Divamensch

I never heard of these ladies but their shared obit caught my eye on the Times. This was the first time I remember seeing a dual obit, people who died on the same day. Alice and Ellen Kessler were identical twins, German singers and dancers, sometime actresses (can we just say "entertainers?") who were a big deal in the 60s. They died at the age of 89 vis assisted suicide. Ellen had recently suffered a serious stroke and they went public with their intention to end their live

Liz, Dale, Jere, and I heard Jean-Efflam Bavouzet in a concert at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, a one-night performance of the complete published music for solo piano by Maurice Ravel. I've been to or participated in hundreds of chamber music concerts over the years but I'd never heard of a chamber music concert with two intermissions! It was one of the greatest concerts I've ever heard. Jere used to tease me about this - - I used to say this more often and he'd sa

Courtesy of Howard: Blondie and Debbie Harry helped usher in a pop-punk invasion that became an unlikely cash cow for a music industry needing a restart in the 1970s. Their songs alternated between high energy “punk” and 50s, Ronettes-style urban pop. Harry had a great sideways snarl when she sang, emitting a clear, siren piercing voice and a sex appeal that only hinted at what a true badass she was. She wrote or co-wrote much of the band's material. I was lucky to see them i

Hello my friends. I just reached a nice milestone on my website - - I posted my 800th review. I launched my site in the spring of 2017. I had many reviews in my archive, somewhere just under 250. The first review posted on the site was a review of The Present, a Broadway Chekhov adaptation starring Cate Blanchett. https://www.divamensch.com/the-present So with my review of The New Decameron I'm now at a total of 800 reviews in my archives. Pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing