Music + Culture

Paula Poundstone - A Comedic Mind

Thom Kokenge — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:54:40 +0000

Paula Poundstone is regularly heard on NPR’s news quiz program Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me as a popular guest panelist. A stand-up comic since 1979, Poundstone has won multiple wards, and was recently inducted into the Comedy Hall of Fame. She tells Thom Kokenge in this extended interview why Facebook is like the children’s game Duck-Duck-Goose, and provides some behind-the-scenes stories of Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.

Polly Want An Ostinato?

Pablo Helguera — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:00 +0000

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Pablo Helguera is a New York-based artist working with sculpture, drawing, photography and performance. His new book is Helguera's Artunes. You can see more of his work atArtworld Salon and on his own site.

Andris Nelsons Named Music Director Of The Boston Symphony

Anastasia Tsioulcas — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:31:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyjr4A_9haI

Musical Language on Radiolab

Robin Rilette — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:25:46 +0000

What is music? Why does it move us? How does the brain process sound, and why are some people better at it than others? Listen to Musical Language this week on Radiolab on the NPR news stations of Northwest Public Radio.

Will Work For Feed

Pablo Helguera — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:58:00 +0000

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Pablo Helguera is a New York-based artist working with sculpture, drawing, photography and performance. You can see more of his work at Artworld Salon and on his own site.

Come Dance The 'Rite Of Spring' With Us!

editor — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:20:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF1OQkHybEQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7pV2cX0qxs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3hcSoIcY4o

A Conversation with Bill McLaughlin

Robin Rilette — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:52:42 +0000

Moms In Opera: Women On The Edge

Tom Huizenga — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:43:00 +0000

We love mothers for all the Hallmark reasons: for their compassion and patience, not to mention giving birth. But some moms aren't exactly greeting card friendly — and none less so than those who live in the opera house.

This is opera, after all, so we expect the outrageous. But operatic moms seem to be disproportionately portrayed as murderers, harpies or generally women on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Your Normas, Medeas, Butterflies, Queens of the Night and Clytemnestras.

But dads are found in all kinds of touching musical moments.

Do You Have To Nearly Kill Yourself To Become A Classical Musician?

editor — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:03:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXa_iycbnQM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9dEgXR1iWE

The Chrome Depot

Pablo Helguera — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:55:00 +0000

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