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Charles Schulz's love of Classical music developed after World War II when he went to work with a spirited group of artists at Art Instruction Schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He and his colleagues held lively discussions about literature, films, and Classical music. Schulz recalled that "We all collected classical albums, which we frequently shared on evenings when we got together to listen to music and challenge each other in wild games of hearts (a card game)." Over the decades Schulz went on to embed Classical music into

Listen to the music. It will snap you to attention, tell you where to cry, and when that long-awaited kiss is coming. The villains have their own dark motifs and the luminous sounds that accompany the hero are as clear as his white hat.. Movie music? Yes, but those words could apply to the opera as well. The two genres, so rigidly separated in public perception, have more in common that first meets the ear. In fact, when five-time Oscar-winning film composer John Williams was asked where he believed his music fit in the

Once more there is a conversation in the NYtimes.com ArtsBeat blog between critics of different disciplines, in this case Charles Isherwood and Alastair Macaulay, on the subject of the Broadway dance musical "Come Fly Away," choreographed by Twyla Tharp to music of Frank Sinatra. I have been lapping it up. Isherwood has called "Come Fly Away" a "major new work" of theater, and Macaulay has decried its dance as "intimacy perverted into exhibitionism." I am interested in the

With all the graduation parties and summer barbecues coming up, now is the best time to start planning to refresh your landscaping. Remember that prior planning prevents poor projects, and that is especially true in your yard. If you have been in your home a few years, often your trees, shrubs and bushes can get a little worn and outdated, and you may also want to change the look of the yard to give it better curb appeal. But too often, people do landscaping projects without any advance planning, and as a result, get into a landscaping

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This free-standing curriculum is timed to coincide with the first stop on a three-year national tour of the new traveling exhibit; at Liberty Science Centerin Jersey City, April 1 through May 16. Teachers click here to access and download this important new NIE curriculum, designed to help educate students and their families about diabetes.   Inside you’ll find activities, games and experiments to do in class, as well as relevant history, charts and background information on diabetes and insulin.  Share it with your

This free-standing curriculum is timed to coincide with the first stop on a three-year national tour of the new traveling exhibit; at Liberty Science Centerin Jersey City, April 1 through May 16 Teachers click here to access and download this important new NIE curriculum, designed to help educate students and their families about diabetes.   Inside you’ll find activities, games and experiments to do in class, as well as relevant history, charts and background information on diabetes and insulin.  Share it

If a symphony orchestra is lucky, the era of each music director makes its definitive mark, and thus it is with great anticipation that the Chicago Symphony awaits the arrival of Riccardo Muti as the orchestra's 10th music director. My most vivid early memory of Muti is from late in his tenure at the Philadelphia Orchestra, where I had been dispatched to do a story for Classical Magazine. I dined with him at Ristorante Il Gallo Nero, which was a favorite of the orchestra's many Italian-American musicians, and it was there that

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