![]() According to Daniel Webster, "Floyd writes popular opera. Like all the work that preceded it, the music is about expressive clarity, lyricism and the value of song. Like five of the six Floyd operas that preceded it, Cold Sassy Tree is about American attitudes, characters - and the joy of language. ![]() As always, he has written his own libretto, drawing upon his own theatrical instincts that have been nourished simultaneously with his music. Cold Sassy Tree, Carlisle Floyd's first crack at writing a comic opera, is taken from Olive Ann Burns' delightful exploration of youthful old age and set in an America affectionately drawn. ![]() A first recording from the Houston Grand Opera. Go Back > Carlisle Floyd's first comic opera. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But where does our creativity come from, how does it work, and how can we harness it to improve our lives, schools, businesses, and institutions? Eagleman and Brandt examine hundreds of examples of human creativity through dramatic storytelling and stunning images in this beautiful, full-color volume. David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt seek to answer the question: what lies at the heart of humanity's ability-and drive-to create? Our ability to remake our world is unique among all living things. build on what already exists and rely on three brain operations: bending, breaking and blending" ( The Wall Street Journal) The Runaway Species is a deep dive into the creative mind, a celebration of the human spirit, and a vision of how we can improve our future by understanding and embracing our ability to innovate. This enlightening examination of creativity looks "at art and science together to examine how innovations. ![]() ![]() ![]() If election deniers had won, they would have been in a position of overseeing the 2024 election in key battleground states. Raffensperger famously denied efforts to overturn election results in Georgia. A lone disappointment for the party was in Georgia, where Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger cruised to reelection after defeating a Trump-aligned candidate in a primary. DASS raised over $30 million for the 2022 cycle - roughly 7.5 times what the committee raised for the 20 cycles - and other liberal outside groups poured in millions more to win races in Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota and Nevada. ![]() In the five core battleground states that elected secretaries, those election deniers all lost - one in a Republican primary to an incumbent secretary, and four in a general election to Democrats. Many of those candidates ran as part of a coalition, with promises to remake the elections system under the false pretense that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. Secretary of state races received an unprecedented amount of attention last year when candidates across the country allied with former President Donald Trump ran to be states’ chief election officials. He has also previously managed other congressional races in and outside the Tar Heel State, and worked at the DCCC. Brimm last managed North Carolina Democrat Cheri Beasley’s 2022 Senate run, and also worked for then-presidential candidate Joe Biden as North Carolina state director for the 2020 primaries. ![]() |