Sage City Symphony Receives Vermont Arts Grant for 1974
The Vermont Council of the Arts awards Sage City Symphony a 2450 grant for 1974 to supplement community support for its volunteer orchestra and commissioning program. The 14 month old ensemble, with 65 players aged 11 to 70, plans four annual commissions and offers free weekly rehearsals and concerts.
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Vermont Council of the Arts
Sage City Symphony
Vermont
Symphony
SCS
Otto Leuning
North Bennington
Christine Graham
Louis Calabro
Dvorak
Dittersdorf
Stravinsky
Vermont Council
Cosby praises Uptown Saturday Night star Flip Wilson
Hollywood interview with Vernon Scott notes Bill Cosby laughing at Flip Wilson scenes during Uptown Saturday Night. Cosby, Sidney Poitier and co star Harry Belafonte discuss the film as a pivotal black comedy with universal themes and minimal social overtones.
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Vernon Scott
Hollywood
UPI
Bill Cosby
Flip Wilson
Cosby
Flip
Sidney Poitier
Harry Belafonte
Sidney
East Coast
Harlem
Philadelphia
Chicago
Harry
Dance Workshop at Rensselaer Newman Center
In Troy the Ren sselaer Newman Foundation Chapel and Cultural Center offers a ten week modern dance workshop taught by Jill Becker SUNY Albany instructor. Sessions begin Jan 25 at 3:30 or 4 p.m. Cost 25 dollars for ten lessons. Enrollment via 274-7793 weekdays 1 to 4 p.m. Becker trained in Rochester and Brockport State earned a BA in dance.
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Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer Newman Foundation
Chapel and Cultural Center
Jill Becker
SUNY
Albany
Rochester
Lanni Kronman
Tom Cahill
Brockport State
Sunshine Boys gets new Broadway pair in Gilford Jacobi
Broadway reviews praise Jack Gilford and Lou Jacobi for revitalizing Neil Simon’s Sunshine Boys at the Shubert Theater as the veteran vaudeville duo on a TV show with mixed fortunes. The piece notes Gilford’s mood work inspired by Arkin and recalls past casts including Albertson and Levene. Also highlighted are15 new Theater Hall of Fame inductees and Liza Minnelli's Winter Garden engagement January 6 to 26.
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New York
UPI
Neil Simon
Shubert Theater
Jack Gilford
Lou Jacobi
Jack Albertson
Gilford
Jacobi
Sam Levene
Alan Arkin
Mussolini
Maurice Schwartz
Napoleon
Elba
Grand Armee
France
Theater Hall of Fame
Uris Theater
Dudley Digges
Florence Eldridge
Lillie Langtry
Mary Martin
S.N. Behrman
Russel Crouse
Lillian Hellman
Otto Harbach
Kurt Weill
Joe Mielziner
George Jean Nathan
John Golden
Sam H. Harris
Elia Kazan
Agnes DeMille
Liza Minnelli
Judy Garland
Palace Theater
Winter Garden
Liza
Schickele Defies Musical Boundaries With P D Q Bach Program
Albany Symphony in Palace Theatre recital features Peter Schickele as commentator and soloist in a program conducted by Julius Heggi. The piece highlights the quirky P D Q Bach saga with instruments like the left handed sewer flute and windbreaker. Tickets range 3 to 6 dollars. sales indicate most seats sold out.
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Albany
N.Y
Peter Schickele
Albany Symphony
Palace Theatre
St. Louis Symphony
National Symphony
P.D.Q. Bach
T.V
Vanguard
Bob Dylan
Beatles
Ames
Iowa
Washington
D.C
Fargo
North Dakota
Schickele
Swarthmore
Lincoln Center
Philharmonic Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic
New York
Musica Antiqua
Maine
California
Johann Sebastian Bach
P.O.Q
Prof. Schickele
Julius Heggi
Symphony
Edward Heath Biography Shows Strong Character Not Policy
Richard H. Growald reviews Margaret Laing's Edward Heath Prime Minister. The book emphasizes Heath’s personality over politics and notes a pre election meeting about a career change after fearing defeat. Heath, a bachelor and self made Tory leader, is praised as a man of his word and Europe’s integration advocate.
