September 3, 2000
[Times photo: Skip O'Rourke ]
These days, Labor Day weekend is all about barbecued chicken and the kickoff of football season and sleeping in on Monday, hallelujah. You put away your summer clothes (if you care what Miss Manners thinks) and buy a few last school supplies, then Tuesday morning barges in and you forget why you had a long weekend in the first place. Story
A rocky ride to capitalism
After a five-month stay, I left the tiny country of Moldova -- formerly part of the Soviet Union -- on an Air Moldova flight to Athens, Greece.
New section makes debut
Welcome to Sunday Arts, a new section of the St. Petersburg Times where you'll find the latest news and trends in music, theater, film, television and the visual arts.
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Amidst the mist of Seattle looms the Experience Music Project, wshere visitors can groove to a primal American form of expression with eyes, ears and their own hands. Story
Art of the state
The Sarasota Biennial displays the works of Florida artists in a comprehensive and diverse manner, but a little background would be in order.
Orchestras face the music: Conductors are scarce
Where have all the conductors gone?
Arts Talk
Museum charging non-members
Classical File
Glass: Violin Concerto; Adele Anthony, violin; Ulster Orchestra/Takuo Yuasa, conductor (Naxos) -- It has long been accepted that Philip Glass' greatest strength is as a film and stage composer. In fact, his finest work may turn out to be what first brought him to a wider public, his score to Koyaanisqatsi, the 1983 documentary that made apocalypse seem spellbindingly beautiful. His trilogy of minimalist "portrait operas" -- Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha, Akhnaten -- have worn less well.
Audio Files: A Guide to the hottest in new recordings
In our own back yard
