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Season Preview 2015: RI's Can't-Miss Picks
Another summer, another embarrassment of riches when it comes to performing arts in the Rural Intelligence region. As usual, there's enough theater, music and dance (and just about everything else) to go around. Though we know the winter months offer their own pleasures, the arrival of the long-awaited spring weather provides the perfect excuse to start mapping out our own summer schedules. There are the events you anchor a night (or a week, or a month, or a season) around, and the ones you slip in to your schedule spontaneously, or as part of a decadent double-header. Fortunately there's plenty to choose from. Here's our annual list of 30(ish) can't-miss picks from around the region. Now that you've dug out from the winter, it's time to dig in. —Jeremy D. Goodwin
Man of La Mancha at Barrington Stage Company
June 10 - July 11
Barrington Stage's season-opening musical has become an event not to miss, particularly after the celebrated New York run of the production of On the Town that delighted us two seasons ago. Julianne Boyd directs this musical take on Cervantes' Don Quixote, starring BSC's Jeff McCarthy, who is equally able to knock us dead as a cross-dressing southerner (Southern Comfort) or the demon barber of Fleet Street. Boyd-Quinson Mainstage, Pittsfield, MA.
Thoreau or, Return to Walden at Berkshire Theatre Group
June 18 - July 11
David Adkins has earned his place as one of our perennial favorites, with too many memorable roles at BTG to count. Adkins wrote this brand new, one-man play about the great Massachusetts individualist and nature-lover. It's sure to go well with a leisurely hike in the Berkshire hills… but don't worry, if you head back home afterward and turn the air-conditioning on, we won't say anything to Mr. Thoreau. The Unicorn Theatre, Stockbridge, MA.
You Are Nowhere at Mass Live Arts
July 9 - 11
We were happy to see the arrival of this company two years ago, providing a Berkshire pipeline for selected plays pulled right from the burbling New York City underground. This is a co-commission by MLA, coming after its January premiere in PS122's influential COIL festival. This piece is by Andrew Schneider, a multimedia artist who has been known to spin theater, video, sound, dance and inventive devices (see: the Solar Bikini) into a unique, immersive experience. The Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simon's Rock, Great Barrington, MA.
Kinship at Williamstown Theatre Festival
July 15 - 25
With a penchant for new works and old classics and the juice to lure stars of stage and screen, WTF always stirs up a fascinating mix. So here comes the festival debuts of Cynthia Nixon—who hopefully will forgive us for always thinking of her as Miranda, though she has a Tony award for best actress (Rabbit Hole) in addition to her Grammy and two Emmys — and fellow Emmy-winner Penny Fuller. This American premiere looks at the politics of love and journalism. Nikos Stage, '62 Center for Theatre and Dance, Williamstown, MA.
Mother of the Maid at Shakespeare & Company
July 30 - September 6
Everbody's buzzing lately about Tina Packer's book, Women of Will, which follows up on the theatrical version we caught in Lenox before it went to New York. But she's back onstage for this story about the mother of Joan of Arc. (And given Packer's status as a force of nature, it's likely to make us see Joan as a chip off the old block.) Emmy winner Jane Anderson, a veteran of Mad Men and Olive Kitteridge, penned this intriguing new work that Berkshire Playwrights Lab first brought to the area with a reading last summer. Bernstein Theatre, Lenox, MA.
A Moon for the Misbegotten at Williamstown Theatre Festival
August 5 - 23
We love when the great concert singers of our time swing by this neck of the woods to multitask. Last year, opera star Renée Fleming sang with the Boston Pops while preparing for her theatrical debut at WTF. This year, none other than Audra McDonald will be in town for a concert at Tanglewood and a role in this classic by Eugene O'Neill. With six Tony Awards to her credit though, McDonald is no newcomer. With a terrific cast and design team on board, this take on O'Neill's late work is music to our ears. Main Stage, '62 Center for Theatre and Dance, Williamstown, MA.
Red Velvet at Shakespeare & Company
August 6 - September 13
Since John Douglas Thompson caught the attention of the theater world with his Othello at Shakespeare & Company in 2008, we've watched carefully to see how the company would feature him each season. He's back in town this year for the regional premiere of this imaginative telling of the story of Ira Aldridge, who in 1833 became the first African-American actor to play the Moor of Venice in England. Talk about the perfect combination of actor and role. Packer Playhouse, Lenox, MA.
Engagements at Barrington Stage Company
August 13 - September 6
This looks to be an intriguing way to round out the summer season. Described as a pitch-black comedy, it examines the all-too-familiar plight of the defiantly single gal who is surrounded on all sides by the engagement parties of her friends. The world premiere treads this familiar ground from a decidedly Millennial point of view. St. Germain Stage at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, Pittsfield, MA.
Art Garfunkel at Infinity Hall
May 21
We were crushed when Simon and Garfunkel canceled their 2010 date at Tanglewood, when Garfunkel was in the midst of some protracted throat issues. He's back on the road though, and the Rural Intelligence region is soon to get a double dose—before his November show at the Mahaiwe, he'll be at this even more intimate space. Hey, we're not complaining. (I promised myself I wouldn't include any puns about "Bridge Over Troubles Water" here, but you get the picture.) Norfolk, CT.
Boston Pops: Simply Sondheim at Tanglewood
June 20
Though some fans of the Pops will no doubt plan around its appearances at Tanglewood on Parade or the epically popular Film Night, this early season treat is a boon for theater lovers as well as Pops fanatics and their families. We love hearing the Pops take a spin with classics from the Great American Songbook, so an evening dedicated to Sondheim looks delectable. Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, MA.
Mark Morris Dance Group at Tanglewood
June 25 - 26
This appearance became a favorite early-season activity, so we're glad to see it return after a year off in 2014. The exciting program this year looks forward and back (but still kinda forward), with the world premiere of a BSO/Tanglewood Music Center commission, plus Cargo, which made its world premiere on the same stage ten years ago. Tanglewood Music Fellows will accompany the dancers with compositions by J. S. Bach and Darius Milhaud, respectively. (Though, with respect, we don't expect Mr. Morris to dress up for the occasion.) Ozawa Hall, Lenox, MA.
Dressing and Dancing at the court of Louis XIV at Aston Magna Festival
June 26 - 27
Though we loved the chance to hear a commissioned work by red-hot composer Nico Muhly for Aston Magna's anniversary season last year, we're also intrigued when it presents wheelhouse programs like this one. Though this early music festival keeps a lower profile than others in the RI region, it's well worth a visit even if you don't know your harpsichord from your forte piano. (But you do, right?) Olin Hall, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY and Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simon's Rock, Great Barrington, MA.
Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA
June 26 - 28
How fortunate we are to be the home base for Wilco's biannual summer festival. Well, given how well MASS MoCA runs these things (additional festival facilities are even built into its big-deal expansion in the works), the good fortune runs both ways. This is something to build your weekend around, with two headlining shows by the Chicago band and a deep, deep undercard. Not least, the festival also shows North Adams at its best, with local restaurants, galleries and everybody else getting in on the fun one way or another. (My favorite extracurricular Solid Sound-related event from past years might be DJ Spooky spinning a set under the marquee of the Mohawk Theatre.) North Adams, MA.
