Sharon Lee wrote a new post, 5/4- Theme Catcher, on the site The Sounds of...
Nancy Foner (Chapter 11: The Next Generation Emerges.) There is a fine difference between the first-generation American and the first-generation immigrant. I am a second-generation American, who never...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, 3/2 Extender, on the site The Sounds of New York...
“By building the suburbs beyond the cities, by discriminating against blacks and encouraging whites to move out, we encouraged the racial polarization of our cities. ” I wanted to explore this so I...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, Blakey and the Black Movement, on the site Our...
Born during the Harlem Renaissance, Art Blakey was influenced by the political views that dominated African American culture. A professional musician during a period of intense civil rights activism in...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, Call to Africa in Jazz, on the site The Sounds...
Born during the Harlem Renaissance, Blakey was influenced by the political views and concepts that predominated African American culture at that time. Among those influences were the concept of...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, Doors 6-8 4/13, on the site The Sounds of New...
Chapter 6 Galamison had launched one of the most successful civil rights demonstrations in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 was able to describe the plight of desegregation as their were numerous individuals who...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, March 3/16- Champion, on the site The Sounds of...
Chang’s Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (Chapter 1) The hip hop culture emerged out of an atmosphere of disappointment and disillusionment. By the ‘70s, the era of Civil Rights Movement had ended, but the...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, A Night at Birdland, on the site The Sounds of...
A Night at Birdland was a fascinating listen, although it was hard for me to retain as a classically-trained musician. I spoke to a friend who specialized in jazz at our music school and learned that...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, Themecatcher 2/17, on the site The Sounds of New...
-Leslie Harris, “In the Shadow of Slavery : African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863” Intro, Ch 1&9 -Tony Fletcher, “All Hopped Up and Ready to Go” Intro, Ch 1 Both readings involved themes...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, Arirang, on the site The Sounds of New York City
The moment I was born I had a right to these towering skyscrapers, to these sidewalks littered with trash; I was born with the right to declare my independence, the right to belong in this hotpot of...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, 감사, on the site New York City, the Arts, and the...
What a semester. I can safely say that I am more thoughtful and aware of the environment and what we do to it. I’ve always been in awe of nature, but never really thought about our actions and what...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, My Final Project, on the site New York City, the...
Two days before the date I was supposed to present my project, I ended up completely changing my idea. Two weeks’ worth of ideas were completely tossed out of the window, and I ended up creating a...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, Opera Demands, on the site New York City, the...
If you weren’t looking at the stage focusing on the superb sets or the interactions of the characters, you were looking at the subtitles and was trying to figure out the meaning behind the aria and...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, A Dead Man Come to Life, on the site New York...
The audience did not even wait for the pianist to slam down on piano for the glorious, final set of notes before they jumped up to their feet and thundered with applause. I of course, was among those...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Don Giovanni, and...
I’ll say this: I’ve never fallen in love with opera. I remember that when I was younger, I would wake up to the scent of mouthwatering pancakes and the sound of shrill, screaming women. (That’s opera...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, The Strangest Bedtime Story of All Time, on the...
The Widow at Tom’s Hill was a thrilling performance which had me clutching at my seat partially out of excitement and because the proximity of the male actor freaked me out. None of us were expecting...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, With the End Comes New Beginnings, on the site...
We finally come to the end of Squarzoni’s Climate Changed. Although there were many moments when I wanted to smash my head in a wall because it was so fact-heavy, I’m really grateful to this book. It...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, What Hits Home, on the site New York City, the...
What’s at Stake brought up a lot of interesting points and vital moments from history that are concerned with climate change. For example, the manner in which Bush handled Hurricane Katrina. The...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, Slow and Steady wins the Race, on the site New...
The Al Gore piece certainly was a long one. It pointed out many issues in American and international affairs that are all linked to climate change. It’s frightening to know how much the Koch Industries...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, A Night of Jazz, on the site New York City, the...
Yesterday at the Miller Theater was an experience I’ll never forget. It was bursting with colors, notes, and ideas I had never heard before. Classical music is very different from jazz in that there is...
View ArticleSharon Lee wrote a new post, A Ray of Hope In A Hard Choice, on the site New...
The past few chapters of Squarzoni were pretty heavy; it seemed like there was no way out of the bleak future he foretold for us. But in Is There a Way Out? Time Moves On, we learn that a solution can...
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