Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 194 other subscribersCategories
- Addiction (14)
- Advance Directives (11)
- Adventures (5)
- Advocacy (250)
- Aging Sites (155)
- Animals (155)
- Architecture (16)
- Art (144)
- artificial intelligence (4)
- Books (77)
- Business (117)
- Caregiving (20)
- CCRC Info (45)
- Civic Engagement Group (118)
- Climate (50)
- Communication (30)
- Community Engagement Group (6)
- Cooking (14)
- Crime (51)
- Dance (46)
- Dementia (90)
- Disabilities (22)
- drugs (3)
- Economics (37)
- Education (158)
- end of life (118)
- energy (3)
- Entertainment (100)
- environment (298)
- Essays (360)
- Ethics (12)
- Finance (64)
- Fitness (34)
- Food (63)
- Gardening (22)
- Gay rights/essays (2)
- Gifts (1)
- Government (357)
- Grief (31)
- Guns (34)
- happiness (126)
- Health (796)
- History (320)
- Holidays (73)
- Homeless (23)
- Hospice (7)
- Housing (5)
- Humor (999)
- Immigration (8)
- In the Neighborhood (457)
- Insurance (2)
- Justice (37)
- Kindness (23)
- language (5)
- Law (110)
- literature (20)
- Love (2)
- Media (44)
- Memory Loss (3)
- Mental Health (12)
- Military (27)
- Morality (9)
- motherhood (1)
- Movies (13)
- Music (196)
- Nature (176)
- nutrition (1)
- Obituaries (16)
- On Stage (7)
- Opera (22)
- Organ donation (1)
- Parks (34)
- Pets (14)
- Philanthropy (18)
- Philosophy (19)
- Photography (95)
- Plants (2)
- Poetry (41)
- Politics (564)
- Poverty (14)
- prayer (9)
- Race (93)
- Recipes (1)
- Recycling (2)
- refugees (1)
- Religion (85)
- Remembrances (59)
- Retirement (15)
- Safety (59)
- Satire (51)
- Scams (35)
- Science and Technology (211)
- Shopping (9)
- Singing (1)
- Skyline Info (49)
- sleep (9)
- Social justice (176)
- Space (3)
- Spiritual (17)
- Sport (14)
- Sports (52)
- Taxes (6)
- technology (12)
- terrorism (1)
- theater (14)
- Traffic (14)
- Transportation (74)
- Travel (32)
- Uncategorized (1,400)
- Volunteering (18)
- Voting (3)
- WACCRA (7)
- War (82)
- Women (4)
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 194 other subscribers
Category Archives: Music
“Putting on the Ritz” – in Moscow, no less!
Thanks to Gordon G for sending this in: The dancing was filmed on Moscow’s “overlook” in Sparrow Hills. Looking down from the “overlook” you see the largest stadium in Russia (140K capacity). The ski jump is for practice and training … Continue reading
At 88 what are you going to do? Clint Eastwood answers.
Thanks to Gordon G for finding this gem
Posted in Aging Sites, Entertainment, Music
2 Comments
Bird Song Opera
Thanks to Tom G for sending this in!
Posted in Music, Nature, Uncategorized
Comments Off on Bird Song Opera
Alfred U. MacRae ’54, G’57, G’60 a pioneer in integrated circuits, satellite communications
Ed note: The following article came out this past year from Syracuse University. It highlights Al’s career as a scientist and rogue bagpipe player – the ghost of Archibald Stadium. Al is one of the many “FIPs” at Skyline. “I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Science and Technology
Comments Off on Alfred U. MacRae ’54, G’57, G’60 a pioneer in integrated circuits, satellite communications
“Baby It’s Cold Outside” becomes controversial
Ed note: There are two versions with the sexes reversed in this video clip – the second is hilarious. Is it flirting or harassment? I find it pretty tame when compared to “modern” rap songs. From the NYT: “Rock Hudson did … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Essays, History, Holidays, Music
Comments Off on “Baby It’s Cold Outside” becomes controversial
Chanukah at Skyline
We were happy to celebrate the holiday of Chanukah with our friend Rabbi Mirel and his band Shalom Klezmer and neighbors at the First Hill Plaza. Here is a brief clip with one prayerful song. The music, dancing and food were … Continue reading
Musical month from Sky Opera with an opera and two live performances
November’s events from Cornelius: Wednesday, November 7, ‘Night at the Opera’: Così fan tutte, 4:30 Part 1, 6:15 dinner, 7:30 Part 2 Tuesday, November 13, ‘SkyOpera Live!’: Flora & Dora and Freddy & Willy, 7:30 PM Tuesday, November 27, ‘SkyOpera … Continue reading
The nomadic life of London piano tuner who values freedom over possessions