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga at Tanglewood
June 30
"What do you want to do this weekend, honey?"
"Let's go see Lady Gaga at Tanglewood."
Yes, it's true. While the incomparable Lenox venue has hosted Tony Bennett in the past (his show last August was a winner), this will mark the local debut of Lady Gaga. While she's not likely to put her "Poker Face" on, her standards collaboration with Tony is no bluff. They launched the project at the Montreal Jazz Festival last year, released an album, and we're happy to see they're back on the road and heading this way. As of this writing there are a handful of (obstructed view) seats available inside the Shed, but lawn tickets can be had for $30. Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, MA.
Toshi Reagon at MASS MoCA
July 11
Reagon has a great lineage — she's the daughter of two co-founders of the Freedom Singers and Sweet Honey in the Rock, and her godmother and namesake is the late Pete Seeger's wife. But her sights on this evening will be on the love songs of Prince and Michael Jackson. This program was assembled for an appearance at Joe's Pub in New York, so we're glad for the chance to experience it out in MASS MoCA's courtyard. North Adams, MA.
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at Tanglewood
July 14
Though its once-familiar jazz festival is no more, Tanglewood sets its sights on booking a few high-profile jazz shows throughout the summer. Wynton and the JLCO are the perfect match for this venue. He stopped off at Symphony Hall two years ago for his terrific devotional program (complete with gospel choir), but this Ozawa Hall appearance will be a much cozier affair. Don't sleep on this ticket. Ozawa Hall, Lenox, MA.
Yo-Yo Ma with Mike Block, Monika Leskovar, Giovanni Sollima and the Boston Cello Quartet, cellos at Tanglewood
August 13
Yo-Yo Ma is not only the most uproariously popular guest soloist with the BSO, but perhaps the biggest gentleman as well—check him out taking photos with the young music students and fans when he's on the grounds as an audience member. He uses Tanglewood as a laboratory for his wide-ranging musical interests, be it the Silk Road Project or this celebration of the cello. We don't know quite what to expect from this all-cello program, but can't wait to find out. Ozawa Hall, Lenox, MA.
Graham Nash at Mahaiwe
August 15
Nash is a believer in second careers—he's a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee twice over, with The Hollies as well as Crosby, Stills and Nash. This puts him somewhere in the "legendary" category, so it should be a particular treat to stroll down Great Barrington's Main Street (with no shade from the now-departed pear trees, alas!) and catch his distinctive tenor at the Mahaiwe. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA.
Harlem Quartet at Music Mountain
August 23
Harlem Quintet showed its versatility when it was a very welcome guest with jazz great Chick Corea at Tanglewood a few summers ago. Here, the young group on the rise gets back to its roots, presenting a fascinating program that ranges from Beethoven to Dvorak to a 1925 piece by the Spanish composer Turina. A great excuse to visit this somewhat tucked-away gem of a venue. Falls Village, CT.
Bang on a Can Marathon at MASS MoCA
August 1
An annual highlight of the season, this 12-hour event caps three weeks of music making by the best and brightest young players in new-music, working with some of the most accomplished composers and bandleaders in the field. Recent years have included visits from forward-looking musicians ranging from Steve Reich to Wilco's Glenn Kotche. Though the Marathon is the most boisterous and accessible way to take a dip into "contemporary classical" music, do yourself a favor and visit the museum during the weeks prior to catch gallery recitals by BOAC fellows and faculty.
The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord at Chester Theatre Company
June 24 – July 5
Over at Barrington Stage Company, Mark St. Germain has given us a taste for probing one-act plays (Freud's Last Session, Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah) that imagine meetings between historical contemporaries. This piece by Scott Carter, longtime producer of HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, goes a step further, riffing off Sartre's No Exit by planting Jefferson, Dickens and Tolstoy in a hell of their own making. Each of the three writers penned an alternative version of Biblical stories, and now they're stuck in one room with all the time in the world to sort out their different perspectives on life, love and God. Chester, MA.
The Wreckers at Bard SummerScape
July 24 – August 2
This French-language opera, written in the early 20th century, borrows for its source material the little-remarked-upon stories of poor English villages whose residents made a practice of extinguishing seacoast beacons and thereby prompting ships to wreck upon the rocky shore. (The part-time pirates would steal the cargo and murder the crew, apparently. With the American Symphony Orchestra on board, this is an intriguing choice for the summer series at Bard—though it probably won't inspire you taking to any seaborne vessels anytime soon. Sosnoff Theater, Fisher Center at Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
Audra McDonald at Tanglewood
July 19
The chance to see Broadway legend and Grammy winner Audra McDonald onstage at Ozawa, performing a hand-selected program of tunes and accompanied by her intimate combo? Yes, please. McDonald is also in town to star onstage at Williamstown Theatre Festival, but does us a solid by booking this concert as well. It'll be just like cabaret… where the singer has won 6 Tony Awards and the venue is one of the most beautiful on the continent. Ozawa Hall, Lenox, MA.
Paul Taylor at Mahaiwe
July 9 - 12
How great is it that a residence by the world renowned Paul Taylor at the Mahaiwe is now a no-biggie annual event? This year's schedule offers a veritable orgy of dance, with five performances and six different pieces, including "Company B," "Eventide" and "Esplanade," three dances from different points in Taylor's career that meditate upon American life. And there's plenty of time to wash up and recover from your July 4 barbecues before heading on down. Mahaiwe Center for the Performing Arts, Great Barrington, MA.
Big Dance Theater in Alan Smithee Directed This Play: Triple Feature at Jacob's Pillow
July 8 - 12
Fresh from its U.S. debut at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival, this piece by rock-star choreographer Annie-B Parson (directed by Parson and Paul Lazar, the directors of Big Dance Theater) takes a postmodern view of 20th century history and the creative process, with fragments of film scripts, novels and other found text assembled into what the company calls a "kinetic collage of political rhetoric, pathos, paranoia and suburban love." Please sir, may I have some more? Doris Duke Theatre, Becket, MA.
Daniil Simkin's INTENSIO at Jacob's Pillow
July 22 - 26
This startling program boasts four world premieres by four noted choreographers, performed by ballet heroes from the American Ballet Theatre and Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal including the great Daniil Simkin. Expect to elbow your way past plenty of pilgrims from out of town when you pick up your tickets to this one. Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket, MA.
La Otra Orilla at Jacob's Pillow
August 12-16
This world premiere dance comes courtesy of a Montreal company with a deep love of traditional flamenco, seasoned by music from the mountainous Andalusa region of southern Spain. No mere traditionalists, though, La Otra Orilla present this electric, crowd-pleasing style through a contemporary lens. Doris Duke Theatre, Becket, MA.
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company at Kaatsbaan
June 20
This New York-based company, perhaps best known for the Othello-based dance it crafted in collaboration with American Ballet Theatre and San Francisco Ballet, has been going strong for nearly 50 years. Though the program on this evening is yet to be announced, we look forward to what Lubovitch has in store for this visit to the Hudson Valley. Tivoli, NY.
