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Clarke was one of few science fiction writers whose work was widely appreciated in literary circles. “What he wrote was classical science fiction,” Pohl says. “It was just that he did it better than almost anyone else.” Clarke?...
GRADUATE STUDENT IN LOKER READING ROOM: “I’m not a kid anymore, all right? I know I used to love party jams, but I’m going to be a professor soon. Well, in six years soon. I’ve got to start...
A classical-music conductor taking the podium always becomes a peacemaker of sorts. The central mission of conducting, after all, is to dispel discord and bring dozens of competing voices into concert. The Israeli maestro Daniel Barenboim, 65, sees in this act the opportunity to bring a deeper kind of...
Scorsese is revered by many as the foremost American picturemaker of his generation. From 1973's Mean Streets through Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas up to his 2006 The Departed (for which he finally won a Best Director Oscar), he has blended elegance with agitation, depicted the anomie of...
MUSIC IN TOKYO On May 17, Tokyo's Sumida Triphony Hall plays host to a powerhouse duo of Japan's classical music scene, as celebrated conductor Seiji Ozawa meets virtuoso pianist Ayako Uehara. Accompanied by the New Japan Philharmonic, Uehara will perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, displaying the...