Local piano teacher focuses on composers in their lighter moments

Chris Graham

Ellen Schorsch, pianist, will present a recital entitled “Musical Humor” on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 3 p.m. at the Shenandoah Valley Art Center, 126 S. Wayne Ave. in Waynesboro. “Musical Humor” is an international program of mostly classical pieces ranging from the 18th century through the present. Featured will be Schorsch’s arrangement of the First…

Sons of Bill to perform at BRCC

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Sons of Bill, a band described as “too edgy for Nashville, but too earnest for New York,” will perform Saturday, Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Community College Fine Arts Center. Recently named the best band in Charlottesville for the third year in a row by C-ville Weekly readers, Sons of Bill…

Earth Talk | Rooftop gardens

Roddy Scheer

Dear EarthTalk: I’m sure there are many good environmental reasons to build a rooftop garden. Can you enlighten? And also I’d like to know how to go about creating one and whether or not some municipalities might offer incentives to do so. – Linda, via e-mail Indeed there are many good reasons to build a…

Wendy Chavkin | Time to tackle women’s health

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The armies mustering for debate over lowering health-care costs while raising quality should look first at ways to improve the health of women – and not just when they are pregnant. When infant deaths soared suddenly in Harlem some years ago, I asked my team at New York City’s Health Department to review every case….