Pam Tanowitz and FLUX Quartet at Bard SummerScape
June 27
This Bessie Award-winning choreographer is known for combining classical dance styles with contemporary forms of movement. The program this evening includes a piece for nine dancers with live string-quartet accompaniment, and the world premiere of a solo to be performed en pointe by former American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Ashley Tuttle. A full meal indeed. Sosnoff Theater, Fisher Center at Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson.
Photo credits
Man of La Mancha: Courtesy Barrington Stage Co.
Shakespeare & Company: Kevin Sprague
Audra McDonald: Autumn DeWilde
Mark Morris: Amber Star Merkens
Wynton Marsalis: Danny Clinch
Boston Cello Quartet: Jesse Weiner
Yo-Yo Ma: Todd Rosenberg
Harlem Quartet: Paul Wiancko
The Wreckers: Todd Norwood
Big Dance Theater: Mike VanSleen
Daniel Simkin: Ken Browar and Deborah Ory
La Otra Orilla and Pam Tanowitz Dance: Christopher Duggan
Lar Lubovitch: Yi-Chun Wu
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Posted by Lisa Green on 04/20/15 at 09:49 AM • Permalink
Basilica Hudson's 24-Hour Drone: A Sound And Social Scene
Photo by Matt Charland
By Jamie Larson
A whisper, a warning, a quick snap or an unceasing tone — sound is elemental. Starting Saturday, April 25, at 3 p.m., the waterfront industrial cathedral that is Basilica Hudson will become a "temple of sound" as it embarks on a super collaborative, inaugural event, the 24-Hour Drone: Experiments in Sound and Music.
Drone, simply defined, is a tone or group of tones held for a long period of time, occasionally shifting and evolving, a sound that some find is a mind-altering, meditative experience. From Saturday to Sunday, the Basilica drone event will feature well-known names from the noise, music and sound art world as well as more conventionally understood musicians and even performances on instruments used in religious worship like gongs and Tibetan singing bowls.
Basilica cofounder and celebrated musician in her own right Melissa Auf der Maur admits the Drone may seem like an unusual season opener for the venue. But after five years growing the former glue factory's reputation as a premier arts and culture venue, it's time for something truly different to set the tone.
"We were inspired to open our season with an experiment, which represents the heart of our organization," says Auf der Maur, who runs the Basilica with husband and fellow artist Tony Stone. "This event is the most cutting-edge example of our love of sound and space."
Auf der Maur said the idea for the event came to her before she even owned the space, when overlooking the imposing Basilica with Bob van Heur, organizer of Le Guess Who?, a four-day experimental sound and music festival that takes place each November in the Netherlands. He also is now the co-host of the Hudson 24-Hour Drone.
"We are interested in the power of sound on its own, outside of music," Auf der Maur continues, adding she hopes future drone events will run 48 hours. "This is a way to analyze the essence of sound. The power of sound has a history of use in rituals, to help people transcend. There is a metaphysical effect."
Photo by Bill Stone
A ticket to the 24-Hour Drone gives you a pass to come and go during the event but there will undoubtedly be diehards there for the duration. Food will be available for purchase: dinner Saturday night (the bar will be open) and brunch Sunday morning. The performances will take place in the center of the Basilica's massive 7,000-square-foot hall and attendees will surround them. People are encouraged to bring mats and anything else needed to remain comfortable during the long-duration experiment.
Some of the most well-known and influential names in noise music as well as local artists will perform in the Drone. The lineup boasts Prurient, one of the genre's biggest names; Montreal-based futurists SUUNS; Patrick Higgins of ZS, polyglot NYC composer and out-of-the-box classical guitarist; Arone Dyer, of musical duo Buke and Gase; and Randy Gibson, a minimalist composer/performer who creates enveloping and ritualistic works in Just Intonation and many more.
Picture by Matt Charland
One of the more structured, though no less experimental, performances on the schedule will be when the Drone intersects exactly with the 150th anniversary of the very hour President Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Hudson on April 25, 1865. Organized by local historian Carole Osterink, a reenactment at 8:45 p.m. will set forth from the outdoor grounds of Basilica, cross over the train tracks, and honor Lincoln's passing with a dirge, sung by women dressed all in white. The original event was reportedly described by the train commander as "one of the weirdest ever witnessed."
After this beautiful and bizarre temporal convergence, Bobby Previte, a legendary percussionist and exceptional composer/orchestrator in the thriving jazz and experimental music scene will conduct an ensemble of Hudson Valley musicians back in the Basilica. The performance will feature his drone-inspired interpretation of Aaron Copland's masterpiece, "Lincoln Portrait," to be narrated by local musical wizard Brian Dewan.
Dewan, who will be performing at different points during the event, will play an instrument he created with his cousin, Leon Dewan, called a Swarmatron. The eerie electro-Theremin-like instrument, which Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor popularized on his Academy Award-winning soundtrack for The Social Network, is controlled by moving one's hands over two bands of eight-track ribbon. The device seems well suited for Drone and Dewan, who is better known for his often comic rock-folk. He's contemplative about his part in the unique event.
"I like the idea that in a drone, which is such a static thing, all the action is in the slight variation. The trick is to have it always mutating," he says. "[24-Hour Drone] is not a focused experience. It's more of a sound and social experience than a concert. You're just steeping in it."
24-Hour Drone
Basilica Hudson
Saturday, April 25, 8 p.m. - Sunday, April 26, 3 p.m.
$15 Early Bird Tickets, $20 at the door
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The 'New Brooklyn' Redux, But This Time In Music
Looking out from Dope Jams, a vinyl mecca that moved from Brooklyn to Oak Hill, NY at the base of the Catskills.
By Jaime Lowe
It's official: Brooklyn has migrated. These days, Brooklyn is more than just a borough in New York. For better or worse, it's an ethos that has seeped into the suburbs, retail awareness and — most significantly to Vassar professor Leonard Nevarez and writer Piotr Orlov — into the countryside, where urbanism has impacted the music and community of Hudson Valley and upstate New York.
"There's a huge rich scene — this area has championed people like Pete Seeger, so folk is a big part of the foundation," says Nevarez, chair of the sociology department at Vassar who studies and teaches about musical urbanism (he also writes about it here). That foundation fosters a more palatable and more accessible community — a folk-based Americana revival that complements artisanal, DIY, homespun sensibilities.
But can there be — and is this recent influx of ex-Brooklynites evidence of — a New Brooklyn? "There's been a more visible stream of musicians moving to places like Hudson, and Kingston and New Paltz are bubbling with musical activity as well," Navarez says.
The musical migration of artistic communities, micro-scenes, and the exodus of artists from major cities will be the subject of a panel on Wednesday, April 8 at Vassar featuring Navarez and Orlov, who calls himself a techno analyst, media forager, editorial voice and digital strategist on his blog, Raspberry Fields. Hua Hsu, an associate professor in the English Department at Vassar College, will also be joining the discussion.
