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• Jan 15, 2019 Twenty-three-year-old jazz pianist James Francies has his musical fingerprints all over the place. From leading his own group at 2019'sWinter Jazzfest in New York City to playing shows in Tokyo with guitar legend Pat Metheny, the current pace of Francies's life is constantly in motion. "It just feels like you're on a plane," Francies says. "Four thousand feet, traveling six hundred miles an hour." Last fall, Blue Note Records released Flight, Francies's debut album.

Philip was born in Coventry on August 23, 1924, the middle of five children. Aged 16, he helped evacuate his grandparents from their house following the Coventry Blitz of November 1940. He worked for the Ministry of Labour at a local office after leaving school, and joined the army underage, at 17, by processing his own joining up papers. A keen motorcyclist, he joined the Royal Corps of Signals with hopes of being a despatch rider. Selected for officer training, the Brigadier interviewing him at the selection panel queried his age. When Philip confessed to changing it, the Brigadie...

A virtual public program “Cuts and Beats From The Archive” will take place on Thursday, February 25, 5-6 p.m., featuring McDonald in dialogue with archivist Robert Hanserd about the use of the archive from the Center for Black Music Research in this exhibition.

The Treachery of Images: Design’s Toxic Assets, and the Foundations of a New Future Processing (,.,.,.,.,.,.,) is a You may also listen to this piece in audio form, read by the author: Unbridled Capitalism (for most) is an abstraction. From the inside it’s hard to see edges—places where it does not exist. In this time when everything being for sale is normal—including the delivery of your purchases to your front door, car or screen—there is healthy competition to serve our best and worst impulses, and we would do well to know the difference. Design has its own values. See any desi...

Comedian Mickey Rooney greets first lady Eleanor Roosevelt at her husband’s inaugural gala.  © Photo: Getty Images  Dolley Madison technically oversaw the first inaugural ball in 1809, but the concept of a star-studded variety show began with Roosevelt’s third term. With Douglas Fairbanks Jr taking on emcee duties in his British Navy uniform, the evening set a precedent for future inaugural galas by taking advantage of a burgeoning celebrity culture. A 19-year-old Mickey Rooney performed a piano concerto before amusing the crowd with his Clark Gable impression. Irving Berlin performed ...