Encompass New Opera Theatre celebrates the 80th birthday of Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Bock †best known for penning the scores (with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick) to such musicals as Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello! and She Loves Me †May 18 at the National Arts Club in Manhattan.
The first trans-Atlantic broadcast, on March 14, 1925; Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia?s reading of the comics in 1945; and Michael Jackson?s 1982 best-seller ?Thriller? were among 25 recordings added Wednesday to the Library of Congress?s National Recording Registry, The Associated Press reported. The archive is part of the library?s endeavor to preserve America?s aural history through recordings
The best-selling pop album on planet Earth and a disc sent hurtling into deep space are among recordings the Library of Congress will preserve for their cultural significance.
The Huntington Theatre Company's production of the classic Sheldon Harnick-Jerry Bock musical She Loves Me †co-starring New York actors Brooks Ashmanskas and Kate Baldwin †begins previews May 16.
EXETER †The Conservation Commission tabled its ongoing review of a dredge-and-fill application by St. Michael Parish until a June meeting and planned an interim site walk.
We don't think much about the Internet winging messages across the globe at blinding speeds, but in 1925 the first broadcast that spanned the Atlantic was a technological marvel.
MONROE - An "all star benefit show" will take place May 18 at 7 p.m. at the Marasco PerformingArts Center to support the Fisher House Foundation. The Fisher House Foundation is a nonprofit philanthropic organization that aids wounded soldiers and their families.
Can a physician uphold the Hippocratic oath in America today and get rich at the same time? When did the practice of medicine morph from vital public service to a business?