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Broadcasting Tanglewood: Behind the scenes at John Williams' Film Night

One long-standing tradition meets another at the sprawling Massachusetts music center.

Remembering Andre Previn, A Jewish Nebbish And Master

Andre Previn — conductor, composer and former husband of Dory Previn, Mia Farrow and Anne-Sophie Mutter — has died at the age of 89.

News of the Week: Olivia Is Popular, Jetpacks Are Real, and the Best Cereal of All-Time Is …

Join What’s in a Name? I don’t see a lot of new babies being named Robert these days. I used to have such a popular name. What happened? The Social Security Administration is out with the list of the most popular baby names for 2020, and it’s pretty much the same list it was last time. The top male name is Liam and the top female name is Olivia. Other names in the top ten include Noah, Oliver, James, Emma, Ava, and Mia. At that link you can see how the most popular names have changed over the years and even check lists by decade and by state. It’s interesting to see how names that were popular in the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s — names like David and Steven and Mary and Patricia — barely register in an era of Elijahs and Harpers. William and Elizabeth are still pretty popular though.

Essential Arts: How Paul Pescador uses cartoons to explore intimate and civic spaces

Print The weekend is young, and I’m feeling partial to patty melts and Bloody Marys (with gobs of horseradish, por please). I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential culture news — and chihuahua imitators. Our cartoon avatars The cartoon is endlessly malleable, able to serve as a staple of children’s programming even as it questions gender norms (e.g. Bugs Bunny) or functions as a proponent of U.S. foreign policy (may I introduce you to U.S. soft power ambassador Donald Duck?). Artist Paul Pescador is interested in cartoons for those reasons but for many others, too: their saturated color, their emotionality — cartoons are pure melodrama — and their ability to render bodies in inventive ways. “There is no more abstract version of the body than the cartoon,” says Pescador. “You shift a pencil line and you make something more curved, and you make it more feminine. It can make this remarkable change to how the body is constructed.”

Martin Bookspan, broadcaster who brought classical music from concert halls into the home, dies at 94

Martin Bookspan, broadcaster who brought classical music from concert halls into the home, dies at 94 By Globe staff and News ServicesUpdated May 4, 2021, 10:26 p.m. Email to a Friend Martin Bookspan, radio announcer for WQXR, posed in the radio booth backstage in the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood, ca. July 1960.William Tague/Boston Symphony Orchestra Archives He grew up near Symphony Hall, but Martin Bookspan’s love for classical music was not initially ignited by a concert at the venerable venue. The spark came from his family’s most treasured possession in the depths of the Depression: an Atwater Kent radio.

Daily Kickoff: Lapid, Bennett vie for shot at coalition + The Sikh mayor fighting antisemitism

�� Good Wednesday morning! President Joe Biden spoke with United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed yesterday. The White House said Biden “underlined the strategic importance of the normalization of relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel,” noting his “full support for strengthening and expanding these arrangements.” Jared Kushner is launching an organization called the “Abraham Accords Institute of Peace,” aimed at deepening ties between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco, together with Avi Berkowitz, Haim Saban, UAE Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, Bahrani Ambassador Abdulla Al-Khalifa, and Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi. Rob Greenway, formerly a top Middle East advisor to President Donald Trump, will serve as executive director.

Martin Bookspan, "Live From Lincoln Center" announcer, dies at 94

Martin Bookspan, legendary host, commentator noted for work at Tanglewood, dies at 94

Martin Bookspan, a classical music broadcaster, author, critic and lecturer, who was well-known locally for his work with the the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, died peacefully at his home in Aventura, Fla. on Thursday. A former part-time resident of Stockbridge who spent summers in the Berkshires for more than 50 years, Bookspan was 94. Known for his distinctive delivery during his 60-year broadcasting career, Bookspan served as a host and commentator for live broadcasts of the BSO, Boston Pops, the New York Philharmonic and the American Symphony Orchestra under its founder, Leopold Stokowski. He was also the lead commentator for "Live at Lincoln Center" on PBS for the show's first 30 years, until 2006.

Martin Bookspan, the 'voice of Tanglewood,' looks back on career filled with music