Not without a struggle (and a measure of healthy angst), acclaimed pianist Eric Lewis is driving the next evolution of jazz -- forging new musical alloys of classic blue note scuttles, delicate improvisations and heady alt rock hooks. Now, with a roster of sold-out shows and a growing list of celebr...

1. C’è una bella scena del film, Lezioni di piano – dove la protagonista va in una casettina di legno a suonare il pianoforte. La protagonista è una enigmatica e ottocentesca femmina inglese, muta, arrivata con la figlia piccola in Australia come conseguenza di un matrimonio per corrispondenza...

I believe this must be Boomer and Hera but it's not a scene from the show--though it is a Boomer- projected setting used to manipulate Tyrol. Aaron Douglas Fans.com... is a pretty fun look into the head of one of the number of excellent actors ending the Battlestar Galactica chapter of their lives a...

We’ve arrived late, Heidi and I. Our cab picked us up after 8 and we were forced to trudge three blocks from Symphony Towers to the NY-style wood-oven pizza dive (delish) for some spinach-and-ricotta-topped-dough before returning to The Towers for intermission. Word in the ladies’ room? The Sym...

“Someone to Watch Over Me” February 27th, 2009 For an episode driven by the power of melody to transcend minds and to bring people together, there was a return to a familiar rhythm to “Someone to Watch Over Me,” a return to form for Battlestar Galactica as it heads into its f...

  Marcia Ball, with Tom Rigney, the State Theatre, March 12, 2009 Tickets, Box office open noon to 3 p.m. 1307 J Street, Monday thru Friday. www.theState.org for more information and tickets online....

I'm restoring an upright piano and need a good online source for parts. I've googled for some piano part suppliers and the sites that I've found so far set off my "Don't deal with this business" alarms. I really don't want to trust a site that looks like this with my credit card informatio...

The editors over at MontclairKids are having a hard time deciding which cool kid's concert to attend this Sunday. Who planned three on one day? Parents who love to take their kids to cool musical shows have to choose between The Deedle Deedle Dees at Montclair State, Parents Who Rock at Montclair Hi...

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On weekdays, the Organ Lady haunts the halls of the stodgy Baptist church on the corner of First and Main. She's not the organist for this church, but she practices there. She wears shorts and a t-shirt, regardless of the weather. She's lonely. She's friendly, but only to certain people (or so I've ...