Ode to Death in Tokyo Hotel Opens Off Broadway
Tennessee Williams new drama In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel airs as an allegory on artistic anguish. Painter Mark battles a predatory Miriam as the bar lounge becomes a battleground of psychological ferocity in a stark, shock ending.
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English Organist Simon Preston To Play Wednesday
English organist Simon Preston will give a Wednesday recital at the First Church of Christ Congregational. Sponsored by the church and Berkshire chapter of the American Guild of Organists, Preston, a Bournemouth native and former Westminster Abbey sub organist, has appeared across the British Isles and in North America and will perform with a free will offering collected.
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Movie Timetable Capitol Closed for Renovations
Capitol closes for renovations with showtimes for features including The Miracle of Love and From the Tropics to Snow. Other venues list schedules for Support Your Local Sheriff and The Killing of Sister George, plus drive-in screenings across Union Square Berkshire Pitsfield and Conny’s venues with dusk showings and matinees on weekends.
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Love You
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Stokowski Set for Arts Institute Award Presentation
Leopold Stokowski will receive the National Institute of Arts and Letters Award for distinguished service to the arts. Virgil Thomson will present it May 21 at the joint meeting of the institute and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The award honors an American citizen who is not a member of the institute. Thomson noted Stokowski, famed conductor and mentor to young conductors, has long championed contemporary music across schools and nationalities. At 87, he remains active in learning and performing new scores.
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Wolf Tone In Violins Traced To Instrument Vibration
A scientific note on wolf tones in violins describes a canine howl like sound caused by natural vibration frequencies of the top and associated parts. Experts say there is no cure, only palliation by adjusting thickness, bridge, sound post, or air bowing. some instruments show this at C on violin or F on cello.
Wolfish Attitudes On Acoustics And The Wolf In Music
A humorous meditation on acoustics, temperaments, and wolf tones in instruments. The piece cites Grove and Webster, recalls London's Festival Hall tests, and recounts a New York State university quartet faced with lifeless tones. It ends with a Cheops pun about a stray Chinese laborer.
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Berkshire Civic Ballet Plans Recital on May 23
The Berkshire Civic Ballet will present its spring recital Friday May 23 at the South Junior High School auditorium. Guest choreographer Michael Lee of the New Haven Civic Ballet will stage pieces including Boulez and Six Whimsical Ladies. Principal dancers Ikathy Crews and Linda Wilson lead a cast with Christine Ertell and others. Robert Pierce of the Boston Ballet guests. Tickets through Mrs. Culpo and the ballet members.
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Met Lacks Money For Tour of Japan
The Metropolitan Opera declined an invitation to perform at the Osaka World's Fair in 1970 due to cost. The six week trip would cost about 2.4 million dollars, with Japan covering half. Met commitments for its share were insufficient after two years of fundraising.
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