"This event is inspired by and addressing that trend," Nevarez says. "We're also interested in talking about how the entertainment options have expanded — even things like an electronic music dance festival is up near Albany."
EDM isn't what normally emerges from the rural landscape, Nevarez acknowledges. "We hear that the Bohemians are aging out, into their 40s and 50s and are leaving the city. New Paltz has become a cluster of Indie rock, and it's where Team Love Records relocated from the city. There are shows that have a much younger profile and are linked with the contemporary indie scene through singer/songwriter Conor Oberst. There's also the type of music playing out of The Chance Theater in Poughkeepsie — like working class metal." According to Nevarez, there are at least three different overlapping scenes.
Basilica Hudson, a space that influences performers.
As an ex-Brooklynite population moves north, does the culture shift with the new creative sensibilities? Nevarez thinks it goes both ways. "The larger issue here is that the Hudson Valley is now being absorbed into the NYC metropolitan economy. People have urban ties. For a certain kind of professional class, creative class, freelance class, their work is still centered in urban economy; the style of life and the style of work is very much an urban milieu." But it's now an urban milieu with rural twist.
"Americana music certainly strives to convey a kind of solitary atmosphere. It conveys an intimate communion and feel. More than a few artists have moved up here to commune with the rustic architectures and landscape."
And does the environment affect the way musicians create, the communities they build and the sound that emerges?
"I tend to think the environment doesn't influence choices as much. This is not native, these are not generations of people with a tradition," says Nevarez. But it is a place that offers space and time to contemplate expression. "I think in the Basilica Soundscape festival, where they encourage artists with this fantastic industrial space, the space dictates what people are doing."
So maybe it's not a New Brooklyn, but a Brooklyn that's expanded Upstate, a place where an industrial warehouse won't sell so quickly to real estate developers for hundreds of millions of dollars?
"It's hard for anyone to root their cultural practices in direct rural practice. People have more choices now. But that's the big question, why a musician would want to live and work in a rural place? It's a place to focus on music and to get away from distractions."
Photos courtesy of Kate Glicksberg.
Looking for the New Brooklyn:
Creative Migrations and Musical Landscapes in Upstate New York
Wednesday, April 8 at 8 p.m.
Taylor Hall 203
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie
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BSO's Free Chamber Concert Is A Tease To Tanglewood Season
Poring over the 2015 Tanglewood season brochure is a pretty delicious activity, but it also leads to jonesing for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to get here already. You'll have to wait until June for the entire orchestra to arrive, but a healthy contingent will be giving a (free) concert this Sunday at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield.
The BSO Community Chamber Concerts were created to provide relevant and engaging free chamber music concerts performed by BSO musicians in communities limited in access to the BSO. We're lucky enough to have the BSO as our neighbor during the summer, so for those of us in the Rural Intelligence region, these spring chamber concerts, going on their fifth year, are really more of a warmup (and tease) to the season that starts in little more than three months from now.
"The Community Chamber Concert in Pittsfield is special, in that it allows the BSO to continue to personally and musically connect with the Berkshires area community during the 'non-Tanglewood' season, " says Jessica Schmidt, the BSO's director of Education and Community Engagement.
On Sunday at 3 p.m., six members of the BSO will offer the Moazart Quintet in E-flat for horn and strings and the Brahms String Quartet No. 2 in A minor. The program will last approximately an hour and will be followed by a coffee and dessert reception for the audience and musicians.
Short, sweet, and a welcome harbinger that Tanglewood season is, indeed, on its way.
BSO Community Chamber Concert
Sunday, March 29, 3 p.m.
Colonial Theatre, 111 South St., Pittsfield, MA
Free, but you must RSVP for tickets.
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MASS MoCA Keeps It Fresh With Festivals…Bluegrass and Otherwise
Fans gather at the 2013 FreshGrass festival. Photo: Danielle Poulin
By Jeremy D. Goodwin
MASS MoCA has been home to all manner of boundary-breaking contemporary art over its 15 years. If you've got a hankering to see some upside-down trees suspended in the air, this is your place.
So it came as no surprise when the institution announced it was converting another old factory building into a gallery dedicated to the large-scale work of German artist Anselm Kiefer, including a sculpture made from undulating waves of jagged concrete.
But a bluegrass festival? That was a bit of a surprise when FreshGrass debuted in September of 2011. Yet the growing success of the event, in tandem with the much higher-profile Wilco bonanza known as the Solid Sound Festival, is living proof that this museum has become a first-class performance venue. And its specialty is exceedingly well-run festivals.
Joe Thompson has led MASS MoCA toward a new specialty — exceedingly well-run music festivals. Photo: Olympia Shannon
"We're interested in new ideas and the formation of culture today," the museum's founding director, Joe Thompson, says. "We just think American roots music and bluegrass is going through a really interesting and lively and idea-filled moment right now, and that's very much what MASS MoCA is about."
This year's FreshGrass festival runs Friday evening through Sunday, featuring headliners Emmylou Harris, The Infamous Stringdusters, David Grisman Sextet, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Sam Bush and the duo of Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn. (Talent in previous years has included lots of other big names in the field, like Yonder Mountain String Band, Del McCoury Band, Dr. Ralph Stanley, Trampled By Turtles and The Devil Makes Three.)
FreshGrass is no boutique event. It has quickly earned a place as a major bluegrass and roots-music festival in the region. This reckoning is based on the names it draws as well as its burgeoning popularity. The first year, the event — conceived in July and hurriedly executed just two months later — sold a disappointing 400 tickets. The next year, that number jumped to 1,600. In 2013 the attendance total shot up again, to 4,000.
"Because it's made a little bit of a splash in that world, there's a lot of enthusiasm from artists and their agents and managers," says Ollie Chanoff, an associate curator for performing arts at MoCA. "Whereas we were hustling to book acts the first couple years, now we have a lot of people contacting us and asking to be on the festival."
An unidentified band plays a pop-up set in one of the MASS MoCA galleries during the FreshGrass festival. Photo: Bill Wright
This museum has long had a sharp eye for forward-thinking live music. It's the longtime host of the Bang on a Can music institute and festival, and has hosted concerts by Beck, Kim Gordon's new project Body/Head, Marc Ribot, Jeff Mangum and Talib Kweli, to name some examples from just the last few years.
But the story of MASS MoCA's burgeoning sideline in big festivals starts with Wilco. When that Chicago-based band created its first-ever festival around the MoCA facility in 2009, the museum folks got their first taste of five thousand people walking around the grounds at once. Thompson says he was initially concerned about the "beer at the threshold" issue — how to encourage a boisterous, hands-on attitude outside at the performances and vending areas, but still enforce proper museum etiquette inside the galleries.
As for those beers (and waters and iced coffees), concert-goers placed them on tables set up outside the main gallery entrance. But moreover, Thompson says, Wilco's audience — and later, the FreshGrass crowd — proved to be model candidates for recruitment into the world of contemporary art.
"The audience is just a spectacular audience to have in a museum. They were not only engaged and intensely inquisitive and curious but they were also deeply respectful of the art as well as the music," Thompson says. "Every museum sits around thinking about how to attract an ever-widening and ever-more-diverse audience. It's easy to talk about, it's hard to do. Having six or seven or eight thousand people a day come in to your galleries, people who may not have spent a lot of time in front of contemporary art before — that warms a museum director's heart."
