Category Archives: Music

Social Distancing #6: Crafts & Passions

Posted on April 10, 2020 by lisakwinkler

My sisters and I started texting today about our various crafts we’re engaged in while in isolation. We shared photos. So I thought I’d put it out on Facebook to see what others are up to. Of course there’s A … Continue reading →

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Fiddler in Yiddish

Posted on December 11, 2018 by lisakwinkler

  “A fidler afn dakh, arop fun zinen, ha?” That’s Yiddish for “A fiddler on the roof—sounds crazy, no?” It’s the opening line of the 1964 musical, Fiddler on the Roof, based on stories by Sholem Aleichem  about Tevye the Dairyman … Continue reading →

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Leonard Bernstein at 100

Posted on December 15, 2017 by lisakwinkler

On our way to a performance of Junk,  Ayad Akhtar’s new play about the 1980’s financial world where junk bonds captured investor (and federal investigator) attention, we stopped at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’ exhibit about … Continue reading →

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Handel & Hendrix Slept Here

Posted on December 9, 2017 by lisakwinkler

While holiday window browsing, listening to carols heralding shoppers, humming along, I happened to come across, hidden behind a couple large stores, the Handel House, at 25 Brook Street, in London’s Mayfair district. I had time before my dinner reservation, so … Continue reading →

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Time to Investigate Trump & Putin

Posted on February 20, 2017 by lisakwinkler

Growing up in the early 1960’s I heard about the Russians. I heard about the space race and Sputnik, and remember seeing Khrushchev on television. I remember hearing how we were supposed to be afraid of the Russians, though I … Continue reading →

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Children’s Book Briefs

Posted on September 28, 2016 by lisakwinkler

I visited my mentor, Dr. M. Jerry Weiss this week. At 90, he’s as sharp as ever and we discuss everything from family to politics and of course, children’s literature. He gave me a batch of books when I left. … Continue reading →

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Cleaning Out: Goodbye Cello, Sax & Oboe

Posted on August 15, 2016 by lisakwinkler

“Do you think you’ll want your cello?” I asked my son many months ago. Apartment living, graduate school, working and four small children didn’t allow much space or time for music. The local high school happily accepted my donation. I … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Fiddler on the Roof

Posted on June 10, 2016 by lisakwinkler

What’s not to like about Fiddler?  Foot tapping, hum–along, memorable music and lyrics, stunning choreography, and a story that resonates, 52 years after the show first appeared on Broadway. Based on Ukraine writer Sholem Aleichem’s (1859- 1916) short stories, “Tevye … Continue reading →

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High School Musicals: Remembering the Lyrics

Posted on April 16, 2016 by lisakwinkler

This week I visited my parents in CT and attended my niece Dasha’s high school musical performance of Cinderella, where she played the Fairy Godmother. Seeing my brother earlier in the day, I asked him if he was excited and … Continue reading →

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An Afternoon at the Opera… in HD

Posted on January 17, 2016 by lisakwinkler

When my mother drove my siblings and me to our various lessons and appointments after school, she’d have the car radio tuned to the classical station. (There was only one.) Often, we’d listen to opera, and she would sing along. … Continue reading →

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