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Book Bag: ‘Appointment with the Wise Old Dog’ by David Blum; ‘A Spiritual Journey of Hope and Healing’ by Jacqueline Haskins Engel — Appointment with the Wise Old Dog by David Blum Chiron Publications   David Blum, who died in 1998 at age 62, was an internationally known conductor, composer, music scholar and writer who wrote about classical music for The New Yorker and other publications. The California native was noted for conducting his first group, a chamber ensemble of young artists, when he was just 17, and he later founded the Esterhazy Orchestra in New York City, which was...

Poetry Near You Are you looking to connect with poets or find opportunities to hear or study poetry? To find poetry events and resources near you, simply enter your zip code in the search field below. search From Tribe and Fire: A Poetry Benefit in Celebration of the Students of the S.H.E. Fund Join us for an inspirational event to uplift women's voices and support the students of the Safe House Education (S.H.E.) Fund. This virtual event will feature poets Ellen Bass, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jane Hirshfield, Marie Howe, Danusha Laméris; musicians Jami Sieber, Agu, and Muthoni Drummer Queen; and t...

Certain brand taglines and slogans make brief, fleeting appearances in our lives and quickly leave, never to be thought of again. And then there are the select few that fully ingrain themselves into pop culture and are impossible to forget. “Because you’re worth it,” L’Oréal’s inarguably iconic phrase coined by a freelance copywriter in 1971, sits very comfortably in the latter category. This year, “Because you’re worth it” is celebrating its 50th anniversary. We chatted with one of the brand’s A-list ambassadors, Eva Longoria, to get her take on why the slogan has become s...

Warning: Spoilers for “WandaVision” follow. There’s a moment in the penultimate episode of the Disney+ series “WandaVision” where our reality-bending superhero protagonist sinks to her knees and wails. Standing in the skeleton of what would’ve been the home she’d share with her humanoid partner, Wanda Maximoff is completely alone. It’s a state she’s used to — her parents were killed in a bombing and her brother died protecting a member of the Avengers — but the loss of the Vision, perhaps the last being on Earth she felt understood her, is too much to bear. She unleash...

A new book plumbs the benefits of learning skills late in life.