*Lincoln in the Bardo,* Nov 11, 2026
Stephanie and I saw *Lincoln in the Bardo* at the Met on Nov 11, 2026. That trailer was specially made for the live stream happening TONIGHT and available until Weds Nov 18. The nice thing about a live stream is you can "walk out" and be completely undetected by the performers and other audience members. Lincoln in the Bardo a brand new opera with music by Missy Mazzoli on a libretto by her frequent collaborator Royce Vavrek, based on the novel by George Saunders. I see every
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Fabulous Friday: "Shake Your Groove Thing"
Today is the twentieth anniversary of my father's death, the wonderful Howard Ryan. It might seem a little incongruous that the song I would choose to pay a tribute to him would be "Shake Your Groove Thing" but it's part of a heart-warming story about him. I went to college at UW-Madison and, like thousands of other Madisonians, stayed there for many more years. Eleven years, to be precise. They used to say that Madison had the most overeducated cab drivers on earth. That Bad
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