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“Meeting” Oliver Sacks (And Happy Birthday)
July 9 would have been Oliver Sacks’s 90th birthday, and as readers of Uncle Tungsten might know, [...]
Dementia: Unexpected Stories of the Mind
Oliver Sacks’s closest friend and schoolmate Jonathan Miller died of dementia in 2019. The photo above shows [...]
A One-Night-Only East Coast Premiere of Tobias Picker’s “Awakenings”
We are excited to announce that Odyssey Opera, in partnership with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), [...]
Last Minute Gifts from the Oliver Sacks Oeuvre
Happy holidays! We hope you’re all taking time to rest and connect with loved ones. Every holiday [...]
Biophilia, the Love of Nature and Living Things
In Everything In Its Place, Oliver Sacks writes about how much he loved visiting London’s Kew Gardens [...]
Oliver Sacks on Seeing Voices
The last week of every September is the International Week of the Deaf, to commemorate the first [...]
Remembering Oliver Sacks
Seven years ago today Oliver Sacks died, and the world lost a brilliant mind. We’re so glad [...]
Happy birthday, Oliver!
Saturday would have been Oliver Sacks’s 89th birthday. Oliver loved to measure his age by its equivalent [...]
Awakenings Opera | Production Photos
Tobias Picker's opera based on Awakenings premiered in St. Louis in June, and we are delighted to share [...]