"Noooooooo... Please don't make me play Monopoly," I wailed to my lovely sister. "Anything else. Really. Monopoly takes FOREVER!" To which …
29 Days to Diva: Day 2 – Study Your Rulebook (#29DTD)
A career in the arts is a game devised to engage divas in musical pursuits that compel them to want to win. The win, here, is to do more. …
29 Days to Diva: Day 1 – The Game Is Optional; The People Are Not (#29DTD)
Board-game lovers. You know them. The type that gathers around over family holidays, clad in pajamas well into the day or evening, and …
29 Days to Diva: The Reboot (#29DTD)
Hello friends, When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could …
in performance: How To Warm-Up January in Iowa? With Dalí Quartet!
Amidst television trucks and pedestrian guardrails for Iowa's turn in the political spotlight, concert-goers made their way on Saturday …
Dispatches from New Music Gathering: Community in More Than 140 Characters
If success is being in the right place at the right time, then New Music Gathering is a success incubator. It has been a week since the …
in performance: A Night of Exquisite Carols with Calmus
The month of December is a perpetual rataplan of "and heaven and nature sing" mixed with "in fields where they lay" and infinite descants of …
in performance: "A hymn to free and happy Man" with the Des Moines Symphony
"What does the end of a fairy-tale sound like?" muses the actor William Dick in his portrayal of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev for the …
quick news: Sybaritic Singer on Wine, Women, and Song Podcast
Time to walk your fingertips over to your favorite podcast app because you'll want to download this one in a hurry. In September, I was …