Hey! There WILL BE a Friendship Concert next Thursday, January 7, at 7:30!!
It will be a scaled-back streaming event suited to prevailing circumstances.
Here is the link to the Eastman Friendship Concert
Thursday, January 7, 7:30 PM
www.esm.rochester.edu/live/Hatch/
More details will follow (I hope), and we will do our best to get those details to you.
Our board member, Barbara LeSavoy, PhD is an organizer for the Seneca Falls Dialogs. This event happens every other year, in Seneca Falls, NY. It is a wide-ranging discussion of women’s issues. Due to the virus that changed everything, the Dialogs are online this year. This means the event is free, and available worldwide. Registration is still required. The event is October 23 and 24, 2020. more here
The mayor of Veliky Novgorod, Rochester’s sister city, Sergey Busurin, sent a letter to our Mayor, Lovely Warren. This year is the 30th anniversary of the sister-city relationship.
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Our friends in Veliky Novgorod sent a moving message of hope and friendship:
https://vk.com/video492134657_456239033?list=70fddcc29d771b0813
Continue reading A Message from Veliky NovgorodAlas, all sorts of wonderful activities were planned for the spring and summer of 2020. The virus has put all the plans on hold.
Here is a suggestion. This concert is not connected to Linkages, but it sounds promising.
Coming straight from his Carnegie Hall debut, Russian Harpist Alexander Boldachev joins RPO Principal Harpist Grace Browning for an evening of harp music like you’ve never heard before — this Friday, January 31st at 6:00 pm at Third Presbyterian Church. Tickets available at the door on on eventbrite (hosted by the Rochester Harp Society).
Here are random notes from webguy Roger. There is absolutely no guarantee of accuracy or usefulness. Continue reading random notes on travel
Linkages Newsletter for December, 2019
Enjoy an evening of music with Russian connections – composers, performers, or something else – brought to you by Howard Spindler and the Eastman Community Music School.
A reception will follow the concert in the Cominsky Promenade.