The music is hot, but the vibe is casual. Photo: Danielle Poulin
Of course, MoCA has done more than just pull off the three Solid Sound and four FreshGrass festivals. Each one received conspicuously positive audience reviews, and with good reason. As the headline to one review in Metroland described it, they were each "a civilized affair." From the free water to ample wi-fi to a range of reasonably priced, tasty food and drink options sold by locally based vendors, music festivals at MASS MoCA have been very fan-friendly. This is accomplished with help from a veritable army of volunteers, as well as support from Wilco's Easthampton-based management team and FreshGrass producing partner Manitou Media, now known as Freshgrass, LLC.
Thompson says he expects an attendance this weekend of 5,000 to 5,500 festival-goers. With three years' distance, and lots of intervening success, Thompson aptly sees the first year of FreshGrass as an investment in something bigger.
"Even though it was a financial black hole," he says, "the quality was great. The musicians were coming up to our staff and our board and saying, 'We know this must be tough financially, but please do it again. We know there's an audience out there.' That turned out to be true."
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By Mouluddin "Dean" Rahimi '10
In a country like Afghanistan, opportunities are scarce. After the 10-year Soviet occupation, Afghanistan fell into civil war. It was one of the bloodiest wars in the country's contemporary history.
When a nation is at war with itself, there is little attention to education. In fact, children were afraid to go to school for fear fighting would break out in the streets. But for me, this was a golden time for my education in Afghanistan. Then the Taliban took over our school, handcuffed our teachers and threatened us if we came back to school to study.
The future seemed hopeless in a country where going to school was banned. But I wasn't going to let anyone else determine my future. I took control of my destiny and persuaded my father to send me to Pakistan to finish my education.
For nearly a year, I attended Allama Iqbal Pak-Turk International Schools & Colleges, one of the best schools in Pakistan at the time. I returned to Afghanistan to finish high school in late 2001 after the United States military overthrew the Taliban. After graduating from Mazar-I-Sharif International Afghan-Turk High School in 2004, I put my English and computer skills to work as a database manager for the International Committee of the Red Cross. From there, I took a position as an English teacher at a local educational center, where I was recruited by L-3 Communications, a security contractor working with the U.S. Army.
Working as a consultant and an interpreter at a U.S. Army base really toughened me up, but I also formed great relationships with the soldiers. I remember my friend, Capt. Jack Jarvis, drawing a map of the United States on the ground with his finger one day. He showed me where his hometown of Atlanta was located and talked about how much he missed having turkey for Thanksgiving. I later traveled to that spot on the map and spent my first Christmas in America with his family.
I was convinced I wanted to go to college in America, but I didn't know where I would end up or how I would pay for my education. After doing a little research on higher education in the United States, I found that scholarships were my only answer. I simply had to go to a school that had scholarships for international students. Fortunately, Susquehanna was one of those schools.
Although I hadn't seen Susquehanna in person before, when I arrived on campus in August 2006, I was extremely proud of my decision to come here. It was green, peaceful and seemed like home at first sight.
During these last four years, Susquehanna has become an integral part of my life. Its people have become like family, helping me through the difficulties that I've faced. My work with the U.S. Army had put me in danger; returning to Afghanistan would mean facing almost certain retribution by the insurgency. So when my father unexpectedly passed away, I could not go home to be with my family. And later, following the crackdown on air travel in response to the Christmas Day bombing attempt, my ethnicity hindered my ability to travel to India to help my mother through a serious illness. But through it all, my Susquehanna family was there for me, lending me their support and assistance at every turn.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - Cal State Northridge saw its home record dip to 0-3 after the visiting Pacific Tigers defeated the 13th-ranked Matadors 25-16, 31-29, 25-20 in an MPSF Saturday night at The Matadome.
Northridge (2-7, 1-5 MPSF) has now lost four straight matches overall, the longest such losing streak for a Matador team since 2001. Pacific (4-4, 1-3 MPSF) won for the first time in Northridge since 2003, a span of seven matches.
Although the Matadors improved their hitting against the Tigers, no Northridge hitter had more than nine kills in the match. Freshmen Greg Faulkner and Brandon Lebrock led the Matadors with nine kills apiece as each hit .375. Lebrock rounded out a solid all-around match with a pair of aces, seven digs and three blocks while Faulkner had four blocks and two digs. Sophomore Drew Staker was also effective for the Matadors as he knocked down eight kills while hitting .667 in 12 swings. Matt Stork registered 36 assists as CSUN hit .253 (39-17-87) as a team.
The Matadors had trouble stopping Pacific's attack as the Tigers hit .600 in the opening set and .352 (43-11-91) for the match. Pacific also served eight aces and had 12.0 team blocks to 7.0 for Northridge.
"I'm disappointed because we didn't play well," said Matador head coach Jeff Campbell. "We were pretty inconsistent tonight and we're just not playing well right now. We tried a couple of different things tonight but some guys just hit very poorly. We need to improve and get better and we're going to work Monday in practice."
The teams traded sideouts for the first eight points of the opening set before Pacific claimed six of the next seven points to open up a 10-5 lead. A Tiger hitting error and a Staker kill pulled CSUN within two at 11-9 and the Matadors also trailed by two at 12-10 before the Tigers widened their lead with a 3-0 run. Northridge could only get within four (16-12) before Pacific built its lead to as many as eight at 21-13 late in the set.
Set two was easily the best of the match as the frame featured 20 ties and six lead changes. Neither team led by more than two points until Pacific got an ace from Sean Daley to take a 21-18 lead. CSUN cut the lead to one three times and eventually drew even at 24-24 after Faulkner and Stork teamed up to block Florian Gornik. The Matadors saved set points at 25-24 and 26-25 before a pair of Tiger miscues gave CSUN its first set point at 27-26. A Daley kill saved one set point before an Adam Troy hitting error gave the Matadors another chance at 28-27. Troy however answered with a kill which propelled the Tigers on a 3-1 run which wrapped up the set 31-29.
Needing to win the final three sets, the Matadors took a 14-12 lead midway through set three only to watch as Pacific battled back to tie the score at 16-16 on a Taylor Hughes kill. Hughes' kill was the first of four straight Tiger points that put Pacific in front to stay 19-16. Lebrock's second ace temporarily pulled the Matadors within 19-18 but that was as close as CSUN would get as Pacific pulled away for the victory.
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I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass.
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How sweet is the assurance, how comforting is the peace that come from the knowledge that if we marry right and live right, our relationship will continue, notwithstanding the certainty of death and the passage of time. Men may write love songs and sing them. They may yearn and hope and dream. But all of this will be only a romantic longing unless there is an exercise of authority that transcends the powers of time and death.
