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Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: the Moving Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” a Lifetime of Sorrow... Arts
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Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: the Moving Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” a Lifetime of Sorrow...

Beethoven began losing his hearing just as he resolved, in a letter to his brothers, "Ah! how could I possibly quit the world before bringing forth all that I felt it was my vocation to produce?" - and the twenty-seven years between that vow and the premiere of his Ninth...

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The Souls of Animals – the Marginalian Arts
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The Souls of Animals – the Marginalian

When a nineteenth-century naturalist wounded a tern and watched other terns take turns carrying the injured bird to...

Navajo Voters Hop tractors, Make Extraordinary Efforts to Vote After Widespread Flooding Community
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Navajo Voters Hop tractors, Make Extraordinary Efforts to Vote After Widespread Flooding

After three floods in a single month - the worst carving ravines around her house and stranding her overnight in a...

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Robin Wall Kimmerer and Azita Ardakani Walton — to Bring Life Into a Trembling World | the on Being Project

At the New York Public Library, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer and writer Azita Ardakani Walton sat with Krista Tippett...

Bargad Offers Free Theatre Training and Monthly Stipends to Make Performing Arts More Accessible in India Arts
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Bargad Offers Free Theatre Training and Monthly Stipends to Make Performing Arts More Accessible in India

When Lalit's family asked how he would survive doing theatre, he had no answer - only a stubbornness that kept him...

Maya Higa Built a Wildlife Sanctuary on Twitch, Funded by the People Who Watch It | the Optimist Daily Environment
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Maya Higa Built a Wildlife Sanctuary on Twitch, Funded by the People Who Watch It | the Optimist Daily

When Maya Higa was offered the chance to swim with sperm whales off the coast of Dominica, she declined - not out of...

'We Found Each other': West Midlands pensioners, 88, Find Love Again After Meeting in the Gym Elders
birminghamworld.uk 1 day ago

'We Found Each other': West Midlands pensioners, 88, Find Love Again After Meeting in the Gym

At 88, after decades of loss and solitude, Barbara and Fred discovered that the heart doesn't retire. They met in a...