Acoustics and the Phil harmonic Hall Echoes Through Time
A reflective look at acoustics in major halls from Philharmonic to Concertgebouw, noting how design, age, and architecture affect sound. Mentions London St James's Hall with Paderewski and Sarasate while recalling early venues and evolving listening etiquette.
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London
St. James's Hall
Paderewski
George Bernard Shaw
St. James’s Hall
Sarasate
Zigeunerweisen
Coburg
Surburban
John Clay
Sherlock Holmes
Skating in Art Benefit Party at Berkshire Museum
A "Skating in Art" show and hot wine punch will background a Berkshire Museum benefit in the small modern gallery on the second floor. It features paintings prints and sculpture from Dick But ton the Metropolitan Museum and others with works loaned by Mrs Theresa Weld Blanchard and Mrs Maribel Vinson Owen among others. Proceeds fund the skating club junior program and tickets may be obtained from Berkshire Hills Figure Skating Club members or the Berkshire Museum.
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Berkshire Museum
Dick Button
Metropolitan Museum
Mr Button
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Small Gallery
Ward's Nursery and Landscaping Inc
Great Barrington
Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society
Humane Society
U. S
Theresa Weld Blanchards
Brookline
Mass
Blanchard
Breughet
Gilray
Thomas Vinson
Winchester
Leonard Creske
Maribel Vinson Owen
Berkshire
Berk
Brussels
Newbold Morris
New York City Park
Besse-Clarke’s
Skating Club
Alan Thielker
Berkshire Arts Center
Pittsfield Park
America
Philadelphia
W. L. German
Austen Riggs Drama Group Seeks Antigone Actors
Area actors are invited to try out for Austen Riggs Drama Group's next production. Directors announce Anouilh's Antigone with five men and three women needed. Tryouts Wednesday and Thursday at 9 PM at the Riggs Workshop on Main Street Stockbridge.
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Austen Riggs
Stockbridge
Jayne Mooney
Anouilh
Riggs
Main Street
Joshua Tagan Ends Warner Bros Run Eyes Broadway Return
Pro ducer director Joshua Tagan finished duties on Ensign Pulver at Warner Bros and heads to New York to begin work on his new musical Baker Street set to open on Broadway in the spring.
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Hollywood
UPI
Joshua Tagan
Ensign Pulver
Warner Bros
New York
Baker Street
Twelfth Night at Berkshire Museum by Town Players of Pittsfield
The Town Players of Pittsfield present Twelfth Night directed by Anne O’Connell at the Berkshire Museum. Fred Lord stars as Veste with a strong supporting cast led by Peggy Crane and Bonnie Portnoy. Creative by George Morrison with period costumes and musical interludes enhancing this brisk, well staged amateur production.
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The
Town Players of Pittsfield, Inc
Anne O'Connell
Barbara Dioli
George Morrison
Johnny Outty
Marion T. Brunt
Doug Atkins
Patti Latimer
Verna Gardner
Cecilia Canroy
Berkshire Museum
Feste
Fred Lord Count Orsing
Duke of
Migria
Norman Simpson Curio
Sebastian Frank Gotten
Sebastian
Villa Paul Nixon
Town Players
Pittsfield
Willian Shakespeare
Museum
Fred Lord
Veste
Mr. Lord
Broadway
Stratford
Sir ‘Topas
Jo Pelkey
W. C. Fields
Peggy Crane
Viola
Bonnie Portnoy
Teresa Zarvis
Emile Jalbert
Malvolio
Richard Chiarilli
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Norman Simpson
Count Orsino
Tony Caparrelli
Robert M. Boland
Frank Gorton
Paul Nixon
Sir Andrew
Printmakers Exhibit Opens In Boston
The 16th annual Boston Printmakers show opened at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts with 167 works from artists nationwide. It runs through February 2 and features woodcuts engravings serigraphs drypoints etchings intaglio prints lithographs aquatints linoleum cuts and collagraphs. Top prizes went to Etchings by Al Blaustein and Valerie Thornton. Gerson Leiber won a cash prize for an intaglio. Distant winners hailed from Milwaukee Springfield MO Athens OH Los Angeles and Los Gatos California.
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Boston Printmakers
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Printmakers
David Berger
Framingham Center
Berger
Massachusetts College of Art
al Blaustein
Valerie Thornton
New York
Gerson Leiber
Tyringham
Milwaukee
Springfield
Athens
Ohio
Los Angeles
Los Gatos
Calif
Three Man Jury Considers Guggenheim Prize Winner
A three member jury of famous art figures reviews candidates for the 10,000 top Guggenheim International Award at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, opening January 16. Jurors include Werner Hoftmann of Munich Arnold Rudlinger Basel and Hans Hofmann New York, each a noted critic director or painter shaping postwar modern art.
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United States
Guggenheim Museum
New York
Werner Hoftmann
Munich
Arnold Rudlinger
Basel
Hans Hofmann
Hoftmann
Rudlinger
Switzerland
Kunsthalle
Collec ‘Tors
Kofmann
Sheinwold on Bridge shows overcall misjudgment and takeout
A bridge column analyzes a two hearts overcall driven by misreading double and takeout misplay. South gains and loses points through luck and misapplied partnership signals. The reader is advised on bidding with 1 NT opener and a double by the next player. The recommended response is bid two clubs to show a long club suit and a weak hand.
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South
East
North
Uncle Wiggily to TV in 1964 65 with safety plan
New York a deal brings Uncle Wiggily the rabbit to TV via Jayark Films. Reuben Kaufman confirms a half hour weekly program with a narrator and child co stars, preserving the creator Howard R Garis's spirit while avoiding violence. Roger Garis supports the project and talks of strong book and game sales.
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New York
Uncle Wiggily
Reuben R. Kaufman
Jayark Films
Roger Garis
Howard R. Garis
Mr. Kaufman
Rabbit
Kaufman
Garis
Wiggily
Children’s show ethics outlined by Kaufman and Garis
Mr Kaufman vows to present the story in old-fashioned style avoiding shoot em ups and other objectionable elements. Mr Garis notes Uncle Wiggily faces threats from Bad Chaps who threaten to nibble his ears.
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Howard R. Garis
Roger Garis
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy
Uncle Wiggily
Mr. Garis
Newark Evening News
Milton Bradley Company
Movie Timetable Listings at Capitol Palace Union Square
Capitol shows Charade at 1 00 3 30 6 05 8 45 Palace screens Take Her She Mine at 2 20 5 35 8 35 The Young Swingers plays 1 00 4 15 7 35 Union Square presents Strait Jacket 2 40 6 00 9 15 The Best of Enemies runs 1 00 4 15 7 40 County timetable on Page 10
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Capitol
Palace
Union Square
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Chapin Hall
Williams College
Symphony Wall
Boston
Carnegie
Orchestra Hall
Paris
la Salle Pleyel
le Palais de Chaillot
le Theatre Des Champs
Elysees
Amsterdam
Concertgebouw
Festival Hall
Albert Hall
Crystal Palace
Rome
Uts
J. S
Société Dramatique
Théatre Francais
Les Patineurs
Currier & Ives
Jackson Haines
Daumier
Morris
Forbes
David Niven
Logan
N.Y
Milton R. Bass
Buckingham Palace
Sheinwold
Eset Sou Elps
Alfred Sheinwold
West
Ake Orm
OM Storyteller
Duke Goldstone
Jayark
NBC
Molly Bee
Jerry Lewis
Jill St. Johe
Daily Pie
Cary
Audrey Hepburn
Stanley Doren
Techacolor
Dean
Martin
Carol Burnett
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