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Atlantic writers visit the Aabergs in Chester

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Writing on The Altantic magazine’s website, Deborah Fallows pays a fine tribute to composer-pianist Philip Aaberg, and a fine tribute to Chester, the Hi-Line town where Aaberg was born and where he now lives again. The piece is part of American Futures, a project I had not previously heard of. It involves Fallows and her husband, longtime Atlantic contributor James Fallows, flying all over the country in a single-engine plane, sort of a technologically upgraded version of “Travels with Charley.” Here’s a good excerpt from the article, which also has plenty of links to Aaberg’s music:

“Aaberg says, ‘I love this land. There is something about this country that really opens me up.’ Continue Reading →

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Tami Haaland, state laureate, poet of ‘the best lost place’

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Tami Haaland was 16 when she saw a Calgary Opera Company production of “La Traviata” in Chester, courtesy of the Chester Arts Council. It made a big impression on her, and it helps explain why she has spent so much of her adult life bringing the arts into the lives of others. (more…) Continue Reading →

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