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(REVIEW) In the Levant, bombs have reduced cities to rubble. A punishing embargo and siege has left the people starving and with limited access to water. Corrupt officials, playing at piety, enrich themselves with the finer things while refugees languish in tent camps at the gates of sanctuary. It isn’t Gaza, Lebanon or Syria — […]
Dunphy and Goldfinger, a prolific Philadelphia playwright who had not done much writing for opera, met for months to figure out how to work together. A commission from Oberlin set them on the path to Alice. Their opera does not tell the story of Tierney, about whom almost nothing is known, but rather puts her […]
Shouting, shouting and more shouting. That was the only sound that had filled the air of our apartment since I had gotten in today. I had received a letter from the Mississippi Institute of Technology awarding me a full scholarship if I joined next month in September. “Why the fuck do you want to fly […]
IMAGINE PLAYLIST: The Higher Ground ~ Matt Simons City of Stars ~ Scott Bradlee Perfect ~ The Piano Guys ¤♡¤♡¤♡¤♡¤ If there was one thing that I loved about our apartment, it was the fact that we lived just below Mr. Wu, the middle-aged pianist who played live for the fancy restaurant down the street […]