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Susan B. at the symphony

This yearโ€™s observances of Susan B. Anthonyโ€™s 200th birthday celebration and the centenary of the 19th Amendment are momentous events, but at first glance they may not seem to inspire musical celebrations โ€“ but the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra is prepared to prove otherwise this weekend and next.

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Feedback 11/26

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Stealing Susan B.?

The years can erode the complexity of historical figures. Their lives are reduced to two-dimensional images on currency and schoolroom walls, and then are further distilled into one-note symbols for the movements and mores of the day. But the facts are almost always more robust, frustrating, and fascinating. That’s certainly the case for Rochester suffragist […]

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