Celebrating the Bicentennial at the Palacio Barolo
... organized by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.
After its restoration and value enhancement project, El Faro del Bicentenario (the bicentennial’s Beacon) will be switched-on at 8.00 pm, during a colorful show that will also feature music by the young and talented Argentine pianist Horacio Lavandera who will be playing three Beethoven’s sonatas (Moonlight Sonata, Pathetic, and Aurora), to revive three moments of Dante’s “The Divine Comedy”, in which architect...
September 30th, 2009 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: bicentennial, Buenos Aires, palacio barolo
Lincoln and the Emancipation at Ford’s Theatre
Last night, I saw the much anticipated The Heavens are Hung in Black, at the recently reopened and beautifully renovated Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC.
The historically accurate three-act drama, written by James Still, and staring David Selby as Lincoln, offers a rarely seen glimpse into what it must have been like as President Abraham Lincoln struggled to keep the country together, while attempting to come to grips with the issue of slavery and emancipation.
Taking place mostly in Lincoln’s...
February 18th, 2009 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: bicentennial, fords-theatre, History & Information, Lincoln, The Arts, Washington DC
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