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Socialist sudoku

August 15, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

OK, all you Sudoku fans! Try this one. The only difference is we’re using the nine letters below instead of numbers. When you’ve completed it, you’ll find a timely message.

“Lucia di Lammermoor” and “Die Fledermaus”: Fidelity, fatality, frivolity

August 11, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

Tremendously exciting singing by world-class artists.

“The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs”: A new opera tapped for greatness?

August 8, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

Jobs will undoubtedly long remain a figure much studied and speculated about, divisive and complicated, heroic and pathetic.

“Storm Over Asia”: Soviet film to screen in L.A.

July 24, 2017 By Special to People’s World

The sprawling saga occurs during the Russian Civil War and depicts a forerunner of Third World liberation movements.

Hershey Felder’s “Our Great Tchaikovsky,” musical biography and pro-gay manifesto

July 24, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

"Our Great Tchaikovsky" is a combination of musical gems—not just the all-time hits such as The Nutcracker and The 1812 Overture, but also some precious pianistic miniatures.