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Edward Heath
Margaret Laing
the Third Press
Heath
Harold Wilson
Britain
Laing
Europe
Richard H. Growald
UPI
William D. Laffler
New York
Susan Pillsbury
Susan
Sweet Fortune
Donna Cribari
Manilow
Joe
Luther
Barry Manilow
Barry
Bette Midler
Bell 1129
Sweetwater Jones
Barry White
20Th Century T
Burt Reynolds
Bobby Goldsboro
Red Lane
Dick Fwler
Reynolds
Sancta
Burt
Rachmaninoff Record Revival Marks Centenary Year
RCA issue five albums compiling Sergei Rachmaninoff performances as pianist and conductor, plus historic Edison and Victor eras. Volumes cover 1919 to postwar recordings, with Vols I–V featuring solo, transcriptions, accompaniments, and concertos. Also notable are Angel Melodiya Vespers with USSR chorus and other contemporary releases by Richter, Anievas, Orozco, and Manilow.
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Wilbur G. Landrey
New York
UPI
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff
RCA
Edison Rachmaninoff
Russia
United States
Edison Company
Victor
ARM
Chopin
Moscow Synod Choir
U.S.S.R
Aleksander Sveshnikov
Rchmaninoff
Sviatoslav Richter
Angel Melodiya
Agus
Anievas
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Angel
Rafael Orozco
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Philips
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra to perform all Bach program
In Schenectady the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra will give an all Bach concert at Union College Memorial Chapel on Thursday Jan 17 at 8 30 pm. Tickets are sold at the door. In Troy the Rensselaer Newman Foundation announces Nancy Williams of the Metropolitan Opera will perform at the Chapel and Cultural Center at 2125 Burdett Avenue on Friday Jan 18 at 8 pm with no admission charge.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Union College Memorial Chapel
Troy
Rensselaer Newman Foundation
Burdett Avenue
Nancy Williams
Metropolitan Orchestra
Lake George
Theater Presents The Skin of Our Teeth by Wilder at RPI
The RPI Players stage Thornton Wilder drama The Skin of Our Teeth on Feb 15 16 22 and 23 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost 1 50 and are sold at the RPI Players Box Office.
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Troy
N.Y
Thornton Wilder
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Players
RPI
Albany film night presents cautions and art works
In Albany New York the Albany Institute of History and Art will present the award winning film Caution Children by Jerry Herman with music by Don York along with two art oriented films on Sunday January 13.
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Albany
N.Y
Jerry Herman
Don York
Albany Institute of History and Art
Vermont Winter Exhibition at Southern Vermont Art Center
The Vermont Winter special exhibition runs at the Southern Vermont Art Center with hours Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Albany presentation opens with Light and Lens photography methods and Russia and Hungary Light and Insight at the Albany Institute of History and Art, beginning with a members preview and reception Friday January 18 at 8:30 p.m.
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Vermont
Southern Vermont Art Center
Albany
N.Y
Russia
Hungary
Albany Institute of History and Art
Solar Swingers planetarium show resumes in Schenectady
The Schenectady Museum planetarium reopens the Solar Swingers show with Saturday 2:30 pm and Sunday 2:30 and 3:30 pm performances. It covers comets history origin and the Kohoutek findings. Viewers will learn why Kohoutek did not brighten as expected and how to observe the comet.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Schenectady Museum Planetarium
Kohoutek
Williamstown expands intern directors program to Europe
The Williamstown Theatre expands its intern directors program begun with a 75,000 dollar three year grant. Executive director Nikos Psacharopoulos travels to London to negotiate with Open Space Royal Court Hampstead and Manchester Theatres and aims to secure January appointments while 14 New York and regional theatres have committed to participate and about 30 more show strong interest.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williamstown Theatre
Europe
Nikos Psacharopoulos
London
Psacharopoulos
Open Space
Royal Court
Hampstead
Manchester
England
New York and
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Mother Goose
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Broadway
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Clinton Ave
Book Review
Minerva Books
Monument Plaza
Candle Mill Village
East
Arlington
Visual Arts
American Theatre
David Butler
Trinity Theatre
Providence
R.I
David Schweizer
Troilus and Cressida
Newhouse
Joseph .Papp
Carol Rothman
Mark Taber
Los Angeles
Bob Gainer
Bill Ludell
American Place Theatre
Gainer
Virginia Museum Theatre
Richmond
Reg. Price
Elizabeth Taylor
Tan
Paramount Pictures
Helmut Berger
Keith
Baxter
Henry Fonda
Mark
Woody Allen
Ash
Matinee
Val
Kirk Douglas
Bennington Plaza
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