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May 15, 2013Voice Choices
March 13, 2013Blast off with sufjan stevens
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August 22, 2012Blogs
May 4, 2012"Exit Strategies": PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
Kronos Quartet with Rula Jabreal, Tony Kushner and Marjane Satrapai
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wednesday, May 2
Better than: The funniest right-wing parody of what they think liberal Manhattanit ... More >>
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April 11, 2012Blogs
February 14, 2012Philip Glass and Friends Tibet House U.S. Benefit w/Laurie Anderson, Tim Fain, Das Racist, Antony, Lou Reed, Stephin Merritt, and Rahzel
Carnegie Hall
Monday, February 13
Better than: Seeing how most ethnic Tibetans live.
Last night's all-star benefit at Carnegie Hall began with a performance by ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Every day this month, in conjunction with our Feb. 1 cover story "Philip Glass, An East Village Voice," Sound of the City will post excepts of interviews with Glass and his collaborators, as well as reviews of several concerts celebrating his 75th birthday.
Today we're publishing our interview wit ... More >>
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December 7, 2011Voice Choices
November 30, 2011Voice Choices
April 20, 2011Dance
March 23, 2011More work from veteran choreographers, male edition
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January 12, 2011Music
January 5, 2011Featuring Afro-Peruvian fusion, Punjabi brass bands, and 11 other sounds you've likely never heard before
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December 15, 2010Voice Choices
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November 24, 2010Voice Choices
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August 18, 2010Voice Choices
August 18, 2010Music
June 29, 2010Plus suave elegance, raw non-beauty, and other works-in-progress
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June 1, 2010Voice Choices
January 26, 2010Voice Choices
January 26, 2010Blogs
January 19, 2010
Vampire Weekend/Titus Andronicus
United Palace Theatre
Sunday, January 17
I personally do not see anyone wearing the $30 bright-yellow "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" scarf available at Vampire Weekend's merch table -- and believe me, I'm looking -- but later it's rumored they're completely sold out, so ... More >>
Music
December 8, 2009He's good with choirs and 21st-century masses, too
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November 24, 2009Voice Choices
October 6, 2009Voice Choices
August 25, 2009Blogs
July 6, 2009Today, as we struggle mightily to readjust from Long Weekend Mode to Back at Work Mode, seems like a good day to just play Wu-Tang Chamber Music on infinite repeat: As Mr. Breihan notes, it's neither a great album nor, technically a Wu-Tang album (no Method Man/GZA, no RZA production, etc.), but a r ... More >>
Blogs
June 19, 2009Every year, 327 cities around the world arrange to simultaneously celebrate the first day of summer. So on Sunday, Make Music New York sponsors 800 free performances spanning all five boroughs. The most appropriately superlative event is at the Guggenheim, where 80 trombonists will line the museum' ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 10, 2009Voice Choices
May 6, 2009Voice Choices
April 8, 2009Celebrating composers' anniversaries
Blogs
August 7, 2008Blogs
March 18, 2008Blogs
November 19, 2007Music
May 23, 2006Avant or retro, unplugged or wired, guerrilla musicians defy the neocon millennium
NYC Life
February 28, 2006Music
September 23, 2003Andrew Violette's Three-Hour Piece Invents an Icy Rhetoric
NYC Life
September 9, 2003Two Venues Are Ready to Spark a New Power Surge This Season
NYC Life
May 13, 2003Music
March 4, 2003The Bad Plus's Equilateral Chamber Jazz
NYC Life
September 3, 2002Soprano Lauren Skuce gets high marks
NYC Life
March 5, 2002James Levine and His Met Orchestra Take Down the Stars
Music
April 17, 2001Why Was Beyond Words Different From All Other New York Concerts?
News
September 5, 2000Classical Music Builds to a Crescendo
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