Secret Life of Our Times: New Esquire Fiction Review
Esquire editor Gordon Lish curates 36 stories in The Secret Life of Our Times. Introduction by Tom Wolfe. The reviewer notes edgy, shock-driven fiction with strong female voices like Joy Williams and Hilma Wolitzer. The collection reflects fluctuating short story standards and editorial risk taking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esquire
Gordon Lish
Tom Wolfe
Doubleday
Lish
Joy Williams
Hilma Wolitzer
William Harrison
Raymond Kennedy
Reading the Hollow Hills and other best sellers reviewed
The review lists top titles from Best Sellers compiled by Publishers Weekly, highlighting Mary Stewart and Kurt Vonnegut among others. It critiques stories by Hilma Wolitzer and William Harrison, noting shifting themes in short fiction and the varied tones of the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollow Hills
Mary Stewart
Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Paul E. Erdman
Jacqueline Susann
Harvest Home
Thomas Tryon
THE
LIONS
Tom Wicker
Amen
Jimmy Breslin
Jonathan Livingston
Seagull
Richard Bach
Doris Lessing
Curse OF the Kings
Victoria Holt
Baroque Harp Sitchord Recital at Williams Griffin Hall
In Williamstown Massachusetts Victor Hill presents an informal Griffin Hall recital featuring Chambonnieres Froberger Couperin and Bach second in the Williams College series. The concert is Oct 27 and 28 at 8 30 p.m. free to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Victor Hill
Chambonnieres
Froberger
Couperin
Bach
Griffin Hall
Williams College
Schenectady
N.Y
Union College
Mount Holyoke College
Union
Hugh Allen Wilson
Theatre listings at Castleton RPI and area venues
Castings of Saint Joan at Castleton State College on Tuesday November 6 at 8 15 p m in the Fine Arts Center Troy New York. National Shakespeare Company presents St Joan at RPI Multi use classroom facility tonight at 8 30 p m admission two dollars for students three dollars others info 518 270 6505. Arena Theatre dinner theatre opens October 28 November 1 4 and 8 with Neil Simon Come Blow Your Horn reservations at 413 625 6729. Jack Anderson performs Melville and Dylan Thomas at RPI November 2 3 at 8 p m tickets three dollars sales in Albany Schenectady Troy. Aron son appearance tied to Religion and the Arts festival at RPI through November 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bernard Shaw
Alpha- Omega Players
Fine Arts
Castleton State College
Troy
N.Y
National Shakespeare Company
Shaw’s
St. Joan
RPI
East Charlemont
Mass
Arena Theatre
Oxbow
Mohawk Trail
Neil Simon
Jack Anderson
Herman Melville
Dylan Thomas
Albany
Ten Eyck
Schenectady
van Curter Music Store
Aronson
Three Printmakers Exhibit at Schenectady Museum
In Schenectady an exhibit titled Three Printmakers features Elizabeth Morris Jennifer Hilton and Betsy Cotton with works on display at the Schenectady Museum through November 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N.Y
Elizabeth Morris
Jennifer Hilton
Betsy Cotton
Schenectady Museum
Theatre New Papp productions link to Williamstown
The New York season opens with four Papp shows connected to Williamstown Theatre. Santo Loquasto designs The Boom Boom Room at Lincoln Center, while John Conklin creates The Au Pair Man. David Schweitzer directs Troilus and Cressida at Mitzi Newhouse, and David Chambers leads at the Public Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Joseph Papp
Williamstown Theatre
Papp
Santo Loquasto
John Conklin
David Schweitzer
David Chambers
New York
Lincoln Center
Long Wharp
New York City Opera
London
Royal Ballet
Mitzi Newhouse
Troilus
Cressida
Apprentice
Public Theatre
Central Park Shakespeare Festival
Noted mezzo-soprano to aid Marlboro Meetinghouse
Betty Allen famed mezzo-soprano will give a benefit concert at West Village Meetinghouse in West Brattleboro on Sunday November 4 at 3 30 p m. Muriel Palmer of Bennington will accompany. Proceeds support the Meetinghouse School of Marlboro, founded by Liza Murrow to serve 14 local children with an informal curriculum. Tickets at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Betty Allen
