There are many artworks entitled The Kiss – Rodin, Klimt, Toulouse-Lautrec, etc – but this one is remarkable for being the very first on-screen kiss. It happened in April 1896, between actors May Irwin and […]
Orchestra consultant Thomas Wolf throws down a gauntlet: Let’s say you are an aging professional athlete who has enjoyed a successful career in your sport but you are no longer competing at a peak professional […]
Folks have lately pointed out the merits of Peoples’ Symphony Concerts, which ‘presents world-class music for people of modest incomes in New York City’ (or so it says on the wrapper). The series, founded in […]