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\"Red<\/a><\/p>\n

May 19, 2019<\/strong>
\nMachiko Kyo, a Star of ‘Rashomon,’ is Dead at 95<\/strong>
\nNY Times<\/a>
\nKyo played the wife of the murdered husband in the 1950 classic by Akira Kurosawa, delivering four distinctive and evocative characterizations.<\/p>\n

January 17, 2019<\/strong>
\nMary Oliver, 83, Prize-Winning Poet of the Natural World, Is Dead<\/strong>
\nNY Times<\/a><\/p>\n

May 22, 2018<\/strong>
\nPhilip Roth, Towering Novelist Who Explored Lust, Jewish Life and America, Dies at 85<\/strong>
\nNY Times<\/a><\/p>\n

May 20, 2018<\/strong>
\nBill Gold, at 97; his hand-drawn movie posters lured decades of filmgoers into seats<\/strong>
\nHe did posters for Casablanca<\/em>, A Streetcar Named Desire<\/em>, Alien<\/em> and Mystic River<\/em>, among others.
\nNY Times<\/a><\/p>\n

June 6, 2016<\/strong>
\nEquus <\/em>and Amadeus<\/em> playwright Peter Shaffer dies aged 90<\/strong>
\nShaffer produced some great plays, including, of course, the two mentioned above, but, as well, gems like Lettice and Lovage<\/em>, currently in a wonderful production starring Lindsay Crouse at the Gloucester Stage<\/a>.
\nThe Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n

January 28, 2016<\/strong>
\nPaul Kantner, a founder of Jefferson Airplane, dies at 74<\/strong>
\nA guitarist, Kantner was founder and long-time member of one of the great sixties bands from San Francisco. He was coupled for a time with Grace Slick, noted vocalist of the Airplane.
\nNew York Times<\/a><\/p>\n

July 26, 2015<\/strong>
\nCarlo Bergonzi, 90, an Operatic Tenor of Subtlety and Emotional Acuity, Dies<\/strong>
\nA star at the Metropolitan Opera for many decades, known especially for his distinctive interpretation of Verdi roles.
\nNew York Times<\/a><\/p>\n

June 22, 2015<\/strong>
\nGunther Schuller, 89, composer who synthesized classical and jazz, dies<\/strong>
\nWas appointed head of the New England Conservatory of Music in 1967, having just taught composition at Yale. Later became head of Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood. Had been principal horn player in the Cincinnati Symphony in the 1940s. Received the Pulitzer Prize for his orchestral work Of Reminiscences and Reflections<\/em> in 1994. At the time of his death he lived in Newton, MA.
\nNew York Times<\/a>
\nBoston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n

May 15, 2015<\/strong>
\nB.B. King, 89, blues guitarist, dies<\/strong>
\nThe great blues guitarist played instruments he fondly referred to as Lucille<\/em>, named after a signal incident in Twist, AK in the early 1950s at a club where King was playing. Two men got into a fight and knocked over a kerosene stove. King fled but remembered his inexpensive guitar inside and went in to rescue it. As he recalled, the fight took place over a woman named Lucille. B.B.<\/em> was short for Blues Boy<\/em>, a name he was given in the 1940s.
\nNew York Times<\/a><\/p>\n

Franz Wright, 62, poet and Pulitzer Prize Winner, dies<\/strong>
\nWright, who died of lung cancer, won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2004 for his collection Walking To Martha’s Vineyard<\/em>, lived in Waltham, MA and was the son of American poet James Wright. Apparently when Franz was 14 or 15 he wrote his first poem and mailed it to his father who wrote back: “I’ll be damned. You’re a poet. Welcome to hell.”
\nNew York Times<\/a><\/p>\n

May 13, 2015<\/strong>
\nPicasso painting sells for record auction amount at Christie’s<\/strong>
\nPicasso’s 1955 painting Les Femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’)<\/em> sold for $174.4 million in an auction at Christie’s, a new record for an auction sale of a painting. The previous record was $142.4 million for Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud<\/em> in November 2013.
\nNew York Times<\/a><\/p>\n

William Zinsser, Editor, Author, Teacher of Many Writers, Dies at 92<\/strong>
\nZinsser’s classic On Writing Well<\/em> guided generations of upcoming authors. He was a drama and film critic for The New York Herald Tribune<\/em> and, subsequently, a storied teacher and editor at Yale.
\nNew York Times<\/a><\/p>\n

May 12, 2015<\/strong>
\nChris Burden, conceptual artist who pushed the limits, dies at 69<\/strong>
\nKnown early on, in 1971, for his artistically documenting an intentional gunshot wound in Shoot<\/em>, Burden became known later for a whole array of different installations, including notably Urban Light<\/em>, outside the front of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, consisting of an artful array of 202 restored antique streetlights. He also built a 65 foot skyscraper out of Erector Set parts.
\nBoston Globe<\/a>
\nSalon<\/a>
\nInterview with Chris Burden on The Dinnerparty Download<\/a><\/p>\n

