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Chopin and Joplin: Kindred Spirits
2013 Vol. 5 No. 3 — Fall / Music

Chopin and Joplin: Kindred Spirits

Roy Eaton is a man of many talents, much charm, a lot of courage, and irrepressible spirit who long ago decided to treat adversity as a gift.

Winner of the first Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin competition, his recordings include “The Meditative Chopin” and “The Joyful Joplin;” Roy Eaton is both.

The flavours of Paul Kunigis
2013 Vol. 5 No. 3 — Fall / Features

Blending In, Tasting Harmony: A Journey into Paul Kunigis’s Kitchen and Soul

Musician, poet, writer and chef, all of it in Polish, Hebrew, Arabic, German, French and English.

Created by Stalin, Embraced by Emigrants? Mazowsze, Śląsk and the Polish Folk Dance Movement in America
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Features

Created by Stalin, Embraced by Emigrants? Mazowsze, Śląsk and the Polish Folk Dance Movement in America

Mazowsze is arguably the most beautiful folk dance troupe in the world. Maja Trochimczyk poses the question: Does authenticity matter?

Tatra Highlander Folk Culture in Poland and America
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books

Tatra Highlander Folk Culture in Poland and America

The longtime director of PIASA, Thaddeus Gromada, is a proud góral, as this book about Poland’s highlanders, reviewed by Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, clearly shows. And take a look at his jump over the ciupaga. This is no armchair góral.

Chopin: Prince of the Romantics
2012 vol. 4 no. 1 — Spring / Books / Music

Chopin: Prince of the Romantics

Historian Adam Zamoyski has updated his biography of Chopin, giving us a comprehensive portrait of the composer, the man, the patriot, and the lover. At once scholarly and sensitive.