I notice the Fake News Media refuse to report on Trump’s plan to settle all future geopolitical disputes through the power of dance

No better time to revisit Antigone than the present. Join us for a Symposium on Ancient Music and its Modern Performance this weekend in Cincinnati!

Boccherini - String Quintet in E, G. 275 (Complete Score) YouTube video by AltoClef

Musicological confessions: I was today years old when I figured out that this Suzuki-famous tune was NOT by Mozart and NOT from a piano sonata, but actually from a quintet by Boccherini. Still learning new things!

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Yes: watch soon. Thanks, I am excited to head down to Cincy to be part of this event! Anna Conser and Ellen Harrison have been working on these odes for quite some time. I can't wait to hear them!

Juliette Binoche/ Antigone at the Barbican 2015 YouTube video by La Binoche | Juliette Binoche

Getting ready for our Symposium "Ancient Music and its Modern Performance" featuring a new production of Antigone at the U. of Cincinnati. Rewatched Juliette Binoche in the 2015 production with Anne Carson's translation and feel completely gutted all over again.

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Chag Pesach Semeach! We have snacks at the Passover table along with the Seder plate because everyone can use a bit of a nosh during the Seder.

Here Are the Only Pranks That Are Acceptable In These Post-Satire Times You can't just go filling cars with stuff anymore. We live in a society.

New Action Cookbook Newsletter!

It's April Fool's Day, but we live in odd times. You can't make up a story stranger than our reality, and we're all too on-edge for normal pranks.

Here are, in my opinion, the only acceptable pranks for The Times We Live In:

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WE'RE SOOOO BACK. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

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Once upon a time, you'd go to give a talk at another university and a nice administrator would hand you a W-9 to sign and they'd send you a check in the mail for the honorarium.

Now you have to spend a half hour entering data on a Special Contractor Website that was designed in a lab by sadists.

'I Lied To You' From SINNERS Live at the 98th Oscars YouTube video by ABC

if ya missed it...#Oscars

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In celebration of pi day, let us be constantly irrational.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Masha Kisel On Monday, I ate three Taco Bell Crunch Wraps, two bean burritos, one Fiesta Burrito and an order of Nachos Bellgrande. Washed it down with a large Coke. I practice in the mirror fir…

A new piece of flash fiction by the one, the only Masha Kisel in Hawai’i Pacific Review. Check it out!

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anyway, next time he makes up fake stories about SNAP recipients ask him if they should just get FirstEnergy to pay for their bills

We have a chance to send @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social back to the Senate this November.

Very excited to go with my brother and my son to see where our family lived for generations.

Thank you!!!!

Hey Friends,

Where does one stay in Vienna, Austria these days?

Neighborhoods?
Things to see?
Places to eat?

We need advice!

Danke!

Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Cover Nirvana) YouTube video by Curmodgeon NIRVANA

I just love Patti Smith singing Nirvana. Do you?

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Purim/iftar crossover spotted!!

Bach - Es ist vollbracht from St John Passion BWV 245 | Netherlands Bach Society YouTube video by Netherlands Bach Society

Es ist vollbracht

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As Sara Ahmed writes in Complaint! "Although complaint can be a shattering ... to make a complaint is often to fight for something. To refuse what has come to be is to fight to be."

Help me celebrate! My 81yo father successfully saw and then responded to a text message. #proudson

Homentashen With Radish Filling YouTube video by Forverts

Radish hamantaschen? Yes, please!

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This is in Oakwood (just next door).

www.swoonbooksandwine.com

Swoon Books and Wine | Discover, Sip & Connect Today Swoon Books & Wine in Oakwood offers a cozy space for browsing romance books, enjoying curated wines, and connecting through events and book clubs. Opening soon.

It is! www.swoonbooksandwine.com

Ribbon cuttings are fun! But not as fun as a new romance novel bookstore that’s also a wine bar!

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

—FDR, 1937

Reached that moment where I THINK I finished drafting a book chapter and now have to print it out and write all over it with pen to see if any of it makes any sense whatsoever.