Conductor Masaaki Suzuki lives in a J.S. Bach world. He founded a Bach performance group in 1990 called the Bach Collegium Japan, which is currently recording all of Bach’s 200-plus cantatas at the rate of about three a year. Read more...

After performing across the world since the release of Ry Cooder’s “Buena Vista Social Club” album in 1996, Ibrahim Ferrer is finally starting to look old. Read more...

With a reputation as the Godfather of screenwriting, Professor Richard Walter has molded many of Hollywood’s most prolific screenwriters. “Fight Club,” “Spiderman” and “Men in Black” were all written or co-written by his former students. Read more...

The curators at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City would be proud of a local band naming itself in honor of the city’s popular tourist attraction. Read more...

Going to meet writer Susan Orlean at the Avalon Hotel, I don’t know if I was subconsciously expecting to find Meryl Streep donning a straw hat and clutching a potted orchid. Read more...

“The Orchid Thief” By Susan Orlean Ballantine Books Those expecting to read an extended version of “Adaptation” when picking up “The Orchid Thief” will be in for quite a surprise. Read more...

The last time most Americans saw Nick Nolte was last September, when the mug shot from his arrest for drunk driving was splashed across the media. Read more...