Rafiq Bhatia, “Breaking English”
February 26, 2019Shattering preconceptions of style, genre and avant garde
Portraits of Tatum: Remembering the Toledo-born jazz legend
February 12, 2019Legends often share a spotlight with the towns where they grew up. But Art Tatum’s best kept secret during his rise to titanic status in the world of jazz piano was his hometown. Dr. Imelda Hunt, author of The History of Art Tatum, 1909 – 1932, and founder/director of New Works Writers Series, is a
Different Trains: Reich and Caravaggio’s Holocaust Memorial
February 1, 2019Steve Reich spent much of his young life on trains. The legendary minimalist composer’s parents divorced just a year after he was born, so he bounced between his father in New York and his mother in Los Angeles. It occurred to him later in life that, as a Jewish man, the trains he took between