Let’s Talk About It

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The first step toward getting comfortable with death and dying is to talk about them, and ever since Dr. B.J. Miller “lost” part of 3 limbs following a near fatal accident, he has done a lot of thinking and talking about them. He is a palliative care doctor and what…

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Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Debussy, 1 Piano & 1 Musician

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I’ve had the pleasure of making audition videos for numerous musicians over the years, most recently for Zelin Paul Luan, a talented pianist studying at Westmont College with Dr. Egle Januleviciute in the field of performance piano. Here are short excerpts from his submissions which we recorded at Westmont’s Music building.…

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Who Can Resist?

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I’ve never understood the fascination with mobsters, even more so in the age of the U.S. scamster-in-chief, but Bertholt Brecht’s allegorical “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” is a disturbing and fun way to skewer the whole genre of gangsters as entertainment. Westmont College Theater Arts Department’s excellent production directed…

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