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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1976
Page
9
Goulden offers a social cultural and political history of 1945 1950 the postwar years between WWII and McCarthyism. He draws on interviews and sources to frame Truman Dewey TV early media and the era’s un American questions while noting the era’s mixed legacy.
CBS cancels Ball Four and Doc and puts The Blue Knight on production hiatus while reshuffling two nights. The Mary Tyler Moore Show moves to 8 8:30 p.m. on Saturdays and The Bob Newhart Show starts at new times. Carol Burnett remains on Wednesdays with Good Times, and Death Wish and Chinatown air as Wednesday night movies.
Note League of New York Theatres and Producers sponsors a registration drive in the theatre district through Oct. 4. Volunteers and performers Raul Julia from The Threepenny Opera and Ted Bessell from Same Time Next Year will staff the desks.
The Green Mountain Arts Collaborative presents the world premiere of new Black Music works this Sunday at 7 30 p m in 198 North St Bennington College Black Music Division members Arthur Brooks Jeff Hoyer and Jay Ash headline a 17 piece ensemble performing The Traveler Part II Paraphrase of a Solo and A Solo in Silence A reception and suggested $2 donation follow the concert.
Gene Ramey, 63, ex KC bassman with Jay McShann’s band now retired in Austin, critiques modern jazz bop as ritualistic and violent to reflect 60s times. He laments Texans’ taste for loud big-band records, misses Kansas City jazz, and hopes for a return of swing while still playing Messy Bessy in his yard.
Middlebury College Starr Library hosts a Bicentennial exhibit from Abernethy Collection of rare first editions and manuscripts. The display, themed In The American Grain 1702 1976, features Thoreau Walden and Moby Dick variants, Leaves of Grass first editions, Frost first book, Williams writings, and works by Melville’s grandson Paul Metcalf, Horace Greeley correspondence, Agassiz and Hall items, and travel narratives.
UPI writer Jeanne Lesem reviews Brandies and Liqueurs of the World by Hannum and Blumberg noting Bronte as the only English herbal liqueur with apricot orange and spice flavors. The piece also highlights The Game of Wine and Where the Great German Wines Grow as strong companions in wine literature.
Boston Light Opera debuts October 15 at the Center for the Arts under director Christopher Blair with The Student Prince. Broadway’s Grease starts its cross country tour October 10 at the Shubert Theatre before 17 more USS cities. Balint Vazsonyi will perform Beethoven’s 32 sonatas on October 31 and November 14 at the 92nd Street YMHA. The Exorcist ranks third all time with $78,512,000 domestic gross.
Richard Gill, a 43 year old Harvard economics professor, quit teaching to pursue opera. Now with three of five professional singing years at the Metropolitan Opera, he shares how a church Messiah performance launched his career. Gill reflects on leaving Harvard's security for a life of public performance and the emotional scale from a 300 seat church to the 3800 seat Met.
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