I rène Oore grew up listening to stories her mother, Stefa, told her. They were not fairy tales or coming-of-age quests. These stories were about Stefa surviving the Holocaust in the notorious Warsaw Ghetto created for Jews in Second World War Poland. She told Irène about the struggle of securing food, shelter and safety for […]
A Marguerite Cassin
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Show review: Rebecca Thomas and Symphony Nova Scotia reach farther together
Symphony Nova Scotia presented ‘Melody and Poetry With Rebecca Thomas’ in its Masterworks Series on Nov 7. The concert blended melodic classical repertoire (think Mozart Symphony No.34 in C major and Brahms Symphony No.2 in D major) with We’re Not Done Drumming, a new poetic and musical collaboration between poet Rebecca Thomas and composer Laura […]