Fearless Women, Powerful Stories: A Three Part Virtual Series Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America A Love Story Born in Lithuania in 1869, Emma Goldman grew up knowing what it meant to resist expectations. Her father wanted a dutiful son, not a headstrong daughter. Emma had other plans. When she arrived in America as a young woman, she was inspired by its promises of democracy and freedom, but appalled by the hypocrisy she saw around her. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness seemed to belong only to those at the top. So Emma spoke up. Soon she was delivering fiery speeches about workers' rights, feminism, inequality, and capitalism, challenging audiences to imagine a freer and more just society. Loudmouth is both the story of Emma's complicated love affair with America and the story of the romances, convictions, contradictions, and radical ideas that shaped her remarkable life. Deborah Heiligman Deborah Heiligman is the author of 31 books for children and teens. Her acclaimed nonfiction work has earned some of the highest honors in children's and young adult literature. Her book Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers received six starred reviews and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction. Her other books include The Boy […]

The Wannabe Classical Music Aficionado 46 Insights to Make Your Next Concert a More Enjoyable Experience Drawing on more than thirty-five years on stage with the New York Philharmonic, violinist Allan Schiller shares 46 practical, insider insights that reveal what really happens in the concert hall—and how to listen with greater ease and pleasure. You'll learn how to read a concert program, when to clap, what conductors actually communicate without words, why zoning out is part of real listening, and how centuries of musical tradition quietly shape what you hear today. Along the way, Schiller blends lived experience, backstage stories, and plain-spoken wisdom that turns formality into invitation. Whether it's your first concert or your fiftieth, this book helps classical music feel less like a mystery—and more like your own seat in the hall. Allan Schiller Allan Schiller is a retired violinist of the New York Philharmonic, where he performed from 1964 to 1999 under legendary conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, and Kurt Masur. His musical life began after his family escaped Poland in 1939, when his father gave him his first violin—an act of hope in the shadow of the Holocaust. Raised in Tel Aviv, Paris, and New York, and […]