Mozart manuscript back to life

Click Here to Read: Mozart manuscript back to life: A long-forgotten manuscript by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be brought to life this weekend in Paris. The newly rediscovered work – composed in 1778 when the Austrian prodigy was just 22 – will be performed in public for the first time ever at France’s National Library  on the France 24 website on June 19,2026.

Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ImageL Barbara Krafft (1764–1825).  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

 

What makes a Stradivarius violin so special?

Click Here to Read: What makes a Stradivarius violin so special? Scientists traced it to one forest in Italy. A new tree-ring study solves the mystery of where the famed instrument-maker Anton Stradivari sourced timber for his violins during his “golden age.”  By Richard Kemeny on the National Geographic Website on June 9, 2026.

Gould Stradivarius. Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. 

Sagrada Família’s 144-year journey nears its end with the Tower of Jesus Christ

Click Here to Read: Sagrada Família’s 144-year journey nears its end with the Tower of Jesus Christ By Pau Mosquera, CNN; Photographs by Maria Contreras Coll for CNN on the CNN website on June 8. 2026.

Click Here to Read:  The Basilica Sagrada Familia’s website.

The Sagrada Familia viewed from Casa Milà, Barcelona, Spain Image: Bernard Gagnon.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Henry Winkler’s Emerson Commencement Speech Is One of the Best We’ve Ever Heard

Click Here to Read: and Listen to Henry Winkler’s Emerson Commencement Speech Is One of the Best We’ve Ever Heard. The actor (and fishing maven) shared wisdom and Jewish jokes with the Class of 2026 By Lior Zaltzman on the Kveller website on May 13, 2026.

Image: Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.