Classical Perspectives Beauty, Ease and Contemplation in Equal Measure Beautiful and moving, this recording of song cycles by JONATHAN DOVE, rendered with sensitivity and passion by MARY…
Here Comes Summer My Summer Romance (2017 Edition) Four reflections on summer romances come and gone, with music of a decidedly French twist by EDITH PIAF,…
Here Comes Summer Surf in Verse (2017 Edition) Our annual roundup of poetry inspired by the surfing experience and largely written by surfers. The spirituality of…
Sky Above, Earth Below New Frontiers in Sustainable Agriculture Urban farms in Vancouver, BC, and Encintas, CA, are doing great things for their communities and for local…
Away Out There Collapsing Star Gives Birth to a Black Hole ‘If future observations confirm this team’s findings, this would be the first birth of a black hole ever…
Deep Roots Theater All That Heaven Allows (1955) No one made movies quite like DOUGLAS SIRK, and ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS is one of his landmarks.…
Classical Perspectives ‘Less Common is a Bach Album Like This’ CHRIS THILE, YO-YO MA and EDGAR MEYER honor the source yet bring a healthy non-classical pedigree to 17…
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast Poverty and Child Labor in 28 pages in I LIKE, I DON'T LIKE, author ANNA BACCELLIERE, with illustrators ALE+ALE, offers young readers a thought provoking…
Talking Animals The Cat’s Pajamas of Social Media If you’re contemplating raising your kids without any pets in the home, you should know that one could…
Classical Perspectives Sounds To Silence The Din of Discord Three JULIANA HALL-composed songs cycles--based on verses by Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson and Marianne Moore--are masterfully rendered on LOVE'S…