Tunisian composer, singer and songwriter Emel Mathlouthi has performed at the ceremony for the Nobel Peace Prize — and at MCLA in North Adams.
Read articleBeausoleil music fills a March night with light
Mitch and Jen Reed, known among the best Cajun fiddlers in the country and champions of the potato waltz in their hometown, played as though they were sharing a potluck in their own music room, with a tub of recorders and penny whistles on the table.
Read articlePeace and Passion in holy week — La Semana Santa gathers communities
In La Semana Santa, the week leading to Easter Sunday, communities across Central and South America will re-create Jesus’ vigil in the garden and the night and day when he died.
Read articleEdith Wharton invites writers home
In the bedroom, looking over the terrace to the lake, Claire McMillan traces the adventures of an artifact necklace from the 1920s. In the boudoir Yvonne Puig works out a careful balance between friendship and love. In the sewing room, Koren Zailckas careers through a thriller about a con artist, […]
Read articleRuth Reichl finds soul in a homecooked meal
In Ruth Reichl’s family, cooking is generous, and it is healing. She holds onto its warmth in her memoir and cookbook, “My Kitchen Year,” recalling the hard time when without warning, Condé Nast closed Gourmet Magazine.
Read articleProject Native honors the earth on film
A 90-year-old man takes care of more than 300 nest boxes for bluebirds. An Alabama native turns his camera on toxic chemicals. A young woman faces death threats in an effort to save one of the most polluted rivers in Mexico …
Read articleRobert Hass — Berkeley beat in the Berkshires
In the 1890s Gertrude Stein was a teenager in the hills. In the 1920s Robertson Jeffers was in Big Sur … National Poet Laureate Robert Hass recalls bringing Berkeley voices into the streets.
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