Vienna's blue note

Source: The Age

Europe's music capital is no longer strictly classical with jazz, blues and rock pulling big crowds, writes Mark Juddery. Tuesday night in Vienna, a city synonymous with fine music. As on any other night, there is ...
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The Week In Art: Gustav Klimt, Roy Lichtenstein And Rainbows!

Source: The Huffington Post

This week we saw a, exciting mix of historical greats and new technology. We celebrated a master's anniversary, revisited the Paris red light district and learned that homemade rainbows are not just a dream. This year marks the 150th an ...
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Vienna's café culture

Source: Winnipeg Free Press

A slice of Sachertorte and a Kapuziner, the Viennese equivalent of the cappuccino, make up the essential Viennese cafe experience. It is a defensible proposition that no institution is as essential to the city of waltzes as the ...
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Source: International Herald Tribune

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Source: The Atlantic

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NYC Best: Bob Dylan Bash, Potted Potter, Taco Cook-Off

Source: Bloomberg.com

Bob Dylan plays at Brandeis University in 1963. On Friday night head to Irving Plaza for Dylan's 71st birthday bash. Bob Dylan plays at Brandeis University in 1963. On Friday night head to Irving Plaza for Dylan's 71st birthday bash. So ...
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ArtsBeat: Canal Room to Open a Sister Club in Southampton

Source: The New York Times Music

Southampton is about to become a little less sleepy. The owners of the Canal Room, a fixture in New York City’s music scene, have announced plans to open a sister club, called Canal Room Southampton, on Jun ...
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Pale Blue Ink in a Lady's Hand

Source: Barnes & Noble Review

Franz Werfel (1890-1945), an assimilated Jew born in Prague under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is hardly known today as a "Jewish writer," and many of his contemporaries considered him a Jew in name only, per ...
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In Klimt’s Kingdom, One Lady Reigns

Source: The New York Times

The Neue Galerie is dedicated, with religious single-mindedness, to the cause of Austrian and German modernism. Like any church, it has its patron saints; Gustav Klimt is one. And it has its sacred objects, notably Klimt ...
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