Wall Street financier Stephen Schwartzman gives $150 million to Yale to convert its Commons into a performing arts center and cultural hub<\/strong>
\nThe plan calls for revamping Commons, the largest dining hall on the Yale Campus, and Woolsey Hall, an existing concert space, with other adjacent areas into a new complex to be called the Schwartzman Center. Schwartzman, chairman of the Blackstone Group, had previously, in 2008, donated $100 million to the New York Public Library.
\nNew York Times<\/a><\/p>\n

November 29, 2014<\/strong>
\nMark Strand, Pulitzer-Winning Poet, Dies at 80<\/strong>
\nWon the Pulitzer for Blizzard of One<\/em> in 1999. Named Poet Laureate of the United States in 1990. Studied painting as a graduate student at Yale under Josef Albers. Was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1987 and won the Bollingen Poetry Prize in 1993. Taught at Columbia University.
\nNew York Times<\/a><\/p>\n

October 13, 2014<\/strong>
\nCarolyn Kizer, Pulitzer-Winning Poet, Dies at 89<\/strong>
\nWon the Pulitzer for Yin<\/em> in 1985. Studied with Theodore Roethke at the University of Washington and turned seriously to poetry with his strong encouragement. Also studied with poet Stanley Kunitz.
\nBoston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n

February 7, 2014<\/strong>
\nMaxine Kumin, Pulitzer-Winning Poet, Dies at 88<\/strong>
\nWon the Pulitzer for Up Country<\/em> in 1973. Close friends with poet Anne Sexton. Taught at Tufts University before moving from Newton, MA to New Hampshire in the 1070s. In 1998, miraculously survived a severe fall from a horse-driven carriage in which she was not trampled by the horse but was run over by the 350 pound carriage which broke her neck and numerous ribs. Strongly influenced by poets W.H. Auden and Karl Shapiro.
\nNew York Times<\/a>
\nBoston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n

December 2, 2013<\/strong>
\nToday would have been opera singer Maria Callas’ 90th birthday<\/strong>
\nYou may have noticed the visual tribute to Callas on the Google search page today. The great diva died, alas, well before her time, at the age of 53 in 1977.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Maria<\/a>
Maria Callas (1923-1977)
http:\/\/www.google.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

September 14, 2013<\/strong>
\nRay Dolby, creator of Dolby Digital Surround Sound, dies at 80<\/strong>
\nDolby received an Oscar, a Grammy and several Emmys for his contributions to sound technology for cinema and home entertainment.<\/em>
\nNew York Times<\/a><\/p>\n

June 9, 2013<\/strong>
\nHuntington Theatre Company wins 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award.<\/em><\/strong>
\nHuntington Theatre Company<\/a><\/p>\n

June 9, 2013<\/strong>
\nPippin<\/em>, originated at American Repertory Theatre, wins four Tony awards.<\/strong>
\nPippin <\/em>wins for best revival of a musical; Diane Paulus, artistic director at the American Repertory Theatre, wins for best direction of a musical; Patina Miller wins for best lead actress in a musical; Andrea Martin wins for best featured actress in a musical
\nBoston Globe<\/a>
\nBoston Arts Diary review of Pippin<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

May 31, 2013<\/strong>
\nLou Reed, of The Velvet Underground, receives a liver transplant.<\/strong>
\nAt 71, Lou Reed, founder of the noted band The Velvet Underground, had a liver transplant in Cleveland last month, as reported by his wife, performance artist Laurie Anderson.
\nThe Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n

May 16, 2013<\/strong>
\nAndris Nelsons appointed as 15th music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.<\/strong>
\nNelsons is 34 years old and the youngest person to be named music director of the BSO in 100 years. He is also the first Latvian-born conductor to be appointed. He will assume the position for the 2014-2015 season and has been given, initially, a five-year appointment.
\nBSO Press Release<\/a>, Boston Globe<\/a>, NY Times<\/a><\/p>\n

December 13, 2012<\/strong>
\nDeath of Ravi Shankar, sitar master, at 92<\/strong>
\nNY Times<\/a><\/p>\n

October 5, 2009<\/strong>
\nMercedes Sosa, 74, Who Sang of Argentina’s Turmoil, Dies<\/strong>
\nNY Times<\/a><\/p>\n

August 5, 2009<\/strong>
\nBudd Schulberg, ‘On the Waterfront’ Writer, Dies at 95<\/strong>
\nNY Times<\/a><\/p>\n

September 8, 2007<\/strong>
\nMadeleine L’Engle, Author of the Classic A Wrinkle in Time<\/em>, Is Dead at 88<\/strong>
\nNY Times<\/a><\/p>\n

April 9, 2007<\/strong>
\nSol LeWitt, Artist, Dies at 78<\/strong>
\nNY Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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