1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (274+ words) From the first luminous notes of Stephen Sondheim's musical "Sunday in the Park with George," we realize that the score is a kind of musical pointillism. Just as painter Georges Seurat built his famous masterpiece dot by dot, Sondheim and…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (260+ words) "The Two Pigeons," a French ballet from 1886, isn't really about pigeons at all, but about two human lovers. In the ballet, the couple watches a pair of courting pigeons. Pigeon courtship is quite elaborate. The male bows, puffs out his…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (246+ words) For many residents and visitors to our region, a day at the beach means fossil hunting. Here at Interlochen Arts Camp, fossil hunting is a favorite activity. So several summer ago, when the young musicians in Interlochen’s Junior Orchestra program…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (358+ words) Early on, Interlochen Public Radio did not broadcast 24 hours a day, and Tchaikovsky's June "Barcarolle" was the piece they played at sign-off. Whenever I heard that music, no matter how exciting my novel was, I drifted off to sleep. I…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (233+ words) “Dusk in June” is a lovely composition for a cappella women’s voices, set to a poem by Sara Teasdale: "Evening, and all the birdsIn a chorus of shimmering soundAre easing their hearts of joy…" Composer Amy Beach beautifully captures that…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (107+ words) Holly T. Bird was a lawyer, activist, tribal judge and former TCAPS school board member. And before her death last year at age 55, she asked friends to remember her by getting together about a year later. "She said 'It doesn't have…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (125+ words) Grand Traverse County is moving ahead with new building projects, plus the state Natural Resources Commission could consider enacting a "one-buck" rule on deer hunters this week. We also talk with Matthew Burtner, a composer and sound artist who records…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1832+ words) Passenger pigeons used to be the most abundant bird in North America. By some estimates, they numbered in the billions. Many of their nesting grounds hugged the Great Lakes, so the people of this region knew them well. Residents wrote…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (655+ words) Pink salmon have maintained a small population in the Great Lakes for 70 years, but recent growth in their numbers both here and abroad has scientists asking new questions. In 1956, Canadian fisheries managers wanted to introduce pink salmon to Hudson Bay....

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (242+ words) The first monarch butterfly undertaking the species' annual northern migration, has made it to Michigan. That's according to the Journey North Program, which reported that the first sighting in the state was on April 23 in St. Clair Shores. The Journey…...