Ten years ago, Natalie Portman won the Academy and Golden Globe best actress awards for her starring turn in “Black Swan.” There was, however, at least one
Commemorating Carlos series with host John Pitman.
Is there a piece of music that’s been especially important to you over the last year? What music have you turned to for strength and inspiration during this time?
There is not really a piece to which I turn in times like this…. I can speak about a composer, rather than a piece itself. Whenever I am, let’s say, “down” I turn to Franz Schubert, and I always end up with his art songs, specifically his
Winterreise and
Die schöne müllerin. In both cases it’s a journey of life. I want everybody to understand that I don’t go to this music because it’s a downer on the contrary. Sitting by myself at the piano playing, and maybe attempting to sing (which I do very badly, and nobody is allowed to hear it!) – it lifts my spirit. Schubert put things into music that nobody else was capable of, and it just helps me through times that are difficult.
While summer 2020 upended almost everyone’s entertainment plans, the summer of 2021 has been even harder to predict as coronavirus restrictions eased in some parts of the state, but maybe not as much in others. Many event organizers were unable to finalize dates in time to stage events that include live performers, vendors, food purveyors and other attractions. Some organizers decided by early .
What is an everyday ballerina? A luminous new memoir tells all.
Gavin Larsen in Asheville, N.C., May 15, 2021. Larsen has written a memoir, Being a Ballerina, from the perspective of what she calls an everyday, or a blue-collar, ballerina. Clark Hodgin/The New York Times.
by Gia Kourlas
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Gavin Larsen said she first felt like a writer in 2015 at an artists residency in New Mexico. She was there not as a dancer, but to work on a book about her dancing career. And she was surrounded by musicians, writers and visual artists who didnt know a thing about ballet.
In brief: Food for Fines returns, West Salem gets a new principal
Salem Statesman Journal
Food for Fines 2021 returns
Salem Public Library’s Food for Fines has returned for its second year as a virtual program. Until May 15, patrons of Salem Public Library can remedy their library fines by donating to the Marion Polk Food Share.
For every $1 donated to Marion Polk Food Share, library fines will be reduced by $5. This applies to overdue fines only.
For every $1 donated, Marion Polk Food Share is able to supply three meals to families in need.
Patrons can participate in just a few steps: