The speech made by President Bush in Israel this week in which he spoke of the holocaust, and I saw the great holocaust survivor, Elie Weisel, sitting in the audience, brought to mind my own salient experiences in connection with that period of history.
Harry Christophers gave his choir the name The Sixteen to suggest that they weren't bound to any single historical period. Their new disc, "A Mother's Love," lives up to that goal, with pieces spanning 10 centuries and half a dozen countries -- all commemorating the Virgin Mary.
Here's a list of the athletes and coaches participating in the State Summer Games 2008: Alberton Independent Athletes Steven Adams Zach Roberts Coaches Brenda Elvey June Gregory Diny Roberts Anaconda Schools Athletes Justin Bizjak Jeremy Bizjak Robert Flachmeyer Jessica Massey Dallas Napier Michael Torpy Josh Van Meel Coaches Darryl Deeks M. Joyce Johnson Charlie McCurdy Sara Novak Teresa
Events this week provided strong reinforcement for the idea that finding the right conductor to be music director is any orchestra's single most important decision.
The Spaghetti Warehouse Restaurant in the Strip District is teaming with the Pittsburgh affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure by baking the world's largest lasagna.
1. Insight Out Theatre Collective "For: Give" starts from Shakespeare's "The Tempest" to explore the ideas of forgiveness and reconciliation. 8 p.m. Friday, continues 8 p.m.
There is something disarmingly poignant about the third movement adagio that closes Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, which the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performed Thursday under guest conductor Hans Graf.
STAR-TELEGRAM Musical events The Hope for Africa Children's Choir, created by the United Methodist Uganda Annual Conference, will perform at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church of Mansfield, 777 N. Walnut Creek Drive. For more information on this group, visit www.hopeforafricachildrenschoir.org. Contact the church at 817-477-2287 or www.fumcmansfield.org. Mansfield
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