Book Reviews of The Great Wall Street Scandal and Captain
Reviews praise The Great Wall Street Scandal by Dirks and Cross for revealing Equity Funding’s $100 million fictitious assets and moral corrosion in American business. It is described as a gripping, almost mystery‑like account of fraud and complicity. Captain by Peter Brent chronicles Robert Scott’s Antarctic expedition and his polar dash toward the South Pole, noted as an adventurous, richly illustrated tale.
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Wall Street
Raymond L. Dirks
Leonard Cross
McGraw Hill
Equity Funding Corp
America
Peter Brent
Robert Scott
Antarctic
South Pole
Dvorak
Budapest
Columbia
Boris Kroyt
Book reviews of fiction and nonfiction best sellers
A collection of critical blurbs covers Watership Down Jaws and several best sellers. Reviews praise The Snake on the Grave for lively thriller plotting and Malachy McCoy’s Steve McQueen bio for candor. Martin Amis Rachel Papers is noted as funny with sharp sexual humor, while A Kind of Rape critiques privileged society and sexual behavior.
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Steve McQueen
Malachy McCoy
Regnery
McQueen
Hollywood
Rachel
Martin Amis
Knopf
New York dinner theatre expands with Sardi plan
New Yorkers see dinner theatre as a fast growing format linking dining with live shows. Vincent Sardi will open a 700 seat Franklin Square venue this summer with equity casts and six to eight week runs. Hello Dolly is planned as the first production with pricing of 12 dollars for dinner and show.
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Manhattan
Little Hippodrome
Vincent Sardi
Sardi
Broadway Theatre
Franklin Square
Long Island
New York
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Restaurateur
John Bowab
Beethoven Middle Quartets Curate Vegh Juilliard Sets
Classical music review notes Beethoven stretched string quartet form beyond predecessors. Vegh quartet records Nos. 7 to 12 on Telefunken three-LP set, Juilliard Quartet covers Nos. 12 to 16 on Columbia four-LP set. Vegh succeeds the Hungarian quartet with strong France-recorded performances.
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Wilbur G. Landrey
New York
UPI
Beethoven
Mozart
Hayden
Vegh Quartet
Telefunken
SPA
Juilliard
Windham spring concert in Putney features Schor leads band
The Windham Community Orchestra presents a free concert at 8:15 p.m. Sunday in Windham College Fine Arts Auditorium Putney. Conductor Joseph Schor, former concertmaster of the Denver Symphony and NYC Opera, leads Windham College students and local musicians. Program includes Pachelbel Canon, Bach Brandenburg No.4, and Schubert Symphony No.4 The event closes the school year with notes on upcoming Summer Collegium and dark-colored insights about Beethoven and various recordings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putney
Windham Community Orchestra
Windham College
Joseph Schor
Denver Symphony
New York City Opera
Vermont
New Hampshire
Pachelbel
J.S. Bach
Schubert
Mary Ellis
Basha Freudenberg
Russell Stockman
Ms. Freudenberg
Windham
Ms. Ellis
Bonnie Stumacher
Apple Hill
N.H. Russell Stockman
Brattleboro
Collegium For
Our Father on the charts inspires a family moment
A New York writer recalls a nephew humming the Lord s Prayer to a pop tune. The exchange turns playful as they discuss who wrote the words and whether the prayer fits a song. The narrator reflects on singing along and the odd bridge between faith and popular music.
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John
Unk
Australia
Clark Art Institute names J. Dustin Wees as photo and slide librarian
J Dustin Wees appointed photograph and slide librarian for the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown Massachusetts. He comes from Skidmore College Saratoga Springs NY where he taught art history and earned a KU history of art degree in 1966 and a KU MA in 1967. He has held Carnegie Travel Grants 1969 70 and taught nineteenth and twentieth century art at Indiana University and Skidmore College while living in North Adams MA.
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Williamstown
Mass
Sterling and
Francine Clark Art Institute
J. Dustin Wees
Wees
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Skidmore College
University of Kansas
Carnegie Foundation
Indiana University
Institute
North Adams
Regional Art Exhibition Links to Vermont Dairy Festival
Enosburgh Falls hosts the 44th annual Regional Art Exhibition from May 25 to June 8, tied to the Vermont Dairy Festival with cash prizes in art sculpture and photography. A special prize for a woman artist is sponsored by Green Mountain Branch of Penwomen. NVAA and local contacts provide entry blanks. Gerald Dooley exhibits at Rensselaer Newman Foundation through June 9 in Troy. RCCA offers a sidewalk cafe at Arts and Crafts Festival, with booth space deadline May 25, and an exhibit of art for the visually impaired through June 21.
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Enosberg Falls
Northern
Vermont
Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer Newman Foundation
Gerald Dooley
Rensselaer County Council For the Arts
RCCA
New York City Ballet Auditions for Saratoga Festival
In Saratoga Springs New York the New York City Ballet will hold auditions for ballet students wishing to join the company's annual Saratoga Festival this summer. Auditions are set for Monday June 3 at 4 p.m. in the SPAC amphitheatre main rehearsal hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
New York City Ballet
SPAC
Studio IV Final music department recital announced
The department presents its final concert with student soloists and ensembles on Tuesday May 21 at 4 30 p m in Chapin Hall. Children are particularly invited to attend as with all informal recitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Studio IV
Music Department
Chapin Hall
Herb Alpert Returns to Music After Self-Check
Hollywood report notes Herb Alpert, once the country’s hottest musician with gold albums and sellout tours, retraced his values during a self imposed exile. He studied trumpet, produced acts at A&M, and now relaunches with You Smile The Song Begins, regrouping the Tijuana Brass with a freer, upbeat sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
UPI
Herb Alpert
Alpert
Tijuana Brass
Brown gets musical rights for Marlboro show in NYC
Marlboro College Drama Director Geoffry Brown has arranged a New York City showcase of the original musical Possibilities at Sullivan Street Playhouse on May 20. The musical, with Brown as book and lyricist and Joe Schaeffer as composer, will be staged at Marlboro on May 21 and at Leland and Grey School on May 22. both local performances start at 8 p.m. and are free. Brown, who also served as the original stage manager for The Fantasticks, has directed it in Hollywood and San Francisco.
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Marlboro
Geoffry Brown
Marlboro College
New York City
Sullivan Street Playhouse
Brown
Joe Schaeffer
Leland and Grey School
New York
The
Fantasticks
Hollywood
San Francisco
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