You would never guess it by the number of people who know him on a first-name basis at the local library and on the street corners, that Robert Taylor has only been back in town for 2 years after a nearly 30-year absence. Teresa Mahoney reports. 

Up in the Air

Puppet-making prodigies, Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles really put the ‘home’ in Homeric myth this summer. That’s because, this artist duo has turned one corner of Astoria’s Socrates Sculpture Park into an instillation project: Odysseus at Hell Gates. Teresa Mahoney reports.

Odysseus at Hell Gates

The Nouveau Classical Project explains the relevance of fashion in the realm of classical music. The ensemble, founded by Sugar Vendil in 2008, collaborates with fashion designers to create custom clothing to wear during their performances--a modern twist on the traditionally all black conservatory attire.
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