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Love is the very essence of life. It is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Yet it is not found only at the end of the rainbow. Love is at the beginning also, and from it springs the beauty that arched across the sky on a stormy day. Love is the security for which children weep, the yearning of youth, the adhesive that binds marriage, and the lubricant that prevents devastating friction in the home; it is the peace of old age, the sunlight of hope shining through death. How rich are those who enjoy it in their associations with family, friends, and neighbors! Love, like faith, is a gift of God. It is also the most enduring and most powerful virtue.
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Falcone characterized email communication between LightSquared employees and White House staff — which mentioned political fundraisers while trying to coordinate a meeting — as business as usual. The emails were first reported by the Center for Public Integrity's iWatch News.
"How LightSquared operated, and how LightSquared will continue to operate, is no different than what everybody else does," Falcone said. "It's completely appropriate and was within the guidelines of how business is conducted."
So now Obama's supporters are just settling for the argument that LightSquared's alleged political pull with the White House is "no different than what everybody else does." That's some slide from Obama's 2008 campaign promise to demolish the influence game in Washington.
It's not news Obama has broken yet another campaign vow. But the one thing the president had going for him, even with the economic doldrums, was his administration kept its nose fairly clean. He might be viewed as incompetent, or lacking in leadership, but he isn't seen as corrupt. Solyndra and LightSquared may soon give the White House completely new image problems to worry about.


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Like many central Iowans, Rod Collins has plenty of tree limbs and branches to remove from his property.
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"Some of this looks like it's been combined it's blown down so bad," said Collins.
No machinery has been through.
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The hard part will be harvesting it as combines are built to bring in corn that's standing up in rows, not lying down in dirt.
"I haven't had the pleasure of combining anything quite this bad," Collins told Channel 13 News.
Collins is in for a long fall, but Dave Miller, the director of research at Iowa Farm Bureau says the timing of this storm could have been worse.
"If you're going to have seventy mile per winds, it's less damaging now than it would have been in June," said Miller.
That's because crops are more likely to snap earlier in the season causing a farmer to lose the plant.
Collins may lose 10-20 percent of what's in his field, but he says most can be salvaged.
The impact of this storm also could have been worse.
Only a small percentage of the state's farms were hit by high winds.
That's good news for everyone.
"A storm like last night, while damaging and problematic to the individual farmer that experienced it, this will have no effect on food prices or what you pay at the grocery store," said Miller.


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BALTIMORE –- Wilson Betemit is finally getting ready to play in a game. On Tuesday, Betemit will be the designated hitter for Gulf Coast.
Betemit severely sprained his right knee in the last week of spring training and has yet to play. He'll start a 20-day rehab assignment, which means the Orioles would like to have him available to be activated before Sept. 1, when playoff rosters have to be set.
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When Betemit was hurt, the original prognosis was that he would miss six-eight weeks.
"I remember running on the field when he did that. I knew there was no way he kind of rolled an ankle. To think that he has a chance to play games in early August, I would have signed up for that in blood in Sarasota," Showalter said.
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Alert for victims of mortgage lending discrimination
From 2004-2009, numerous African-American and Latino borrowers within the community were the victims of mortgage lending discrimination. A suit charged Wells Fargo with steering minority borrowers into taking expensive subprime loans.
Recently, forms were mailed out to those members regarding Home Affordable Refinance Program Loans, Sub-prime mortgage class action suits, and Independent Foreclosure Review eligibility and settlement information. Those who have believe they should receive these forms yet have not should visit WellsFargoDOJConsentOrder.com or call 1-866-329-5282. The forms must be postmarked no later than June 25, 2013.
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Kent's representative to the Region 1 Board of Education suggested that the board lead the way into a paperless universe this year, saving the district up to $70,000 in copying expenses, paper and postage.
The savings, he said, could be equivalent to providing 88 iPads for the school, the amount paid for coaching stipends or the cost of a step 10 teacher with a master's degree. "[Principal Matt Harnett] is looking into this kind of thing for the high school," he said, "but I think the board should lead by example. I don't think it is fair to ask the rest of school to change culturally when we don't."
Business manager said Mr. Harnett's move to go paperless is in preliminary stages, but that about $20,000 in savings has been identified.
Board members agreed it would be a philosophical change, but also worried that some reports would be hard to read in an electronic format.


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Due to certain external power problems - suffice it to say that I cannot use language here to adequately describe the situation - I'm in the throes [up] of moving data . I have a couple of Fantom Green Drive USB drives, one (1) TB and two (2) TB. The two (2) TB disk, according to Hard Disk Sentinel has over 200 bad sectors - 271 at last count, but the count is climbing . So I'm attempting to move data from the two (2) TB drive to the one (1) TB drive, which has a clean bill of health. (Yes, there is enough room .) I'm down to two (2) directories, one of which has a number of .flv files I'd like to be able to keep.
I cannot move them. Regardless what I try, I'm continually told that I don't have permissions to do so. I cannot even copy 'em . I've tried the standard methods - Win7 Ultimate, 64-bit - as well as a few I found on DC, but I simply cannot gain authority to move those files. Searches on the problem have yielded nothing of benefit.
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Official: Navajo Nation Law On Marriage Stands
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A Navajo Nation official says the tribe's own law prohibiting same-sex marriage isn't affected by the New Mexico Supreme Court's decision legalizing marriage for gay and lesbian couples in New Mexico.
Deswood Tome, an adviser to Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, tells The Daily Times that a tribal law prohibiting same-sex marriage still stands.
That law enacted in 2005 says same-sex marriage is "void and prohibited," but it also recognizes marriages created outside tribal lands.
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In this gripping exploration of a futuristic afterlife, a teen discovers that death is just the beginning.Since her untimely death the day before her eighteenth birthday, Felicia Ward has been trapped in Level 2, a stark white afterlife located between our world and the next. Along with her fellow drones, Felicia passes the endless hours reliving memories of her time on Earth and mourning what she's lost—family, friends, and Neil, the boy she loved.
Then a girl in a neighboring chamber is found dead, and nobody but Felicia recalls that she existed in the first place. When Julian—a dangerously charming guy Felicia knew in life—comes to offer Felicia a way out, Felicia learns the truth: If she joins the rebellion to overthrow the Morati, the angel guardians of Level 2, she can be with Neil again.
Suspended between Heaven and Earth, Felicia finds herself at the center of an age-old struggle between good and evil. As memories from her life come back to haunt her, and as the Morati hunt her down, Felicia will discover it's not just her own redemption at stake… but the salvation of all mankind.
Wow. I'm still trying to organize my thoughts for this review. Right when I thought dystopias were starting to get cliché, Level 2 brings in a fresh and intriguing new world, and I loved it! And along with awesome world building, Appelhans doesn't mind developing characters that'll pull at your heartstrings. Level 2 was one hell of an adventure and I enjoyed every second of it.
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Anna Belle Kyker Hankins, 86, of Greeneville, passed the bonds of this earth and caught a flight to Heaven on June 4, 2014, at Laughlin Healthcare.
She was born February 24, 1928, to the late Clyde C. Kyker and the late Hester Fitzgerald Kyker, of Washington County. She was the widow of the late John Gaston Hankins, who was Greene County Executive (now Mayor) from 1982-1990. They were married for 56 years until he passed away on October 4, 2007.
