Bradlee's Conversations with Kennedy Banality and Insight
Review of Benjamin Bradlee's Conversations with Kennedy, a 251 page memoir from 1958 to 1963. Bradlee, then Newsweek Washington bureau chief, portrays a mix of personal warmth and journalistic access. The book argues banal charm accompanies elite political circles, shaping perceptions of The Best and the Brightest.
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Newsweek
Washington
Tony
Georgetown
Double lectures and concerts at Clark Art Institute
The Clark hosts a May 4 8 30 pm photography lecture by Richard Balzer from Next Door Corner and a 1928 Hindemith Marienleben talk by Williams College and Amherst College professors. A May 10 11 recital of Hugo Wolf Italian Songbook features Reichert O Connor Hill. Admission details follow.
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James A. Quitsland
Williams College Department of
Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke
Donald O. White
Amherst College Department of German
Bernstein to open Tanglewood with BSO, Mozart concerto
Leonard Bernstein will open the Tanglewood season July 4 as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and soloist in a Mozart piano concerto. Seiji Ozawa announced the schedule including nine BSO concerts, Beethoven symphonies, and guest conductors such as Neville Marriner and Mstislav Rostropovich. The season closes August 24 with Ozawa leading Mahler’s Second Symphony.
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Arthur Fiedler
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Rossini
Bruch
Prokofieff
Respighi
Tanglewood
Rudolph Serkin
Two Nixon Books Compared by Hanauer
United Press International reviewer Joan Hanauer analyzes Frank Mankiewicz’s U.S. v. Richard M. Nixon and William Safire’s Before the Fail. Safire defends Nixon with insider anecdotes and wordplay, while Mankiewicz offers a straightforward anti Nixon narrative backed by press-sourced facts.
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Frank Mankiewicz
Trick roping wanes as western tradition nears end
Hollywood story profiles Montie Montana a 65 year old trick roper one of the last pros of a lost art with 50 years in western shows and rodeos He recalls Will Rogers Rex No 8 and Montana days while noting dwindling young ropers and shrinking pay amid disappearing wild west entertainments.
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Marcel Marceau to perform two week Boston engagement
Marseille Marceau, hailed as the greatest mime since Chaplin, will star at the Shubert Theatre Boston May 13 to 24 in a six month North American tour marking his 20th American debut anniversary. The program features new works alongside his classic style exercises and Bip pantomimes. Mail orders are being accepted. Performances begin 7:30 nightly except Sundays, with matinees May 14 17 18 21 and 24. Ticket prices range 8.50 to 3.75 with discounts.
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At the Movies Twin Cinemas Holiday Film Lineup
The Strongest Man in the World ends its run today at Twin Cinemas with Escape to Witch Mountain to follow as the holiday special continues. Shampoo stars Warren Beatty at Cinema II, while The Harte shows The Four Musketeers. The Last Detail screens at Williamstown with Nicholson and Otis Young in a tough salty comedy. Scenes from a Marriage plays at Manchester Cinema in English through Tuesday.
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Manchester
Bergman
Early Music Quartet to perform medieval concert at Mead Chapel
The Early Music Quartet from Munich will present vocal and instrumental music from the Middle Ages at 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday April 30 in Mead Chapel as the final event of the Middlebury College Concert Series. Admission is 3 dollars or via concert series ticket.
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