Ed note: Have you ever in your life wanted to simplify like this? Or after reading Walden in college decided to follow his ways, “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” Watch the … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Music, Philosophy
Comments Off on The nomadic life of London piano tuner who values freedom over possessions
Haven’t checked out Vito’s – have you? Join us for Live music at Vito’s. OCT20 Tim Kennedy Trio Oct 20, 2018 OCT21 Lennon Aldort Oct 21, 2018 OCT21 Ron Weinstein Trio Oct 21, 2018
Posted in In the Neighborhood, Music
Comments Off on
The evolution of the universal genius – October 2nd at 3:30 PM
From Cornelius Rosse: There is only one Weekly Update I can paste in here. With SkyOpera events coming fast one after one another, I did not have time to write a second one. The piling up of our events is due … Continue reading
Metropolitan Opera HD nearby – the 2018-19 season
Metropolitan Opera HD Encore Schedule The 2018–19 season features ten live presentations. The live transmissions (at 10 AM on Saturdays) will be followed the same week by encore screenings (on Wednesdays). Below is the encore schedule with its convenient times. … Continue reading
Sky Opera opening with festive gala on Thursday September 20th
Ed Note: Cornelius Rossi has once again organized a wonderful treat for all Skyline opera lovers – and a delightful introduction for those new to opera. Below is a note from Cornelius. Click this link – SkyOSchedule2018_19–CT for the full … Continue reading
Remembering the Queen of Soul
A four-day celebration of Aretha Franklin begins today in her hometown of Detroit. Her funeral will take place on Aug. 31. “R.E.S.P.E.C.T. As a Black girl in segregationist Virginia, I did not yet know “feminism” or “Black power” but I … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Race, Remembrances
Comments Off on Remembering the Queen of Soul
The Black National Anthem
Ed note: In November I’m attending a caregivers conference that opens with the Black National Anthem. “Lift Every Voice” was unknown to me and it’s taken a bit of research to bring it to life for me. Hope you like … Continue reading
Composing an opera at age 11
This very young Mozart-like British prodigy is a virtuoso violinist, pianist and composer. Her parents are both amateur musicians but learned early on that their daughter was something very special. She was featured on 60 minutes on Sunday. She remembers at … Continue reading
Show Divine – free singalong at the Paramount on May 21st
STG Presents Show Divine at 9th & Pine at The Paramount Theatre on Monday, May 21, 2018. FREE EVENT. Doors at 6:00 pm – Event at 7:00 pm SHOW DIVINE AT 9TH & PINE (original billing used March 1, 1928) celebrates … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, In the Neighborhood, Music, On Stage
Comments Off on Show Divine – free singalong at the Paramount on May 21st
“Itzhak” at the Regal Cinemas
From Sally Soest: “Itzhak” is a beautiful movie about Itzhak Perlman, his life, his playing, his humanity, his teaching, his family, his sense of what music is and does…. It’s warm and touching and enlightening. It’ s playing today (4/14) … Continue reading
Posted in In the Neighborhood, Movies, Music
Comments Off on “Itzhak” at the Regal Cinemas
Tennis stars can sing too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO-dESz3k5s&feature=youtu.be
Perfect
Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk. He has performed here in Seattle at Century Link Stadium.
Posted in Music
Comments Off on Perfect
Messiah Sing-a-long tonight
Tonight at the Seattle First Baptist Church you can enjoy Garfield’s Orchestra’s Messiah sing-a-long at 7:30 PM. Also, you might enjoy the surprise this little girl had after tossing a few coins into a musician’s hat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj6r3-sQr58
Posted in Music
2 Comments
Medieval Women’s Choir Christmas Concert
Nowell Sing We December 9, 2017; 8:00 PM; Saint James Cathedral BUY TICKETS Submitted by Mary Ann Hagen
Posted in Music
Comments Off on Medieval Women’s Choir Christmas Concert
SYSO – Special price & transportation – $10
TCHAIKOVSKY | BRITTEN | STRAUSS Saturday, November 18, 2017 | 2:00pm Benaroya Hall Thanks to Mary Lou Brown for arranging this Skyline activity with only a cost of $5 for a ticket and $5 for the Skyline bus. Sign up … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Comments Off on SYSO – Special price & transportation – $10