Composer Philip Glass in the March issue of Details : Q: I understand that in your early days as a composer, you rented a Manhattan loft for 30 bucks. A: It was down in the Fulton fish market. I paid $30 a month. My friends paid $25 , and they thought that I had betrayed the community by allowing the rent to be pushed up that high. I was deeply apologetic for having
Historian Errol E. Brown, Sr. straightens a photo of his father, Philip Brown, Sr. taken several decades ago while the elder Mr. Brown was vice principal of Bates High School.
Everybody knows what the Empire State Building looks like. That's why Rick Bell, the head of the Center for Architecture, didn't put the famous skyscraper on his list of 10 great buildings to see in New York.
Music lovers who find Monteverdi more to their liking than, say, the edgier John Cage or Philip Glass, are doubtless in eager anticipation of the 2008 Berkeley Festival & Exhibition of Early Music, announced by Cal Performances this week to take place June 3-8.
Folk singer, activist and Quaker Carrie Newcomer considered adding a line to her business card after a recent appearance at a peace conference in Tennessee where a protester -- "Yes," she said, still disbelieving, "they were protesting peace" -- branded her a "whore of Babylon." As she is anything
A healthy dose of both sunshine and rain reflected the diverse moods at Saturday's 2008 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in art-house film.
CLIMAX ?? When Frank Niemann and Eric Hiscock spoke prior to Friday's Class D district championship, the two coaches figured they were in for a defensive battle where the first team to 40 points would be victorious.
Sir: I read "Computers to match human brains by 2030" (16 February) with very mixed feelings. When one reflects on the recent history of mankind and the effect we have had on our own long-term viability, one can only gasp at the prospect of two such intelligences on the planet. However, if the power of superconductors is to continue to double every decade, then it won't be too long before such
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