WINTER SOLSTICE SONGS. In Europe the celebration of the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, is a heritage that goes back to prehistoric times. The classical Greek and Latin authors, as well as the fathers of the church, attest to the fact...

There are several works with the name Halcyon...

St Trapez My father died on 14 July, 1989, in an obvious if somewhat self-defeating gesture against the 200-year celebration of the French Revolution. I always think of my dad on the infamous day which is France's national holiday, especially when I'm on...

ROBERT FELDBERG The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-10-2005 Halcyon days for the musical -- Four productions hit the bull's-eye ROBERT FELDBERG Date: 04-10-2005, Sunday Section: ENTERTAINMENT Edtion: All Editions Column: ONSTAGE Could Broadway be in a new Golden Age of musicals,...

Bonds worth $256 million will pay for the "rehabilitation" of the top 41 floors at 20 Exchange Place. The landmark 1929 Financial District building was the longtime home to Citibank (then known, shockingly, as Citi Bank). But sometime soon, those top floors (16 to 57)...

Investors have been hammering airline stocks, anxious about possible weakness in domestic travel.But analysts disagree on how much a cooling U.S. market would hurt the industry. Some say it could imperil expected 2008 earnings; others say carriers could overcome it due to continued strength in...