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You can watch a James Taylor concert streaming from Carnegie Hall. Here’s how.

Live with Carnegie Hall presents James Taylor. More than 40 years after his debut in 1970, James Taylor curated a historic concert …

I’ve announced my retirement from full time work. And now, it’s time for a meat-based cocktail.

FIRST, MY RETIREMENT A note sent by my manager at T. Rowe Price to the firm: A New Chapter for …

Truffles, the extraordinary tuber: the price, the taste, the joy—and coming very soon, the movie.

It’s no secret that I love movies and documentaries and food. I ran across the trailer for The Truffle Hunters …

On Juneteenth, I’m listening to the voices of former slaves as they tell their stories.

Last week I received an email from Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress. In part she wrote, “This June, we …

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jimmy Fallon musically celebrate the return of Broadway.

The joy, discovery, and spirit of Broadway as we’ve known it is finally returning to the Great White Way this …

Domestic racial terrorism: Learning about and researching the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.

During the Tulsa Race Massacre, white mobs killed hundreds of Black residents and destroyed businesses in the city’s Greenwood district—a …

Why is it called The Preakness? What’s in a name, anyhow? Who was Preakness?

According to the Maryland Jockey Club, it all started with the Minisi, a northern New Jersey tribe of native Americans. …

Marilyn Maye. Streaming a new concert from Feinstein’s/54 Below. Meet her; get your tickets.

Long before sunrise on a Sunday morning 50-some years ago, I walked into the music library at KARD FM in …

50 years ago, I dug deep into my piggy bank and took my best friend to see Ella Fitzgerald.

A dear friend called one evening 50 years ago to let me know he was coming to New York to …

Our refrigerator died last week. We had to do some food triage—and some emergency eating, also.

The IncidentI was in a Zoom meeting when I heard a steady, persistent, unsettling beep, beep, beep coming from the …

Academy Awards: Here’s your printable ballot for this year’s Oscars presentation.

The 93rd Oscars will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby Theatre …

The Golden Globe Awards are presented this weekend. Here’s your ballot to download, print, and play along.

Ever since 1944, the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have presented their Golden Globe Awards to recognize excellence …

Awards season comes to life with the 27th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Here’s your printable ballot.

Update: Your 2026 ballot is here. The 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® will be simulcast on TNT and TBS …

Storyline Online: Celebrating Black History Month with actors reading relevant books to youngsters.

As a little kid, my parents read to me every night. Then as got a bit older and learned to …

It’s a peaceful evening on Hamlet Hill Road in Baltimore. Deer chomping on pine trees in the yard. All seems right with the world.

A good tune makes our days in isolation more bearable. Tonight, I’m remembering Harry Nilsson.

I love working from home, and I have a great WFH space. Yet oddly, from time to time over the …

Here’s the secret to New York City’s roasted chestnuts—no street vendor or open fire required.

The vendor was selling roasted chestnuts—the smell from the charcoal fire and …

Now that our country is back on a positive track, I’ll start posting again. (It’s been an ugly four years.)

A haiku for our mobster-in-chief.

Seventeen syllables, a 5-7-5 for January 4, 2021.

I sure hope the coming ’21 turns out better than this 21.

Happy New Year, everyone. Cheers!

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