Words and Music

Links in a Chaine Dept .: Back when chef Dale Miller took over the (now-defunct) Stone Ends Restaurant, he invited the local branch of the C...

State of the Stage Dept .: Even before winning Pulitzer Prizes for the novels Alice Adams and The Magnificent Ambersons , Booth Tarkington ...

 Music for You, PDQ Dept .: In late 2005, I was given the privilege of shadowing Peter Schickele during his residency at Saratoga’s Skidmore...

Puffy Life-Rafts of Carb Dept .: Sunday morning. Ten o’clock. The rest of the family pursuing other interests nearby. I repair to my favorit...

Byron Nilsson and Harry Minot, c. 1972

One Liner Dept. : Violinist Elissa Koljonen’s debut album, on the Dorian label, featured my enthusiastic program notes. The CD is out of pri...

Bachanalia Dept .: Harpsichordist Robert Conant presented his Festival of Baroque Music for over half a century in the Saratoga area, callin...

Her husband bought her a Lexus (It’s a wealth redistribution). She luxuriates now in the nexus Between love and prostitution. ...

Start Your Wining Dept .: In early 1999, the Albany area's food writers were visited by representatives of the Wine Market Council, for ...

Guest Blogger Dept .: Once again, let’s call upon Guy Wetmore Carryl’s Fables for the Frivolous , this time for one of the lesser-known of J...

Cool & Strange Dept .: One of the most delightful magazines to which I’ve contributed was Cool & Strange Music , the brainchild of D...

Photo by Lily Whiteman | 12 May 2013

Apologies to W.S. Gilbert Dept. : My good friend Richard McKee, who died in April, was for many years Artistic Director of the Syracuse Oper...

Caviar and Cheese Dept .: The Fancy Food Show returned to Manhattan this year after a three-years absence, and my report is in the current ...

From the Garden Dept. : A paean to my favorite fruit.                                                                         ONCE UPON ...

Doesn’t Have to Be a Dog Dept .: Another book report. I handed in very few of these during the entirety of my schooling years, preferring to...

Not Schoolbook History, Not Mr. Wells’s History, but History Nevertheless Dept. : The Ridgefield (Conn.) High School Class of 1973 had its 4...

Second Hundred Years Dept .: My review of one of the more fascinating centenary tributes to Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring this year.       ...

20 June 2013 | Photo by B. A. Nilsson

Accounting Our Losses Dept. : Toshi Seeger died Tuesday night at the age of 91. She was in attendance at her husband’s recent performance at...