Violist Sheila Browne Has Lots to Say and Plenty to Play on Triad Arts!
Q: How is lightning like a viola player's fingers? A: Neither one strikes the same place twice. And that's one of the kinder gentler viola jokes out there!
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Bobby Cannavale, At Home On Broadway
The actor, who's currently starring in Glenngarry Glen Ross opposite Al Pacino, has been acting for the stage since he was a teenager in Union City, N.J. "It was the only thing I ever wanted to do, really," he says.
'The Fall Of The House Of Dixie' Built A New U.S.
In a new book, Civil War historian Bruce Levine says that from the destruction of the South emerged an entirely new country, making the Civil War equivalent to a second American Revolution. Integral to the Union's victory, he says, were the nearly 200,000 black soldiers who enlisted.
A Vet's Haunted Homecoming In 'Water By The Spoonful'
Quiara Alegria Hudes' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama opens off-Broadway on Tuesday. The play is the second in a trilogy focused on an injured Iraq veteran named Elliot — a character based on Hudes' cousin. "I just remember the instant I saw him, there was just something changed in his eye," she says.
Smitty's Notes Turns 15
Smitty's Notes does more to spread the word about goings on in the Triad and to bring people together than just about any other single source in our community.
Mozart's Starring Role In 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'
The 1971 John Schlesinger film, recently released on Blu-ray, tells the story of a love triangle and makes moving use of a trio from the opera Cosi fan tutte as the film's musical theme.
Julian Fellowes On The Rules Of 'Downton'
On the hit Masterpiece Theater series, the social rules the characters have always known are changing as the world events of the 20th century unfold. The series' creator, Julian Fellowes, says his relatives who lived through that era inspired his lasting interest in class.
Starbucks Joins Designer Trend With Rodarte Collaboration
The coffee giant recently partnered with the Rodarte fashion house to offer a holiday collection. It's the latest example of high-end designers teaming up with mass-market retailers to make money while showing their work to a broader audience.
Mapping A History Of The World, And Our Place In It
On the Map author Simon Garfield speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the history of maps, how they can be used as political tools, and how GPS and modern mapping applications are changing the way we see ourselves and our place in the world.
Re-Creating The 'Lost Carving' Of An English Genius
David Esterly's life was changed in the 1970s when he came across wood carvings done by Grinling Gibbons more than 300 years earlier. Esterly became a wood carver, and even re-created one of Gibbons' pieces that was destroyed in a fire.