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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

I will finish your work': one woman's fight for the Jewish art and letters her mother saved from the Nazis

A suitcase of 681 artworks and writings by Theresienstadt artist Peter Kien was delivered to the Wiener Holocaust Library after decades under Czech custodianship.
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Berkeley chorus, orchestra to start their 60th year with Verdi's 'Requiem'

When Eugene Jones founded the Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra in 1966, he may never have imagined the chorus continuing for 60 years. Jones, who died in 2003, was the first African American conductor of a large Bay Area chorus and orchestra drawn from its local community. Devoted to presenting great works from the choral canon, Jones was a charismatic leader and often lent his glorious bass voice to the choir.
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