On a breezy Sunday evening with a gentle waterfall flowing in the background, Intermezzo Chamber Music Series held the third concert of its fall season in the courtyard of The Grand America Hotel. Laura Grantier (clarinet), Blanka Bednarz (violin), William Hagen (violin), Andrea Ashdown (violin and viola), Julie Edwards (viola), John T. Posadas (viola), and... Continue Reading →
I attended the final summer concert of Intermezzo Chamber Music Series on August 12, 2024 with my friends Ruth, Nancy, and Nancy's mother. All of us love classical music, and we were particularly thrilled to attend this concert because Joe Osterstock, a rising new composer whose work was being performed, is Nancy's nephew. The concert... Continue Reading →
Attending Intermezzo Chamber Music concerts is one of the highlights of the summer for me. I had to miss several concerts in this summer's series due to other commitments, so I was thrilled to attend Concert IV on July 29, 2024 and Concert V on August 12, 2024. The Intermezzo Chamber Music Series has usually... Continue Reading →
Summertime offers an excellent opportunity to attend concerts and music festivals that fall outside the regular programming of local performing arts companies. My friends Ruth and Jolene asked if I would like to join them in attending Il Divo's concert at Eccles Theater last Thursday evening. I jumped at the chance to do so because... Continue Reading →
I had been excited to see Thelma since it arrived in theaters a few weeks ago, so I asked my friend Ruth if she would be interested in seeing it with me last weekend. The trailer presents it as a bit of a spoof on action-adventure, car chase movies, but in this case, senior citizens... Continue Reading →
At middle age and older, it is natural for a person to reflect on and reminisce about the life he or she has lived. An awareness of aging and changes in health circumstances imbue life with urgency and compel people to get their affairs in order and tie up loose ends. The intersection of these... Continue Reading →
My friend Mony and I saw The Nutty Professor, A New Musical at Hale Centre Theatre last weekend, and we absolutely loved it! Rupert Holmes and Marvin Hamlisch's musical brings Jerry Lewis's 1963 movie to the stage. Some theater-goers may also be familiar with Eddie Murphy's 1996 remake of the movie. The movies and musical... Continue Reading →
Previews for Ghostlight appeared before some other movies I saw earlier this summer, and its premise intrigued me. I made a point to see it before it left Broadway Centre Cinemas this week, and I found it to be a deeply touching exploration of the intimate connection between life and art, particularly as it pertains... Continue Reading →
Women of my generation and younger have many rights and opportunities available to us that previous generations of women simply did not have. We risk taking for granted the relative ease with which we move in the world, and we might forget that trailblazers before us had to push against the current to attain the... Continue Reading →
My friend Mony has generously given me tickets to several Hale Centre Theatre productions this season, the first of which was May We All in April, and more recently, we saw The Time Machine, playing on the Sorensen Legacy Jewel Box Stage. I was unfamiliar with the premise of The Time Machine before seeing it,... Continue Reading →
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