Author: David Fillingham
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Letter: It's Time To Strengthen Gun Laws
To the Editor: The time is long overdue for gun control, as is practiced in England and other progressive peace loving countries. To quote Cheryl Wheeler in her song responding to the Jonesboro Schoolyard Shooting incident: …”but I know one thing. If it were up to me, I’d take away the guns.” In 1920, Britain…
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The Arts Maven: A selective guide to free events in Greater Boston
By David Fillingham New England Conservatory: Free Concerts Date: December 1, 2011- 6:30 PM Price: Free Location: Williams Hall Here’s more than a bunch of symphonies and songs. Even those are not what you think. And although the music stopped with his death in 1911—100 years later, his time is now. During four months of…
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The Arts Maven
David Fillingham Spare Change News New England Conservatory: Free Concerts Date: October 3, 2011 – 8:00:PM Price: Free Location: NEC’s Jordan Hall New England Conservatory faculty have always enjoyed playing chamber music together, but it was cellist Laurence Lesser —at the time Conservatory President— who transformed these occasional musical evenings into a stellar, regularly occurring…