Words and Music

FOUR IDENTICALLY DRESSED MEN, their drab suits and bowler hats suggesting the English civil service, line the stage. From them the presence ...

From the Back Pages Dept .: Martha Argerich’s recordings for DG and Philips have been released in a 48-CD box set, which I’ll be writing abo...

“You can put me at the table in the corner in the back unless you’ve got one in the telephone booth; I’m here and I’m alone again, it’s sad...

From the Vault Dept. : Although I haven’t seen her in concert recently, here’s another review ( here’s the first ) of pianist Pola Baytelman...

AS A DIZZYING SET OF INTRIGUES continues to build through act two, we’re taken to the apartment of Monty Navarro (Kevin Massey), who’s been ...

From the Dutch Oven Dept .: With the onslaught of colder weather, we should be preparing those slow-cooked meals of second cuts of meat, whi...

Sing It Loud Dept. : Loudon Wainwright III returns to the Egg in Albany tonight (Friday) with a program that explores his father's life ...

From the Cookbook Shelves Dept .: I made the lasagna recipe from the book Laurina’s Kitchen , and it’s amazing. Fluffy and flavorful, a perf...

YOU’RE SURROUNDED BY BEES. They move with a purpose, settling on a hive’s landing board abulge with yellow pollen, or clustered on a hive fr...

Get Your Tickets Now Dept. : Interviewing Patricia Kelly was like talking to an old friend. It didn’t hurt that I discovered the magic of Ge...

From the Vault Dept. : Jin Kim took the baton of the Empire State Youth Orchestra in 2000, an ensemble I’d been trying to pay attention to f...

Shepherd across the river, You are not afraid; Sing baïlèro lèrô I am not afraid, and you, too, can sing Baïlèro lèrô. Shepherd, t...

It’s been a year since novelist Thomas Berger died. His beautifully crafted novels were a tremendous influence on the development of my own ...

From the Vault Dept .: My first of three reviews of a now long-gone restaurant that thrived in a time before the Food Network destroyed any ...

From the Vault Dept .: As it happens, I’m married to a Whiteman from New York’s Columbia County who believes that the Colorado Whitemans – f...

From the Vault Dept .: Here’s a look back to the opening concert of Union College’s 2007 season, when pianist Richard Goode burned up the St...

3 July 1989 | Watercolor by Gerian Williams

“ ET IN ARCADIA EGO ” is inscribed on one of the trompe l’oeil stones forming the backdrop to Cato’s encampment in north Africa. “I am in Pa...

What’s for Dinner? Dept .: I made a brief return to the restaurant-review business this week so I could extol an out-of-the-way place called...

COULD IT BE A MASTERPIECE? Is it possible that this thing, fashioned from whole cloth by one or more creative souls, has achieved a rare lev...