by Pier Marton | May 26, 2014 | Action, Antisemitism, Death, Human Rights, Middle-East, Music, Politics
I am afraid this may be the start of an unfortunate series called “Things are bad in… ” [UPDATE a year after the first demonstrations: A 64-year-old woman, who fell into a coma after inhaling tear gas during another crackdown on protesters in the...
by Pier Marton | May 9, 2014 | Antisemitism, History, Magyar, Music, Racism, Shoah, Wars, Women
The city where many of my father’s sculptures are in their Art Museum… In 1941 about 3,400 Jews lived in Szombathely, nearly 10% of the population. Starting in 1942, Jewish men were forced into (Hungarian) labor battalions with very few surviving the...
by Pier Marton | May 5, 2014 | Dance, Education, Hispanic, Music, Youth
Through monkey-see, monkey-do exploitation… It is very nice to have children perform well but performance is a **theatrical** activity. Much in our cultural landscape consists of duplicating (well at times) what has **already** been done. Creativity involves...
by Pier Marton | Mar 11, 2014 | Asia, Cancer, Care, Death, France, Health, Music, Peace, Politics, Sci/Nat, Time, Youth
Every year he saves 100 000 lives – Jährlich rettet er 100 000 Leben – Chaque année il sauve 100 000 vies. Son credo : «développer une médecine de riche pour les pays pauvres»/His credo: «develop rich medicine for poor countries» One more great Arte...
by Pier Marton | Jan 28, 2014 | Death, Human Rights, Jewish, Music, Peace, Poet, Politics, Women, World, Youth
Inscribed on his banjo: “This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.” “It is better to have struggled and lost, than never to have struggled at all.” Pete Seeger – The New York Times’ Obituary – The author of...
by Pier Marton | Oct 31, 2013 | Antisemitism, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Magyar, Middle-East, Music, Politics, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Theater, Time
Addendum: Dec. 11, 2013 A letter to The Guardian by Andras Schiff, the Hungarian-born British classical pianist: Hungarians Must Face Their Nazi Past, Not Venerate ItAddendum: Nov. 3, 2013 HU – ES – EN – DE – FR From the New York Times An Opera...