Thursday, April 30, 2015

1990-2015: Massachusetts Commemorates the Armenian Genocide

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I'm willing to bet that few of my readers are aware of the presence of a plaque in the Massachusetts State House honoring our Armenian c...
Monday, April 20, 2015

For Patriots' Day: Marking the Graves of the Revolution

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Two examples of the markers used to designate graves of Revolutionary War soldiers in Amherst. (Walking through the cemetery today, I noted ...

For Patriots' Day: Historic Postcards of Lexington and Concord

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In honor of Patriots' Day, I'm putting up a series of historical images of Lexington and Concord, where the Revolution began in Apr...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Commemorating the Holocaust in Music

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It is a truism--and a typical piece of philistine thinking--to say that it is "impossible" for words, or art, to capture the real...

Yom HaShoah / Holocaust Memorial Day 2015/5775

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Haaretz today ran an article, " A dozen reasons why Israel should do away with Holocaust Remembrance Day ." It was no doubt supp...
Monday, April 13, 2015

April 13, 1943: Nazis Announce Discovery of Mass Grave of Murdered Poles at Katyń

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In April-May 1940, the security services of Stalin’s Soviet Union, which had concluded a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany in August 193...
Monday, March 30, 2015

Palm Sunday Donkey

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One of my favorite genres of medieval sculpture is the so-called Palm Sunday Donkey (German: Palmesel ), a tradition that thrived in part...
Sunday, March 22, 2015

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    "To build a sustainable, climate-resilient future for all, we must invest in our world's forests. That will take political co...
Saturday, March 7, 2015

as if she is giving brisk lectures to students with the memory span of goldfish

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The art of the harsh review is, well, a real art. Here's a recent example, from Richard Davenport-Hines's take on: The Immortal ...
Friday, February 27, 2015

When a Minstrel Show in Amherst "was considered a success"

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To be precise, "considered a success both in its performance and numbers, as shown by about 350 in attendance." The date: 1951...
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