Beth Levin
@betheena.bsky.social
International concert pianist
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Tell me, would you please, about Jane Bowles – Biblioklept biblioklept.org/2017/01/11/t...
Tell me, would you please, about Jane Bowles
INTERVIEWER Tell me, would you please, about Jane Bowles. BOWLES That’s an all-inclusive command! What can I possibly tell you about her that isn’t implicit in her writing? INTERVIEWER She obviousl…
biblioklept.org
January 4, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Tell me, would you please, about Jane Bowles – Biblioklept biblioklept.org/2017/01/11/t...
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That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Trio for piano, violin and cello, 1914
(via artemisdreaming)
Trio for piano, violin and cello, 1914
(via artemisdreaming)
January 4, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Trio for piano, violin and cello, 1914
(via artemisdreaming)
Trio for piano, violin and cello, 1914
(via artemisdreaming)
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The Packet of Coffee https://www.wikiart.org/en/juan-gris/the-packet-of-coffee-1914
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Packet of Coffee https://www.wikiart.org/en/juan-gris/the-packet-of-coffee-1914
Opera with Opera News
Under the Apple Tree: Josef Suk, one of the great Czech composers, was born OTD in 1874. He didn’t write any operas, but here’s his incidental music to Julius Zeyer’s dramatic legend Pod jabloní. youtu.be/KrI2bcAG2A8
Under the Apple Tree: Josef Suk, one of the great Czech composers, was born OTD in 1874. He didn’t write any operas, but here’s his incidental music to Julius Zeyer’s dramatic legend Pod jabloní. youtu.be/KrI2bcAG2A8
January 4, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Opera with Opera News
Under the Apple Tree: Josef Suk, one of the great Czech composers, was born OTD in 1874. He didn’t write any operas, but here’s his incidental music to Julius Zeyer’s dramatic legend Pod jabloní. youtu.be/KrI2bcAG2A8
Under the Apple Tree: Josef Suk, one of the great Czech composers, was born OTD in 1874. He didn’t write any operas, but here’s his incidental music to Julius Zeyer’s dramatic legend Pod jabloní. youtu.be/KrI2bcAG2A8
Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, No.1 "Ondine" by bethlevin1 soundcloud.com/bethlevin1/r...
Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, No.1
Listen to Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, No.1
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January 4, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, No.1 "Ondine" by bethlevin1 soundcloud.com/bethlevin1/r...
Home, Sweet Home
'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there,
Which,seek through the world,is ne'er met with elsewhere.'
-John Howard Payne 1791-1852
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J Smith art
'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there,
Which,seek through the world,is ne'er met with elsewhere.'
-John Howard Payne 1791-1852
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J Smith art
January 4, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Home, Sweet Home
'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there,
Which,seek through the world,is ne'er met with elsewhere.'
-John Howard Payne 1791-1852
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J Smith art
'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there,
Which,seek through the world,is ne'er met with elsewhere.'
-John Howard Payne 1791-1852
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J Smith art
Earth
Blue tit singing on a cold early morning.
You can even see its song in the air.
photography by | Mikhail Kalinin
Blue tit singing on a cold early morning.
You can even see its song in the air.
photography by | Mikhail Kalinin
January 4, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Earth
Blue tit singing on a cold early morning.
You can even see its song in the air.
photography by | Mikhail Kalinin
Blue tit singing on a cold early morning.
You can even see its song in the air.
photography by | Mikhail Kalinin
(81) Smile, Charlie Chaplin , Modern Times, 1936 - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps6c...
Smile, Charlie Chaplin , Modern Times, 1936
YouTube video by petrodka
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January 4, 2026 at 10:40 AM
(81) Smile, Charlie Chaplin , Modern Times, 1936 - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps6c...
"Out of some subway scuttle, cell or loft
A bedlamite speeds to thy parapets,
Tilting there momently, shrill shirt ballooning,
A jest falls from the speechless caravan."
- Hart Crane, 'To Brooklyn Bridge'
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Erich Hartmann, photo
A bedlamite speeds to thy parapets,
Tilting there momently, shrill shirt ballooning,
A jest falls from the speechless caravan."
