A Sweet Serenade – A Benefit for the Woodruff-Fontaine House VENUE: Woodruff-Fontaine House 680 Adams, Memphis Saturday, February 11, 2012 6:30pm ADMISSION: $35 per person. For tickets call 901-526-1469, 901-647-8978, or 901-493-0958 Checks should be made to Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities Memphis Chapter (APTA-Memphis) The Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum (www.woodruff-fontaine.com) is collaborating with [...]
EVENT:Luna Nova Ensemble Concert VENUE:Evergreen Presbyterian Church ADDRESS:613 University, Memphis,TN 38112 DATE:Monday, February 6, 2012 TIME: 7:30pm ADMISSION: Free CONTACT: Patricia Gray, pgray@pgray.net, 901-‐493-‐0958 WEBSITE: www.lunanova.org DESCRIPTION: The Luna Nova Concert will feature art songs by Debussy, deFalla, Obradors, Libby Larsen, and a new song cycle Way of the River by Memphis composer Robert G. [...]
Luna Nova Winter Concert Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church 1720 Peabody Tired of the usual holiday music? Join us Monday, December 12, 7:30 p.m. at Grace St. Luke’s for an Exciting and Innovative Winter concert (including 14th Century music and percussion!). This show will feature the works of Praetorius, Bach, Caplet, and others; performers are Nobuko [...]
Title: Luna Nova Music–Winter Concert Location: Grace-St. Luke\’s Episcopal Church, 1720 Peabody Description: The Luna Nova Music Ensemble will present its annual Winter Concert on Monday, December 14 at 7:30. The program will feature Nobuko Igarashi, clarinet; Jennifer Rhodes, bassoon; Robert Patterson, horn; Wesley Emerson, organ; and guest performers Andrew Drannon, piano, and James Gruber, [...]
Where is the Southern Journal of Philosophy published? Where is an annual symposium of Bioimaging, attracting national scholars, held? Where is Journal of Applied Functional Analysis published? Who hosts the Paul Erdös Memorial Lecture Series, held in honor of the preeminent number theorist of the 20th century (who also stayed with members of the faculty [...]
Students from colleges and Universities around the country spent 10 weeks at the U of M this Summer as part of a National Science Foundation-funded program to introduce undergraduates to scientific research. Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Students in Nanomaterials and Biomaterials and The REU in Chemistry Scholars Program provided the next genertion of scientists [...]
Read a Story, go to the Dixon and the Brooks. Here is why: “On Being Moved by Art: How Reading Fiction Transforms the Self “ Authors: Maja Djikic a; Keith Oatley a; Sara Zoeterman a; Jordan B. Peterson a Affiliation: a University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada An experiment tested the hypothesis that art can cause significant [...]
Those of us who live here know that Memphis has exceptional drinking water. This is confirmed by The Environmental Working Group: Following in rank for best tap water quality are, in order, Kansas City, Portland; Louisville; San Francisco; Memphis; San Antonio; Oklahoma City; Fort Worth; Jacksonville; and, rounding off the top 10, Arlington, Texas. See: [...]
Summertime in Memphis. Lots to do, but it’s hot. The brain sort-of slows a bit, too (mine does, anyway). One great way to stay cool but give your brain some interesting, educational and satisfying stimuli is to attend the Belvedere Chamber Music Festival. http://www.lunanova.org/ June 24-27, 2009. The venues include: Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Memphis [...]
This past Sunday my wife, daughter and I attended the Belvedere Chamber Music Festival Preview Concert at the Beethoven Club at Peabody and McLean. The show drew an audience of about 40 people to the converted home in Midtown. Luna Nova focuses on music composed in the 20th and 21st centuries. The pieces performed at [...]