A native of Telford, Tennessee, she met her future husband while they both studied at Tusculum College for what would be long careers in teaching. Beginning her career at Washington College Academy, she served thirty-six years in various capacities in the Greene County School System, of which, the last twenty-five years were as the first librarian at South Greene High School.
Being visually impaired, she did her work joyfully through the grace of God. Anna Belle was a fantastic mother to her three children. She took pride in providing delicious meals for her friends and family. These meals were often accompanied with good advice for her children in a very gentle tone. She loved gardening, canning and freezing.
She was a member of the Hoe & Hope Gardening Club after her retirement. She was also a member of the Greene County Retired Teachers Organization.
Unable to read church hymnals, she knew the words of many traditional hymns which she sang often for inspiration and strength. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and the Crusader's Sunday School Class, where she attended as long as her health permitted. She cherished her friends there.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers: Sherrill Kyker, Carroll Kyker and Lynn Dale "Sammy" Kyker.
Survivors include two sons: Joseph Lynn Hankins and his wife, Wendy, Louis Alan Hankins and his wife, Susan; a daughter: Lisa Ann Hankins Chandley and her husband, Nick. Other surviving relatives include her sisters: Vera Lee McCamey, Tommie Hopson and Mary Jane Rhudy and husband, Curtis; her grandchildren, Nicole Chandley, Trevor Chandley and John Albert Hankins; several nieces and nephews; Sisters-in-law: Lavonda Kyker and Martha Kyker.
The family would like to express a sincere thank you to the staffs of Wellington Place, Laughlin Healthcare and Caris Healthcare for their patience and kindness.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 PM on Saturday, June 7, 2014, at Jeffers Mortuary Afton Chapel.
The funeral service will be held on Sunday at 2 PM at Jeffers Mortuary Afton Chapel with the Dr. Curtis Rhudy officiating.
Interment will be at the Fairview Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery on Snapps Ferry Road. Active pallbearers will be Brian Moody, Mike Moody, Eric Hankins, Eddie McCamey, Jimmie McAmis and John Alex Myers.
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The film industry will challenge close to the entirety of Justice Cowdroy's judgement on its case against ISP iiNet, according to appeal documents lodged with the Federal Court.
But central to the appeal is an argument that the judge applied an incorrect test for whether iiNet "authorised" the copyright infringement of subscribers on its network.
AFACT will effectively argue that the judge failed to weigh statutory provisions in the Copyright Act against considerations of case law when determining an outcome on the issue of authorisation.
In the case, Cowdroy ruled that it was BitTorrent - not the provision of the internet - that was the means of infringement. But this ruling was made on the basis of case law in the first instance.
In four of the fifteen grounds for appeal, AFACT has argued that Cowdroy was obliged to consider provision 101 (1A) of the Copyright Act in determining authorisation, in addition to appropriate case law.
Legal experts previously told iTnews that Cowdroy approach was to look at the case law position and come to a view on authorisation before considering these provisions.
"The Court would find that the respondent did not authorise for the reasons discussed above [ie case law] regardless of its consideration of s 101(1A) of the Copyright Act," Cowdroy's judgement reads.
"Nevertheless, as s 101(1A) is phrased as considerations that 'must' be considered, the Court is compelled to go into further consideration of the issue of authorisation pursuant to the considerations in s 101(1A)(a)-(c) of the Copyright Act."
Provision 101 (1A) says that in determining authorisation, a Judge must "take into account" three provisions - the extent of the person's power to prevent the doing of the infringement, the nature of the relationship between the infringer and (in this case) iiNet, and whether (iiNet) took any other reasonable steps to prevent or avoid the doing of the act, including whether the person complied with any relevant industry codes of practice.
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"This is a great marinade for pork, chicken and steak. My family loves it as is has a little kick. Add your choice of meat, and marinate for 3 to 4 hours before grilling."
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1 teaspoon
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Very good. I don't keep cooking sherry around, so I subbed 2 tbsp chicken broth and 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar (I think you could use any "sweet" vinegar). Very good as a marinade for chicken. We make this all the time - it's our "go to" meal (usually put on chicken) when we are craving Chinese type food.
This had very good flavor, but was way too salty - next time I will probably use at least 1/4 less soy, maybe 1/2 and supplement with veggie stock.
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Didn't have cooking sherry so we substituted rice wine vinegar. Very good & flavorful base sauce that would pair well w/ any poultry, meat, fish or vegetable. Easy!
If you double the ginger to two tablespoons, change the sugar to brown and add a tablespoon of cornstarch, it's a yummier recipe and the salt factor isn't as overwhelming- plus it sticks to the food rather than pooling around the chicken.
This was so simple to throw together. I marinated chicken in it. I then used some of the reserved sauce in my stir fry along with the chicken. This is much better than the same old boring soy sauce used in most stir fry recipes. Will make again and again!
I found this awesome recipe a few months back and finally had to rate it. I've made it over and over again. It's so easy to make since I always have all the ingredients on hand and it's delicious as well! I always have some in the fridge since we use it often.
I substituted vinegar and chicken broth for the sherry as other reviewers suggested and this turned out really well. Very tasty and moist chicken breasts from the grill! Will use this recipe again, but may use reduced salt soy sauce as it was a bit salty.
i will def use this again!!!! my family loved it! i tried making teriyaki from scratch plenty of times with "HONTERI"- never eeven close to as good as this! the only change i made is i used kikkoman teriyaki marinade instead of soy sauce. its basically the same thing with some added ingredients "onion powder, garlic powder, spices"....un-freekin believable. i used thin cuts of tri-tip, and boneless chicken boob..barely marinated it for 30 minutes, and pan cooked it, when it cooked dry i added more marinade...SO GOOD!!! served with egg rolls and white rice- i def use it again...
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Train Me or Train Me Not: That is the Question
written by Penny Stewart, August 2001
Let's take a quick look at it from the dogs point of view. I've just moved into this neat house. The humans are friendly and try to be kind, but some of this stuff is really confusing. I hear "down", next it is "get down". I'm trying my best to please them but I don't know what those words mean. Louder does not make it any easier to understand. Then they get angry and I don't know what they want me to do.
Adopting a dog is like owning a used car, you don't know how it's been treated before you got it. You need some time together to get used to one another. Schooling puts you in the best position to see how your new dog reacts to dogs, people and a whole new array of sights, sounds and situations. You get to work on the basics with positive reinforcement.
Childred had beaten the first dog we adopted 25 years ago. He was 3 months old and 25 pounds. He was shy to the point I thought he could bite out of fear. When children wanted to pet him, all he would do was try to hide behind me, or the closest tree. Obedience training gave him confidence. A year later he and my 5-year old niece won the "Best Pet" award in the pet parade. They walked a mile with dogs, cats, raccoons, ferrets and KIDS.
