tightly…

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Rio Jazz Quartet at Smithfield Church

Preview by Kevin T McEneaney Next Saturday at 4 pm there is the opportunity to hear a marvelous jazz quartet with Matt Finley on trumpet, Larry Ham on piano, Lou…

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