Word: appalachian
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...reason is the vivid and accurate representation of the unique landscape of the southern Appalachian Mountains, my home. From the pervasive, heavy scent of honeysuckle to the soft moistness of the morning air, Kingsolver captures the essence of an Appalachian summer...
...whispers and shrieks at once, in the middle of a song that changes tone, meter, and story repeatedly, and yet remains remarkably cohesive. It may well be the prevalence of nature imagery, and its inversion, that earns this San Franciscan the tag “Appalachian,” which she shares with Will Oldham, Bill Callahan, and other members of the literary singer-songwriter caste. What separates her from those male counterparts, however, is her blend of folksy stories with the truly avant-garde, as much a call from outer space as a call from the wilderness. The tales...
Stephen T. Curwood ’69—host of NPR’s “Living on Earth”—moderated the forum, which was sponsored by the Sierra Club, Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters, the Environmental League of Massachusetts, and the Appalachian Mountain Club...
...warming, but the immediate cause seems to be a drying up of the Canadian wetlands where it breeds. The same may apply to the Canada warbler. The cerulean warbler, also in decline, is losing habitat not because of global warming but because of another human activity: the destruction of Appalachian mountaintop forests by coal-mining operations...
...Center The Three Cellists (not Tenors)Fogg Art Museum Calderwood Courtyard Russell Wolff BandHarvard Yard Stage VoxJazzHolden Chapel So Long Princess, The Farewell TourLoker Commons Dance FestivalLowell Lecture Hall Schubert and Beethoven Works for String QuartetMemorial Church The Noteables present Songs from the StagePaine Hall MIHNUET CroonersPhillips Brooks House Appalachian SpringSanders Theatre A Cappella ConcertScience Center D4:30 PM Sacred Renaissance WorksAdolphus Busch Hall CatherineCarpenter Center Boots!Harvard Yard Stage Dunster House Opera Society presents DHO’s Favorite AriasHolden Chapel Plan B for the Type A’sLoker Commons Dance FestivalLowell Lecture Hall Harvard University Flute Ensemble...