by Michele Genthon | Jun 3, 2020 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
“If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.” [Sarah Caldwell] Sarah Caldwell was the First Woman to conduct the orchestra at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. A producer, director, and impresario, as well as an opera conductor, she was...
by Michele Genthon | May 12, 2020 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
May Sinchi Breen was called “The Ukulele Lady,” and even “The Goddess of Uke,” but her love of the instrument was not instant. When she was 30 years old Breen received a ukulele as a Christmas present, but she took it back to the department store to exchange it for a...
by Michele Genthon | Sep 18, 2019 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
In honor of the bicentennial of the birth of Clara Schumann, Byron Schenkman & Friends performed a special concert to honor her last weekend. It was a delight to hear some of her rarely-performed music, especially in such an exquisite performance. The musicians...
by Michele Genthon | Aug 23, 2019 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
Earlier this year Nataki Garrett was the First Woman of Color appointed Director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. A bit of history about the Festival will put the significance of this accomplishment in perspective. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival began presenting...
by Michele Genthon | Jul 28, 2019 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
Margaret Bourke-White went where few women, and not too many men, had been. She was the First Woman war correspondent, the First Woman allowed in combat arenas. She was also the First Westerner to photograph Soviet industry and the First Woman to have a photo on the...
by Michele Genthon | Aug 31, 2018 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
Many have paid tribute to Aretha Franklin but few have outlined all her achievements as a First Woman: –First Woman inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame (and second in the UK) –First Woman to have 100 titles...
