Topic: Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky

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My Autobiography, by Charlie Chaplin

In his autobiography, Charlie Chaplin is forthcoming with his childhood recollections but oddly reticent when it comes to discussing his film achievements.
Why Pussy Riot supporters hold rallies from New York to Berlin (+video)

The Russian punk rock band spawned small bands of supporters dressed as Pussy Riot look-a-likes Friday dozens of cities worldwide. The three women were sentence Friday to two years in prison for hooliganism.
Top Picks: Fourth of July celebrations, the Olympics on Facebook, and more

An iPhone game gets a 'Brave' makeover, musician Mike Stern has mass appeal, and more top picks.
Pina: movie review

Wim Wenders documentary on German choreographer Pina Bausch leaves as much mystery as enlightenment.
Classical music festivals offer sumptuous summer entertainment

This year, the lineups for the standout classical music festivals around the country and the world are an exiting treat for classical enthusiasts. From California to New York to Salzburg, conductors like Esa-Pekka Salonen, Lorin Maazel, and Alan Gilbert will lead ensembles such as the Vienna Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, and the New York Philharmonic.
Sounding together at the Spring for Music festival

The now-annual Spring for Music festival is a place for orchestras to showcase their talent and inventiveness and was held at Carnegie Hall.
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky: movie review

The affair between the iconic French designer and Russian composer is long and drawn out in this pedestrian biopic, ‘Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky.’
Old tradition for Spring equinox 2010: burning socks?

Pagan festivals or Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring' come to mind on the Spring equinox, but one little-known tradition brings a little foot freedom to the first day of Spring.
'Tis the 'Season' for Vivaldi on Google's homepage

It's the 332nd birthday of Antonio Vivaldi, the Italian composer. Today's Google doodle honors 'The Four Seasons,' Vivaldi's most famous composition.
Diaghilev's ballet revolution still stepping out 100 years on

Entrepreneurial Russian changed the course of modern ballet with his inventive and talent-filled Ballets Russes.
The trash of life is Elias Sime's art

Ethiopian artist draws deeply on his local culture and love of community to tell stories with found objects.
A composer moves opera into the future

John Adams looks for a stylistic revolution from the next generation of composers.
Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer

A writer turns his attention to organic gardening.
Into it: Ronald Harwood

The Academy Award winner and screenwriter of 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' on reading the letters of the Mitford family, his favorite new movie, and why he doesn't listen to anything post-Stravinsky.