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Meet renowned musician, musical director and rock star Mark Rivera for an evening promoting his book Sideman: in Pursuit of the Next Gig. Best known as Billy Joel’s saxophonist as well as Musical Director for Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band, Mark Rivera has shared the stage with some of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s…
In the study of rare books, age alone is seldom the decisive measure of significance. Far more consequential is provenance — the documented history of ownership that situates a volume within lived experience. A book becomes meaningful not simply because it has survived, but because it has been held, read, annotated, exchanged, and preserved within…
In the final years of the 19th century, Nikola Tesla was reshaping the modern world. His revolutionary experiments with alternating-current power, high-potential lighting, and polyphase systems laid the foundation for the electrical age—transforming electricity from a laboratory curiosity into the backbone of modern infrastructure. Much of that groundbreaking work is preserved in a remarkable 1894…
