The Holocaust in Lithuania

We just got back from a trip to Lithuania! I'll post more photos, but here is information about the Holocaust in that country. 

Over 95% of Lithuanian Jews were murdered: perhaps 195,000 Jews in a population of about 200,000-210,000. Vilnius was once called the Jerusalem of the North. Much of this genocide happened in 1941, with gentile collaboration inflamed by both Nazi propaganda and by resentment and scapegoating about the recent Soviet occupation. I wanted to visit the single remaining synagogue in Vilnius (before the war, there were around 100 synagogues) but I missed their limited hours of being open for visitors. However, we visited the streets of the former ghetto. We happened to find the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania. I purchased two books there. They asked where I was from and I said from Ohio in the states. They gave me a third book as a gift.

Alberto Giacometti

Swiss sculptor, painter, and printmaker Alberto Giacometti was born October 10, 1901. (Picture from:  https://gagosian.com/artists/alberto-giacometti/ )

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Black Sabbath Cover Art

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/black-sabbath-cover-art-keef-keith-macmillan-interview-951578/ 

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Harold Pinter

I'd heard of him but didn't know much about him. This is an interesting article. Born October 10, 1930 British playwright Harold Pinter won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature. https://www.thoughtco.com/best-harold-pinter-plays-2713618

Benjamin West

Born October 10, 1738, Benjamin West was a British-American artist who painted historical scenes like this: The Death of General Wolfe, Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky, and The Treaty of Paris. The last painting couldn't be completed because the British delegation refused to pose. The first painting is a self-portrait.

The Complete "Appalachian Spring"

 Such a wonderful piece! I used to play it constantly. Appalachian Spring is a very famous Suite and and also a "Complete Ballet." But there is a still more complete version, with several bars that were for choreographic purposes that were restored in a 2016 edition of the score. This is the first recording of the most-complete version. I heard it on the radio a couple years ago!   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL6RRBiLwcQ

Prince the Guitarist

Interesting article, about how Prince is underrated as one of the great guitarists. 

https://slate.com/culture/2016/04/why-prince-was-the-greatest-guitarist-since-jimi-hendrix.html