Program Notes: can we get a video wall, please?
Can we get a holodeck, smellovision and a video wall, please? Culture Editor Gwen Orel has a wish-list for a virtual world.
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Program Notes: Christmas envy, holiday of lights
At this darkest time of the year, Jews have the Festival of lights: but no outdoor lights... can you blame us for having a little Christmas-trapping envy?
Program notes: saved from the bell
In her latest 'Program Notes,' Features Editor Gwen Orel recalls the little bell in books and records, and how she learned to read.
Program notes: It’s never too late (what love have you left behind?)
If you love something, it never really lets you go. What have you left behind? The latest "Program Notes" from Culture Editor Gwen Orel.
Program Notes: Scaring yourself sweet on Halloween
Halloween isn't a Jewish holiday, but I loved it best of all. Despite its scary overtones, the holiday itself is warm and gooey and cuddly.
Program Notes: Turn, turn, turn, return
Yom Kippur can be a return: like the children who weep in Star Trek's "And the Children Shall Lead."
Program Notes: Local and proud, like the United States
Local news hits us where we live.
Program Notes: Send me in coach- music as a team
School orchestra and chorus are teams.
Program Notes: The kids are all right
It shouldn't have surprised me that teens are so smart. Today's teens will change the world.
Program Notes: Wrinkles and Time (and misbehaving)
How do photographs change from bad to good? Time...