The Importance of Being Earnest at the Vaudeville Theatre, London
When one is in town, one amuses oneself; when one is in the country,one amuses other people.
Oscar Wilde, from The Importance of Being Earnest
It was with this truthful witticism in mind that I withdrew myself from the …
Two Remarkable Men: Konrad Oberhuber and Nicholas Hlobeczy
John Cage Tribute Concert at Bard; Lecture on the Weather
John Cage Tribute Concert at Bard; Lecture on the Weather
“Even when our industrialists thought of themselves as the owners of the world, of all of it, not just the part between Mexico and Canada. Now our government thinks of …
Zemlinsky’s Eine Florentinische Tragödie and Der Zwerg at Bard Summerscape 2007
Letter from Sydney: Post-APEC Ruminations
As you may or may not have heard, last week was a strange one here in Sydney. The arrival of twenty world leaders and George Bush’s mountain bike warranted the erection of a five kilometre fence around certain grade A, mostly waterfront, parts of the central business district. There was debate and consternation, protest and, unexpectedly, pro-Bush counterprotest. While Bush rode his bike on my local trails, the leaders of countries like Chile and South Korea were unable to travel to the suburbs to meet their countrymen and women living in Australia. Then a group of comedians, one dressed as Osama Bin Laden, breached the exclusion zone in a fake Canadian motorcade. Which was funnier, the stunt itself or the pundits who insisted it wasn’t funny?