Schreker’s opera ‘Distant Sound’ heard at Bard (AP)

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

AP – His name is all but forgotten today, but a century ago Franz Schreker was considered perhaps the most important operatic composer since Richard Wagner.

The new Western? The mind is latest movie frontier (AP)

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

AP – For the visually savvy filmmaker, there’s a new frontier with as much cinematic appeal as the old West held for moviemakers half a century ago.