Roman Rendezvous: Arrival
The American Airlines flight to Rome was long but smooth. Arrival at the Westin Excelsior was exactly thirteen hours from home. After a short nap was a planned phone conversation with Peter Kammerer, Foreign Editor for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Peter wanted to discuss the future of blogging, which is a […]
Symphony flexes orchestral muscles
Review By Jan StribulaSPECIAL TO THE NEWS TIMES of Danbury, Connecticut RIDGEFIELD — The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra performed their last concert of the season on Saturday night at the Ridgefield High School with a program that involved some heavy lifting onstage. But there was enough extra talent on board to make it look almost easy. […]
IBM Happenings: March 2006
The month of March was cold in many places but another hot one for IBM. There was a slew of announcements in hardware, software, services, acquisitions, and corporate initiatives — including the 2005 annual report and collaboration with gaming companies. The announcements made by the company during the month are below, and the complete Index […]
Conducting Beethoven
Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra – Review
RIDGEFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA April 1, 2006 — Review by Courtenay Caublé With Maestro Sidney Rothstein back on the podium and in full command, the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra’s final subscription concert this season at Ridgefield’s Anne Richardson Auditorium featured Russian pianist Elena Baksht in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G and included two works by Modest Mussorgsky […]