In the Fifth Annual "Where Are They Now?" highlights program, From the Top catches up with a few of the brightest stars from past shows. Full Article at NPR

It is grotesque that Neal Hefti, one of jazz's greatest orchestrators, should be best remembered for a 12"x12" picture of an atomic bomb exploding. Full Article at The Independent

Musicians and night-club proprietors live complicated lives; it’s advisable to call ahead to confirm engagements. 253 W. 125th St. (212-531-5300)—Oct. 16: The lead singer of Antony and the Johnsons, who has a sweet and haunting voice reminiscent of... Full Article at The New Yorker

Who: Pianist Yuja Wang performs Ravel and Stravinsky with Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony. Full Article at Miami Herald

The cost of securing the 2010 Olympic Games will be more than double the original... Get the daily headlines emailed to you every morning with the Vancouver Sun newsletter. Full Article at Vancouver Sun

TROY, N.Y. The concert hall of the 21st century has arrived. And the building that encases it would be remarkable if it had only that. The Vox Vocal Ensemble performs in the inaugural concert. Full Article at The New York Times

★ ‘DON GIOVANNI’ (Saturday) The spare and atmospheric production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” by the acclaimed stage actress and director Marthe Keller, introduced in 2004, has returned to the Metropolitan Opera. Full Article at The New York Times

Share this page using one of the following services: Carol Jantsch enjoys making her audience smile by performing Flight of the Bumble Bee in an appropriate costume. She's now Principal Tuba in the Philadelphia Orchestra. Full Article at NPR

tool goes here With three plays on the boards this weekend (at Theatre Macon, Warner Robins Little Theatre and Perry Players), plus the Ocmulgee Indian Festival running Saturday and Sunday, this would be a big weekend by anybody's yardstick, but... Full Article at Macon Telegraph