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Speaking in Austin, Texas. In Austin on June 24? Come join the conversation on 'creative ecologies'!...
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One day On Saturday, the day before the performance, I learned the three other mazurkas that make up Chopin's Opus 24...
Snapshot (special audio-only version) This week's "video": the only surviving recording of H.L. Mencken's voice, made in 1948....
Dances to see in New York this month Foot's long short list, plus a short review of the much-anticipated new Ratmansky ballet at ABT...
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Jim Goodwin Goodwin was fairly well known in traditional jazz circles, but his playing had a universal quality...
The 2010 NEA Jazz Masters The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced the recipients of the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters Award...
Frankie Manning, "Never Stop Swinging" a half-hour PBS tribute tonight, 10:30 pm EST, to the Lindy Hop master...
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