At a recent dinner party, the host asked an unexpectedly poignant question: “What is sparking joy for you?” There were about a dozen of us at the table. The answers were a mixed bag, but I’d heard ...
ROCHESTER — “A piano is just a piano,” says James Baldwin’s narrator in his short story “Sonny’s Blues.” Almost in the same breath, the narrator urges the musician “to try and make it do everything.” ...