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The Pillars – Jeff Karly
Aleksandr Karjaka
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March 31, 2020
MARGARITA: A Fantasia
Daria Meyer
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February 13, 2022
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Aleksandr Karjaka
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June 1, 2020
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March 25, 2026
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February 6, 2026
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Stilling the Mind:
Erika Dohi
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February 14, 2021
One musician's quest for peace while navigating the arts world, academia, & a pandemic through yoga in and out of the studio. Stilling the MIND: One musician's quest...
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The Sound of Fear By Nicole Vitale
Nicole Vitale
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October 23, 2022
The smell of plastic clamshell packaging and freshly vacuumed carpet permeated the air as my father held the door open for me, the bell...
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August 14, 2022
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Spring Nights, too
Amanda Deboer Bartlett
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May 24, 2023
Monologue Portraits: The Argument
Shpend Xani
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May 6, 2025
Poetry:Experiments in Silence
Amanda Deboer Bartlett
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June 27, 2023
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Artist’s Corner: Kevin Baldwin
Kevin Baldwin
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October 20, 2017
Composition No. 11 The score of a musical work is fascinating. As a composer, I spend hundreds of hours alone with a score to unearth...
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HAPPINESS IS…
Aleksandr Karjaka
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March 25, 2019
The authentic You. I love my job. It's an obsession and a responsibility not to be trifled with. As a purveyor of Happiness, it's...
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Blahniks and Lap Dances
Aleksandr Karjaka
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March 27, 2019
It's Sunday 9am and I'm headed up town to a see a mentor off the A line in The Heights. Finally a moment to...
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