- Hart Crane, 'To Brooklyn Bridge'
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Erich Hartmann, photo
January 4, 2026 at 10:38 AM
"Out of some subway scuttle, cell or loft
A bedlamite speeds to thy parapets,
Tilting there momently, shrill shirt ballooning,
A jest falls from the speechless caravan."
- Hart Crane, 'To Brooklyn Bridge'
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Erich Hartmann, photo
A bedlamite speeds to thy parapets,
Tilting there momently, shrill shirt ballooning,
A jest falls from the speechless caravan."
- Hart Crane, 'To Brooklyn Bridge'
***
Erich Hartmann, photo
(81) J.S. Bach / Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl ("Trauerode"), BWV 198 (Herreweghe) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOEb...
J.S. Bach / Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl ("Trauerode"), BWV 198 (Herreweghe)
YouTube video by scrymgeour34
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January 4, 2026 at 10:37 AM
(81) J.S. Bach / Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl ("Trauerode"), BWV 198 (Herreweghe) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOEb...
Reposted by Beth Levin
There is an amazing technology that literally sucks CO2 out of the air, costs very little, and builds itself......
It's called a tree.
It's called a tree.
December 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There is an amazing technology that literally sucks CO2 out of the air, costs very little, and builds itself......
It's called a tree.
It's called a tree.
The warmth of winter! Happy Sunday! xo
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“Doubts of all things earthly, and intuitions of some things heavenly; this combination makes neither believer nor infidel, but makes a man who regards them both with equal eye.” Moby Dick
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“Doubts of all things earthly, and intuitions of some things heavenly; this combination makes neither believer nor infidel, but makes a man who regards them both with equal eye.” Moby Dick
January 4, 2026 at 10:36 AM
The warmth of winter! Happy Sunday! xo
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“Doubts of all things earthly, and intuitions of some things heavenly; this combination makes neither believer nor infidel, but makes a man who regards them both with equal eye.” Moby Dick
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“Doubts of all things earthly, and intuitions of some things heavenly; this combination makes neither believer nor infidel, but makes a man who regards them both with equal eye.” Moby Dick
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The happiest mash-up of two already excellent things: bubbeleh-style chicken noodle and takeout wonton soup, all so quick and easy you can skip the crowds today.
smittenkitchen.com/2017/01/chic...
smittenkitchen.com/2017/01/chic...
December 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The happiest mash-up of two already excellent things: bubbeleh-style chicken noodle and takeout wonton soup, all so quick and easy you can skip the crowds today.
smittenkitchen.com/2017/01/chic...
smittenkitchen.com/2017/01/chic...
Reposted by Beth Levin
Pequeño pueblo en la ensenada. 1923
Edward Hopper.
Edward Hopper.
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Pequeño pueblo en la ensenada. 1923
Edward Hopper.
Edward Hopper.
"A fallen flower Flew back to its branch! No, it was a butterfly." ~ Basho
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Kenji
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Kenji
January 4, 2026 at 10:31 AM
"A fallen flower Flew back to its branch! No, it was a butterfly." ~ Basho
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Kenji
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Kenji
Eastlyn Bright Tolle,
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
January 4, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Eastlyn Bright Tolle,
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
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99 years ago today, the great German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler made his acclaimed debut with the New York Philharmonic. He'd lead the orchestra in 71 performances between 1925-28, helping to establish it - after decades of mediocrity - as an orchestra of the first rank.
January 3, 2026 at 3:59 AM
99 years ago today, the great German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler made his acclaimed debut with the New York Philharmonic. He'd lead the orchestra in 71 performances between 1925-28, helping to establish it - after decades of mediocrity - as an orchestra of the first rank.
(81) Brahms - Symphonie N° 1 (Celibidache) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab2g...
Brahms - Symphonie N° 1 (Celibidache)
YouTube video by Jamil Alioui
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January 4, 2026 at 10:25 AM
(81) Brahms - Symphonie N° 1 (Celibidache) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab2g...
Reposted by Beth Levin
December 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Henri Matisse - Young Girl in Black, in Yellow Armchair, 1935
January 4, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Henri Matisse - Young Girl in Black, in Yellow Armchair, 1935