Spirituals Archives : Professor Carol

Friday Performance Pick – 239

August 30, 2019 by Hank Reynolds

Wade in the Water The a cappella vocal ensemble “Sweet Honey in the Rock” was formed in 1973. The name comes from Psalm 81:16: “and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.” Initially comprised of four singers, the group expanded to … Read more

And Then There's This . . .

Vince Bielski, When Classical Learning Meets Public Education the Dialogue Isn’t Always Socratic. “Classical education, whose name gained traction in the 1980s to evoke the movement’s focus on liberal arts and the Western canon, is struggling to overcome local political opposition.”

Peter Wood, After College: The Coming Cultural Collapse of Higher Education. “Students graduate with a veneer of knowledge rather than a core. An increasingly obsolescent institution has wedded itself to an increasingly noisome cultural stance.”

Anthony Esolen, Heap Songs Upon Their Heads. “We are the most beauty-starved people, I am persuaded, who have ever trod the earth.”

Gregory Wolfe, The Wound of Beauty. “The time has come to bring beauty back, to give it the glass slipper and invite it to the prom.”