Feast Your Eyes on This—Markets in Ponta Delgada, Azores, and Granada and Barcelona, Spain: A Photographic Essay

Before Publix, Winn Dixie and other chain supermarkets emerged in the 20th Century, there were markets on open, cobblestone streets somewhere near the center of many small towns throughout America. But for contemporary Americans, the open-air market has become more remote and might now be a small area in a park or public lot where weekend farmers’ markets and flea markets offer a few bins of organic fruits and vegetables and homemade or handmade goods. While the tradition has disappeared from many U.S. cities, permanent, open-air markets still thrive in Africa, Asia, and Europe where vendors set up carts and stalls alongside or even in streets and alleyways where vehicles are prohibited

Composer Federico Mompou (1893–1987) and the French Connection

This lecture and performance focused on the changing identities in the work of Catalan composer Federico Mompou (1893–1987), who spent much of his life in Paris. Mompou\u27s emphasis on psychological expressiveness in music found natural allies in “Les Six,” an avant-garde group of young composers formed by Erik Satie (1866–1925). Mompou\u27s work also reveals influences of French music at the turn of the 20th Century and of the Paris Conservatory, where he studied