When shall we get ourselves a Washington To promulgate his new and righteous law? But someday we shall surely find the man! Taras Shevchenko, 1848 Witnessing the dramatic events happening…
Category: <span>Cultural Diplomacy</span>
Nice to see Dave Brubeck get a well-deserved honor yesterday…the legendary jazzman came to Washington DC to honored with the Ben Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy – a sort of “lifetime achievement” award for Americans going abroad…and he plays a moving Chopinesque piece, inspired by a long-ago trip to Poland..
Any resemblance to Mike “I Was Just Thinking….” Barnicle is purely coincidental…. Kind of amazing to hear the wall-to-wall media coverage of the New York Philharmonic’s trip to North Korea….startling…