West Brattleboro
West Village Meetinghouse
Meetinghouse School of Marlboro
Miss Allen
Muriel Palmer
Bennington
Vermont
Marlboro
Park McCullough
Meetinghouse
Marlboro Meetinghouse
Liza Murrow
Mrs. Murrow
Wilmington
Washington, D.C
England
Meetinghouse School
Murrow
Palmer
North Bennington
War Requiem to Be Performed at Williams College
Williams College Choral Society conducted by Kenneth Roberts presents Britten War Requiem in Chapin Hall on Friday Nov 9 at 8 30 p m with Emma Willard School chorus 85 piece orchestra and guest soloists Karan Armstrong David Clatworthy and Mallory Walker from major houses The work fuses Requiem Mass text Wilfrid Owen WWI poetry and tragic stories with a six movement structure Tickets $2 available at Harts Drug Store and Williams Department of Music before doors open at 7 45 p m
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College Choral Society
Kenneth Roberts
Chapin Hall
Benjamin Britten
Emma Willard School
Troy
Russell Locke
Karan Armstrong
Metropolitan Opera
Williams
Choral Society
Ralph Vaughan Williams
New York City Opera
David Clatworthy
Honegger
Faure
Mallory Walker
Tanglewood
Ozawa
Berlioz
Lelio
Britten
Coventry Cathedral
Cathedral
Wilfrid Owen
Abraham
Boston
Springfield
Albany
Berkshire
Williams College
Harts’ Drug Store
Department of Music
North Bennington girl wins Baldwin Junior Keyboard title
Polly Van der Linde, 14, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Van der Linde of North Bennington, won the Baldwin Junior Keyboard Competition for Grades 7-9. Her Bach prelude, Chopin Etude, and Ginastera Danzas Argentinas were praised as a strong program. She studies with her parents, attends Mt. Anthony Union High School, and plays violin in the Sage City Symphony. She will perform at Dartmouth College for the Vermont New Hampshire teachers convention and her tape advances to the Music Teacher’s National Association divisional conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss van der Linde
Alberto Ginastera
the van der Lindes
Polly
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Sage City Symphony
van der Linde
Dartmouth College
Vermont
New Hampshire
Music Teacher’s Associations
Music Teacher’s National Association
Ring of the Nibelung on Philips conducts Wagner's legacy
Wilbur G. Landrey reviews the Philips complete Ring conducted by Karl Bohm with the Bayreuth forces. He notes live performance energy, a price around $100, and Wieland Wagners controversial sped up interpretation reducing sides to 16. Standout performers include Birgit Nilsson and James King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Richard Wagner
Philips
Karl Bohm
Bayreuth
Bohm
Wieland Wagner
Sir Georg Solti
Herbert von Karajan
London
DGG
Solti
von Karajan
Wilhelm Furtwangler
Furtwangler
Seraphim
Birgit Nilsson
Brunnhilde
Theo Adam
Wotan
James King
Siegfried
Gustav Niedlinger
Alberich
Leonie Rysanek
Sieglinde
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Robert C. Atkins
Jean Nidetch
ITT
Anthony Sampson
Marilyn
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Arthur Rubinstein
Sam Levenson
the Arts
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Four Winds
Ferrisburg
Route 7
Burlington
Middlebury
Pentimento
Lillian Hellman
Theophilus North
Thornton Wilder
Miner Books
Monument Plaza
Castleton
Visual Arts
New Papp
Yeeper Edr
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Schubert
Mendelssohn
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Ravel
Chasson
Bennington College
California
Lauria Grantley
Vermont Music Teachers’ Association
Polly van der
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New Tuday Main Street
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Dyan Cannon
James Coburn
Joan Hackett
James Mason
Ian McShane
Raquel Welch
the Omega Man
Bals Roce EI Reece
Mre
Sat. & Son
Academy
Parent’s Magazine
Wizard
Judg Garland
Burt Lahr
Ray Bolger
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Elizabeth Taylor Weady
Billie Whitelaw
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