Our new family member is named Duggan. He turned two in May. Although he was not as wild as some of our Airedales have been, we could not call him well trained. Countersurfing, shoe snatching, gnawing on your arm and the piece de resistance flying out of the car. We just finished basic training and you can see the improvement. When he starts to get wild, we put him on a sit, stay. After a minute or two, he calms down and we take him outside to play a little ball. He still likes to gnaw and we're not totally finished with the countersurfing, but he will now trade a snatched item for a toy.
When we walk into the training center, you can see it in his eyes...he is ready for fun. He bounces around like a puppy until class starts, and then he is ready to strut his stuff. We call him a work in progress. The journey is more than half the fun, but the finished product will be well worth the time and effort.
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If you own or ever dreamt of owning a classic American getaway, the cabin, then don't miss America's Cabinologist Dale Mulfinger! Learn from the foremost design expert on American Cabin architecture. Dale's an award winning Minnesota architect who has designed over 1,000 cabins all over North America.
Be transported into your dream home as Dale presents some of the most visually inspiring American and Canadian cabins featured in his latest book "Back to the Cabin". Be it off the grid built from recycled materials or the classic Adirondack style cabin Dale will present new and remodeled cabins! This a don't miss for anyone considering a vacation home, beach home, mountain or lakeside home. Learn how your cabin can be visually inspiring, sustainable, cozy and functional in small footprint while it is infused with all the cabin comforts to create your own personal getaway.
"Cabinologist" Dale Mulfinger is Principal Emeritus of SALA Architects in Minneapolis, he has taught architectural studios at the University of Minnesota (including an ever-popular class on 'cabin design') and other schools since 1976. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Architecture and the author of four previous books including the best-seller The Cabin, The Getaway Home, and Cabinology.
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Dwain Ed (Choctaw) Willis passed from this life on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 in Antlers. He was born February 10, 1938 in Lawton to DeWayne Young and Mary Willis. Choctaw has been a resident at the Antlers Nursing Home since June 1968. He loved working in the kitchen and dining room there. He was always the first to help with any chores that needed done around the nursing home. He enjoyed attending church and loved the music during the services. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 9, 2014 at 10:00am in the Chapel at Burkhart Funeral Service in Antlers with Donny Wing officiating. Interment will follow at Antlers Cemetery. Pallbearers include: John Petree, Stanley Johnson, Cade Taylor, John Bell, Gary Bell and Jason Sustatya. Friends and family members are invited to sign the guestbook or send private condolences online at www.burkhartfuneralservice.com. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Burkhart Funeral Service in Antlers.


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Washington Students Enjoy Career on Wheels Event
Third, fourth and fifth graders at the Washington School For Comprehensive Literacy had the opportunity to listen to presentations on various careers at past of the Career on Wheels (C.O.W.) program offered by the Sheboygan Area School District.
The C.O.W. program educates students about careers that involve traveling as well as those careers that require use of moveable equipment. The students saw the handling of roll offs, listened to a student air pilot, understood a little about politics, as well as technology and metal work.
In addition, the students had an opportunity to learn about the technical "how-to" of the Sheboygan Area School District hands on technicians. Students also became acquainted with the operation of an ambulance.
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Bethlehem, Pa., October 16, 2008—Moravian College will celebrate 25 years of Cohen Arts and Lectures programs when former CIA covert operations officer Valerie Plame Wilson presents a lecture, "Civility and Public Service," on Wednesday, October 29. The author of New York Times bestseller, Fair Game My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House, will speak in Johnston Hall at 8 p.m. Admission is free, but an advance ticket is required. Advance tickets may be requested online or by calling 610 625-7880. In addition, advance tickets can be picked-up at the Information Desk in the Haupert Union Building on Moravian's Main Street Campus.
In 2003, Plame found herself at the heart of a political firestorm when senior White House and State Department officials revealed her secret status to several national journalists—including a syndicated conservative newspaper columnist who published her name.
A subsequent Justice Department investigation exposed what some dub an act of treason: that the "outing" was coordinated with the involvement of President Bush's Deputy Chief of Staff (Karl Rove), Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff (I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby) and the Deputy Secretary of State (Richard Armitage). Libby was indicted on charges of perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to federal investigators, and in March 2007 was found guilty on four of the five counts against him. The Wilsons also have filed a civil suit seeking damages against officials involved in the leaking of her name.
Plame's husband, retired Ambassador Joseph Wilson, was the first to challenge the Bush administration on its use of purported intelligence to justify the invasion of Iraq. In a July 2003 New York Times article, he revealed that he had been asked by the CIA to look into allegations that the Iraqis had attempted to purchase significant quantities of uranium yellowcake from the West African country of Niger. Wilson concluded there was no substance to the allegations -- a conviction supported by others, including the American Ambassador to Niger and a four-star Marine Corps general. Within a week of his accusation that the White House "twisted" its intelligence to justify the Iraq invasion, Plame's employment as a CIA agent was revealed -- the retaliation at the heart of the Justice Department investigation.
At the podium, Plame shares her thoughts on what she views as unprecedented abuse of public trust by the Bush administration in its efforts to silence a critic and subvert the right of citizens to exercise free speech. Her book, "Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House," is a New York Times Bestseller and has been greeted with both praise and controversy. Publisher's Weekly said "This story shows us how strong the desire to serve can be and how treacherous the risks are in the minefields of Washington."
The program was established at the college in 1984 through the generosity of the late Bertha F. (Berte) Cohen '37 and the late Bernard L. Cohen, to express personal appreciation for their longtime association with the College and the Bethlehem community. Bertha Cohen was a 1937 Moravian graduate and a life trustee of the College's board. Bernard Cohen was a member of the Lehigh University class of 1936.
The Series endures at Moravian thanks to the generosity of Moravian College Trustee Nancy Cohen Engels, daughter of Berte and Bernard Cohen. A retired Language Arts and Humanities High School teacher, Ms. Engels graduated from the Moravian Seminary for Girls in 1965 and earned her B.A. from the University of Miami in 1969. She currently resides in Miami, Florida with her husband, attorney Martin Engels.
The Cohen Arts and Lecture series have featured a host of outstanding speakers and performers over the past 24 years, including Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Tom Friedman; television journalist David Brinkley; folk singer Burl Ives; scientist Carl Sagan; feminist writer and lecturer Gloria Steinem; political analysts Andrea Mitchell, David Gergen, and Tom Wicker; former president Jimmy Carter; pianist Vladimir Feltsman; the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra; and the New York Philomusica chamber ensemble; author Kurt Vonnegut; a political panel comprising commentator Cokie Roberts; former New York governor Mario Cuomo; political consultant James Carville, and former governor and presidential chief of staff John Sununu; former ambassador Andrew Young; environmental activist Joseph P. Kennedy II; best-selling author Anna Quindlen; and CNN Crossfire's Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala, Richard Leakey, one of the foremost authorities on wildlife and nature conservation, among others.
Johnston Hall is located on Moravian's Main Street Campus near the corner of Monocacy and Locust Streets in Bethlehem, Pa. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., and seating is general admission. For more information, or directions to Johnston Hall or the Haupert Union Building, call 610 861-1491 or visit Moravian College campus maps on the Web at www.moravian.edu/about.
Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college. Visit the Web site at www.moravian.edu.