Clarinetist and Peabody faculty member Anthony McGill (right) performed "Air and Simple Gifts" with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman, and pianist Gabriela Montero at the Obama inauguration on Tuesday. It was an evocative and memorable performance.
I groaned when told that John Williams, known for scoring blockbuster films such as Star Wars, would be providing [...]

Tuesday night’s Great Poe Debate at the Free Library of Philadelphia certainly lived up to its name. The event was front-page news in that day’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer (“Poe’s Heart Belong Elsewhere? Nevermore!”), and it drew a standing-room-only crowd to the library’s Montgomery Auditorium. That 400 people would turn out on a frigid [...]

The two shows currently on view at the Jewish Museum resonate in subtle and profound ways. Voices of Lombard Street: A Century of Change in East Baltimore examines how the neighborhood surrounding the museum has changed over the past century. The exhibit is beautifully designed, with an abundance of archival photography and insightful text that [...]