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Classical Notes: The frozen aesthetic of John Luther Adams FacebookTwitterEmail 2of5 3of5 5of5 The deep of winter felt like an appropriate time for an immersion into the work of John Luther Adams, a 68-year-old composer whose aesthetic is tuned into the natural world, in particular the frozen landscapes of Alaska, where he lived for more than 30 years. Adams won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for his orchestral piece “Become Ocean,” which has just been released as part of a 3-CD set on the Cantaloupe label. This coincides with the publication of his memoir, “Silences So Deep: Music, Solitude, Alaska” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). ....
Express Briefing: Why do so many River Walk visitors go maskless? Feb. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Good morning. This is a look at our daily Express Briefing newsletter. Sign up for Express Briefing here. Subscribers get access to the full version of our Express Briefing newsletter, which includes exclusive insight and links to more of our best stories. To become a subscriber, take advantage of this special offer today. TOP STORIES About one out of every four visitors to the River Walk isn’t complying with safety rules requiring masks, according to the San Antonio Police Department, the San Antonio River Walk Association and restaurant owners. ....
For Steven Yeun, making a film about Midwestern immigrants wasn t a political statement Sonia Rao, The Washington Post Feb. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Steven Yeun, right, and Yeri Han play the young couple at the heart of Minari. Josh Ethan Johnson/A24Show MoreShow Less 2of3Steven Yeun, left, plays the patriarch of a Korean American family that moves from California to Arkansas in Minari. His son is played by Alan S. Kim.A24Show MoreShow Less 3of3 Steven Yeun never felt quite as safe anywhere else as he did at church. Looking back at his childhood in suburban Michigan, the 37-year-old actor realizes he hasn t been able to re-create that sense of security, either. At his Korean church, he knew who his friends were. He could express himself by playing guitar and singing. He even acted in skits, a skill he didn t pick up again until joining college improv, from where it would shape his career trajectory. ....
February 11, 2021 In 2020, there were about about 400,000 Covid-19 related deaths in the US, more than in any other country. Yet something else kills even more Americans, every year: inadequate healthcare. According to a study published today in The Lancet, a UK medical journal, there were 461,000 so-called “missing Americans” in 2018. That means that if the US had a life expectancy equal to the average of countries of comparable wealth (in the study, the group is identified as G7 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, and US), its population would be nearly half a million more. It’s not a new phenomenon. The US has trailed the rest of the advanced world in lifeexpectancy since the 1980s, and it’s now 3.4 years shorter than the average of other G7 countries in 2018, the last year for which international data is available. On average, in 2018, people in G7 countries had a life expectancy of 81.9 years, while in the US (prior to Covid-19) it ....