September/October 1999
In This Issue September/October 1999
American Popular Song
How Jerome Kern created the Broadway musical is told in a new radio series.
Volume 20, Issue 5
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire dance to the music of Jerome Kern in Swing Time, 1936.
RKO Radio Pictures, Courtesy of the Kobel Collection
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Features
Ben Shahn’s New York
The painter's photography captures street life during the Depression.
By Amy LifsonChanging with the Times
From horses to motorcars, an exhibition chronicles cultural change among the Plateau Indians.
By Sara E. WilsonThe New World Symphony
The archives of the Chicago Symphony tell the story of money, music, and the men behind the baton.
By Richard CarterA Peopled Wilderness
A new exhibition explores the way in which the Adirondacks became Arcadia.
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